Jaquelyne Hughes
Matthew Flinders Professor
College of Medicine and Public Health
Professor Jaquelyne Hughes is a Torres Strait Islander woman (Wagadagam), and the inaugural Clinical Research Professor, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Advancement within Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health, Rural and Remote Health, NT. Prof Hughes is a specialist physician (nephrologist), with experience in chronic kidney disease, dialysis and health systems research and health systems innovative transformation.
BMed FRACP PhD
- Advancing Equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peopels and Maori Award, Australia and New Zealand Society of Nephrology Annual SCientific Meeting (2022)
- Matthew Flinders Professor (2022 -)
- Deputy Chair, National Indigenous Kidney Transplant Taskforce (2020- )
- National Health and Medical Research Council Research Excellence Award for Clinical Trial and Cohort Studies (2019)
- Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, Doctor of the Year (2019-2020).
- Top End Health Service, Service Excellence and Innovation Awards, Doing it First (2018)
Professor Hughes leads existing collaborative research including the eGFR3 Study, and a health systems evaluation called Live Strong COVID-safe Frailty-Free after Starting Dialysis project, and will plan the development of emerging research partnerships that will advance health of NT communities.
Prof Hughes is the Deputy Convenor of the National Indigenous Kidney Transplant Taskforce, and a Board Director of Australian Indigenous Doctors Association
- Health management, policy and ethics
- Kidney disease
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
South Australia | Northern Territory
Global | Online
Directories
Follow Flinders
