Nadine Hunt — The Association Specialists

Nadine Hunt

The Australian National University, Yardhura Walani, National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research, QUEENSLAND, Australia

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Nadine Hunt is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander woman (Iamalaig and Kaantju) and community researcher with the Mayi Kuwayu Study team based in Cairns, working across Far North Queensland. Her work focuses on community-led epidemiology and the development of locally governed health information systems to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community priorities. Nadine has played a lead role in establishing Yarrabah Counts, a community-led health information system developed in partnership with the Yarrabah Leaders Forum. Her work has included community engagement, survey and indicator design, workforce training, household census implementation, and epidemiological analysis of population, housing, and wellbeing data. She recently submitted her Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology thesis, focused on strengthening sovereign Indigenous community data systems.