{"results":[{"title":"Cultural safety isn't just a buzzword - it's a vital part of First Nations health care and healing","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2026/conversation_culturally-safe-healthcare_card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2026/july/cultural-safety-isnt-just-a-buzzword","publisheddate":"2026-07-07","summary":"
First Nations people in Australia have worse health and a lower life expectancy than other Australians. An important part of the picture is how people experience the health system, especially whether care is culturally safe.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our place culture and heritage"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"}]},{"title":"‘Wait with me until it’s over’: what teens want you to know about dissociation","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2025/conversation-dissociation-card-944x522.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2025/october/wait-with-me-until-its-over-what-teens-want-you-to-know-about-dissociation","publisheddate":"2025-10-27","summary":"
Some teens zone out not from rudeness but dissociation, the brain's way of coping with overwhelming stress or trauma.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Health and medical leaders join top national academy","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/dawn-bessarab-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/october/health-and-medical-leaders-join-top-national-academy","publisheddate":"2024-10-24","summary":"
An Indigenous health and social worker, cardiovascular disease specialist, two infectious disease paediatricians and a cardiovascular exercise physiologist have been elected to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Paediatrics"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Health and biotechnology"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Awards and Achievements"}]},{"title":"Vale Kay Van Norton Poche AO","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2024/poche-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2024/june/vale-kay-van-norton-poche-ao","publisheddate":"2024-06-21","summary":"
The University of Western Australia is deeply saddened by the loss of Kay Van Norton Poche AO a remarkable advocate whose dedication to Indigenous health and wellbeing has left an indelible mark on the community. ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Our People"}]},{"title":"Study investigates link between Indigenous hearing loss and mental health","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/indigenous-hearing-health-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/october/study-investigates-link-between-indigenous-hearing-loss-and-mental-health","publisheddate":"2023-10-20","summary":"
New federal funding announced today will enable researchers to undertake the first study of its kind to investigate how untreated hearing loss could increase the risk of mental-health issues and dementia in Indigenous people.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"}]},{"title":"Public lecture to focus on Indigenous wellbeing, self-determination and the Voice","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/pat-dudgeon-card-1.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/september/public-lecture-to-focus-on-indigenous-wellbeing-self-determination-and-the-voice","publisheddate":"2023-09-05","summary":"
Prominent Indigenous scholar Professor Patricia Dudgeon from UWA will shine the spotlight on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing, self-determination and the upcoming Voice Referendum at a free public lecture next week.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Centre for Social Impact"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"School of Psychological Science"},{"title":"Social Work"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Policy-and-opinion"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Early childhood dental health program takes off in the Great Southern","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/dental-students-great-southern-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/may/early-childhood-dental-health-program-takes-off-in-the-great-southern","publisheddate":"2023-05-02","summary":"
Dental students from UWA have been getting hands on training in the Central Great Southern as part of an initiative aimed at improving the long-term health outcomes of young children.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Current students"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Prospective students"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"School of Allied Health"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Learning-and-teaching"},{"title":"Research"}]},{"title":"Ground-breaking medical research projects awarded $22 million","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2023/mrff-grants-card.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2023/march/ground-breaking-medical-research-projects-awarded-22-million","publisheddate":"2023-03-14","summary":"
Researchers from have been awarded more than $22.3 million to support nine vital health research projects.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Health"},{"title":"Medical School"},{"title":"Medical Education"},{"title":"Our Women"},{"title":"Pharmacy"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Staff"},{"title":"WA Centre for Rural Health"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our People"},{"title":"Research"},{"title":"Featured"}]},{"title":"Awards and Achievements October","featuredimage":"/news/-/media/project/uwa/uwa/newsroom/card-image/2022/charmaine-green-card-image.jpg","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2022/november/awards-and-achievements-october","publisheddate":"2022-11-01","summary":"
 The University of Western Australia has a continual roll call of awards, scholarships and prizes presented to staff and students.
 ","sxaTags":[{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"Diversity"},{"title":"Regional rural and remote"},{"title":"Research category"},{"title":"School of Human Sciences"},{"title":"School of Indigenous Studies"},{"title":"School of Social Sciences"},{"title":"Software Engineering"},{"title":"Computer Science"},{"title":"The UWA Institute of Agriculture"}]},{"title":"New Fellowship to build health research capacity in Aboriginal communities","featuredimage":"","link":"https://www.uwa.edu.au/news/article/2022/september/new-fellowship-to-build-health-research-capacity-in-aboriginal-communities","publisheddate":"2022-09-27","summary":"
An experienced researcher and social scientist from UWA with a commitment to Indigenous health has been awarded an Early Career Research Fellowship from Healthway to build research capacity in Aboriginal communities.","sxaTags":[{"title":"Media statements"},{"title":"Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health"},{"title":"School of Population and Global Health"},{"title":"CorporateHome"},{"title":"Home Page"},{"title":"Health-and-Medicine"},{"title":"Our-community"},{"title":"Research"}]}]}