Past Projects

Source: NSW Ministry of Health (RFx118321)

Year: 2018-2019

Title: Aboriginal Allied Health Workforce Pathways Scoping Project

Role: Chief Investigator A; leadership of project, all aspects of design, data collection, analysis and reportage; governance, budget and convening Aboriginal Advisory Group

Team:  Dr Megan Williams, Dr Mark Ragg, Prof Nareen Young, Ms Danielle Montgomery, Mr Phil Naden

Source: Lowitja Institute (017-G-034)

Year: 2017-2019

Title: Ngadhuri-nya: Drawing on the NSW Child Development Study to understand effects of intergenerational incarceration

Role: Leadership of project; Dr Tzoumakis on parental leave for two thirds project.

Team: Dr Stacy Tzoumakis, Dr Megan Williams

Source: Legal Aid NSW

Year: 2018

Title: Evaluation of the Civil Law Service for Aboriginal Communities

Role: Chief Investigator A; leadership of project

Team: Dr Megan Williams, Dr Mark Ragg

Source: Australian Research Council (LP140100429)

Year: 2013-2018, extended to mid-2019

Title: Positive Life Pathways for Vulnerable Adolescents, with Ted Noffs Foundation

Role: Chief Investigator F; oversight of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander data analysis, student supervision, writing for publication, Chair of Aboriginal Advisory Committee.

Team: Dr Sally Nathan, Dr Patrick Rawstorne, Professor Andrew Hayen, Dr Joanne Bryant, Professor Eileen Baldry, Dr Megan Williams, Mr Mark Ferry, Dr Marian Shanahan

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  • Rapid Review: Reducing homelessness following transition from government services
  • Chief Investigator B; focus on prisons and Indigenous peoples, Sax Institute and NSW Family and Community Services 2016, with Dr Elizabeth Conroy. Available at Homeless-at-transition.pdf (saxinstitute.org.au)
  • Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Clinical Academic Group, Sydney Partnerships for Health, Education and Research Enterprise (SPHERE) 2016-2018, with core team Prof Lisa Jackson Pulver, Prof Elizabeth Sullivan, Dr Megan Williams, Ms Sally Fitzpatrick, Dr Rachelle Arkles
  • Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Offender Health, NHMRC 2013-2018, Associate Investigator A with Prof Tony Butler, Prof Andrew Lloyd, Assoc Prof Peter Schofield, Mr James Ward, Prof Phillip Mitchell, Dr Jill Guthrie, Prof John Kaldor, Assoc Prof Kimberlie Dean, Dr Georgina Chambers; AIs: Dr Megan Williams, Ms Jocelyn Jones, Mr Michael Doyle, UNSW
  • Summative Evaluation of the National Indigenous Critical Response Service, Thirilli Ltd
  • 2018-2020, with Human Capital Alliance (International) Pty. Ltd. with Mr Lee Ridoutt, Mr Justin Noel, Ms Carla Cowels, Ms Kate Kelleher, Dr Megan Williams, Ms Debbie Stanford, Ms Darlene Daley
  • Living Our Ways Community-driven Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disability research program, NSW Government Family and Community Services 2015-2018, Team Investigator with Dr Scott Avery, Mr Damian Griffis, Prof Joanne Travaglia, Prof Melissa Haswell, Assoc Prof Leanne Dowse, First Peoples Disability Network and UNSW.
  • Returning Home, Back to Community from Custodial Care, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing 2014, with Prof Melissa Haswell, Prof Lisa Jackson Pulver, Assoc Prof Ilse Blignault, UNSW. Available at https://apo.org.au/node/127006
  • Critical Friends Circle, Learning and Teaching Unit project, 2014, with Ms Sally Fitzpatrick, Assoc Prof Melissa Haswell & Prof Lisa Jackson Pulver, UNSW
  • Indigenous Entry Defence Programs Evaluation, Australian Defense Force, 2014-15, with Prof Lisa Jackson Pulver, Prof Melissa Haswell
  • Be the Best You Can Be Aboriginal health program, Healing Foundation, and Rio Tinto 2012-14, with Mibbinbah Aboriginal Men’s Health Promotion Charity, Bush Turkey Films and The Republic Production Consultants. More information at Mad Bastards movie
  • Connective services: Role of social support post-prison release in an urban Aboriginal population, NHMRC Capacity Building Grant 2011, Chief Investigator, grant from UNSW to UQ. Thesis available at Connective Services: Post-prison release support in an urban Aboriginal population – University of New South Wales (unsw.edu.au)
  • Evaluation of the Lotus Glen Indigenous Peer Education Project, Queensland Corrective Services 2007, Chief Investigator, Indigenous Health Unit, UQ
  • Guidelines for Hepatitis C Education Targeting Young People, Queensland Health 2003, Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, UQ
  • Hepatitis C Interventions for Young People at Risk of Detention: Action Research Project, Queensland Health 2003, with Ms Gai Lemon, Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, UQ
  • The Box Project – Hepatitis C Health Promotion Research and Education, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing 2003, Hepatitis C Council of Queensland.
  • Evaluation of Logan Youth and Family Services Non-Injecting Routes of Administration Project, Queensland Health 2001, Queensland Alcohol and Drug Research and Education Centre, UQ
  • Initiates to Injecting Project, Queensland Health 1997-98, QuIVAA
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