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Professor Francine Eades PSM

Professor of Indigenous Health

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Email: f.eades@ecu.edu.au

Professor Francine Eades Menang Noongar PSM MAE is Professor of Indigenous Health in the ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Background

Francine Eades is a proud Noongar woman, nurse, experienced health service executive, public health leader and researcher with more than 30 years' experience advancing Aboriginal people’s health and wellbeing across clinical practice, research, education, and policy. Her work has focused on improving health outcomes through culturally safe healthcare, community partnerships, chronic disease prevention and executive Aboriginal health leadership. She is a member of the WA Department of Health Aboriginal Data Governance Committee and the Cancer Australia Leadership Group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Control.

Throughout her career, Francine has held senior leadership, research and academic roles across health services, universities, government agencies and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations. She has contributed to nationally significant research initiatives focused on Aboriginal health and wellbeing and is recognised for her commitment to community-led change. She regularly reviews grant applications for the National Health and Medical Research Council.

Her contributions have been recognised through honours including the Public Service Medal, WA Aboriginal Health Champion Award, Perth NAIDOC Community Person of the Year, and Indigenous Nurse of the Year.

Awards and Recognition

  • 2024 - Public Service Medal COVID-19 Honour Roll 2024
  • 2022 - Aboriginal Health Champion Award, WA Dept. of Health. WA COVID-19 Vaccination Program.
  • 2018 - Indigenous Health Leadership Fellows Program – Kings College London and University of Melbourne
  • 2007 - Indigenous Nurse of the Year award by the WA Nurses Board at the Midwifery and Nursing Excellence Awards
  • 2020  - Community Person of the Year, Perth NAIDOC Awards Winner
  • 2020 - Co-authored a letter to the Lancet Journal Editor titled: “Australia’s First Nations’ response to the COVID-19 pandemic”.

Current Research Projects

  • Chief Investigator: OCHRE national network of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health researchers. Developing the next generation of health research leaders, who are connected and supported to thrive in research and the academic world, while delivering health research outcomes that have a long-lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia.
  • Chief Investigator: Stopping Premature Aboriginal cardiovascular disease with collaborative Research and Knowledge integration to activate local scalable Leadership and Empowerment (SPARKLE).
  • Chief Investigator: Primary care and regional models to reduce cardiovascular disease in Indigenous Australians.
  • Chief Investigator: Centre for Research Excellence in Aboriginal Child Removals. Addressing the disproportionate representation of Aboriginal children in out of home care nationally.
  • Chief Investigator: Stan Perron Charitable Foundation Grant: Closing the Vaccine Gap. An initiative to better protect health of WA Aboriginal communities.
  • Associate Investigator: Next Generation Aboriginal Youth Health & Wellbeing Study. Fills critical research gaps regarding Aboriginal youth health trajectories over time using a strengths-based approach rather than a deficit model.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Lima, F., O’donnell, M., Gibberd, A., Falster, K., Banks, E., Jones, J., Williams, R., Eades, F., Harrap, B., Chenhall, R., Octoman, O., Eades, S. (2024). Aboriginal Children Placed in Out-of-Home Care: Pathways Through the Child Protection System. Australian Social Work, 77(4), 471-485. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2024.2326505.

2008

Journal Articles

  • Eades, S., Read, AW., Stanley, FJ., Eades, F., McAullay, D., Williamson, A. (2008). Bibbulung Gnarneep (‘solid kid’): Causal pathways to poor birth outcomes in an urban Aboriginal birth cohort. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 44(6), 342-346. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01306.x.

Research Projects

  • Development of the Aboriginal Solid Families Program, National Health and Medical Research Council, MRFF Indigenous Health Research Fund, 2026 ‑ 2027.
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