UNITE Lead

Professor Alex Brown (BMed, MPH, PhD, FRACP (hon.), FCSANZ, FAHMS) is the Professor of Indigenous Genomics at the Telethon Kids Institute and The Australian National University. He is an internationally leading Aboriginal clinician/researcher who has worked his entire career in Aboriginal health in the provision of public health services, infectious diseases and chronic disease care, health care policy and research.

UNITE Hub Coordinator

Kaashifah Bruce is based at The Kids Research Institute Australia in Boorloo, Western Australia.  She has over 20 years’ research experience, including 10 years leading and managing Indigenous health research teams, working in partnership with Indigenous researchers, community groups and organisations to produce community-led evidence-based research.

As the UNITE Hub Coordinator, Kaashifah is committed to building the capacity of Aboriginal peoples and communities to collectively drive the strategic direction of Indigenous health.

Project Manager

Phillip Obah, a proud Wadja, Walmajarri and Ngarti man, with a cultural education from the desert and a university background in sociology and economics.

He has been on the path of reviving traditional knowledge, lore and culture for over 20 years using a spiritual method of approach to community development, and a goal to developing a traditional knowledge and research centre on country and asserting the sovereign rights of his people.

His career path has been in cultural heritage, NDIS, job network agency and now research for public health policy at Djurali Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research and Education Group with a focus on making tangible impact in First Nations communities.