Dr Kym Rae
| Work Phone | 02-67652698 |
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| Fax | 02 6765 3743 |
| Kym.Rae@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Office | Gomeroi gaaynggal Ce, Gomeroi Gaaynggal Centre |
Biography
Dr Kym Rae is an Early Career Researcher who completed her PhD studies at the University of New England in early 2007. Her PhD work looking at predicting the onset of labour in women provided a natural progression into her post-doctoral work aimed at reducing premature and low birth weight deliveries in Aboriginal communities. Dr Rae is committed to developing research in partnership with Aboriginal people and providing ongoing capacity building opportunities for early Aboriginal researchers. Dr Kym Rae has been the Program Coordinator of the Gomeroi gaaynggal research program (NHMRC 569239) since the early phases of consultation with the Aboriginal communities of the Hunter New England Area Health Service. She has been heavily involved in community consultation and developed community connections in each of the project locations. Dr Rae continues to be in close communication with the Aboriginal communities of Tamworth and Walgett particularly. She has spent four years in community consultation with Aboriginal communities in the local and national arena. Dr Rae is the program coordinator for both the Scientific research and ArtsHealth Gomeroi gaaynggal program. She has a personal interest in the capacity building of local Aboriginal people and has mentored the Aboriginal staff involved in the Gomeroi gaaynggal project to continue to build their research skills and return research capacity to local communities. She has personally mentored two Aboriginal women through to the successful completion of the Indigenous Research Capacity Building Cert IV. Currently she is mentoring a beginning Indigenous Researcher from the University of Newcastle through the early stages of her project design and ethics applications.
Despite the short time frame, she has published a number of conference and journal papers, and continues to increase her publication output. She continues to build her publications in Indigenous maternal and infant health, ArtsHealth and coordinate art exhibitions for the Gomeroi gaaynggal mothers.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of New England, 2007
- Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Teaching, University of New England, 2004
- Bachelor of Science (Honours), University of New England, 2002
Research
Research keywords
- Aboriginal Health
- Endocrinology
- Parturition
- Reproduction
Research expertise
Dr Kym Rae is an Early Career Researcher who completed her PhD studies at the University of New England in early 2007. Her PhD work looking at predicting the onset of labour in women provided a natural progression into her post-doctoral work aimed at reducing premature and low birth weight deliveries in Aboriginal communities. Dr Rae is committed to developing research in partnership with Aboriginal people and providing ongoing capacity building opportunities for early Aboriginal researchers. Dr Kym Rae has been the Program Coordinator of the Gomeroi gaaynggal research program since the early phases of consultation with the Aboriginal communities of the Hunter New England Area Health Service and has been instrumental in obtaining research funds of over $4million in the last 4years of the Gomeroi gaaynggal program. She has been heavily involved in community consultation and developed community connections in each of the project locations. Dr Rae continues to be in close communication with the Aboriginal communities of Tamworth and Walgett particularly. She has spent four years in community consultation with Aboriginal communities in the local and national arena. Dr Rae is the program coordinator for both the Scientific research and ArtsHealth Gomeroi gaaynggal program. She has a personal interest in the capacity building of local Aboriginal people and has mentored the Aboriginal staff involved in the Gomeroi gaaynggal project to continue to build their research skills and return research capacity to local communities. She has personally mentored two Aboriginal women through to the successful completion of the Indigenous Research Capacity Building Cert IV and has two more staff undergoing this training program.
Despite the short time frame, she has published a number of conference and journal papers, and continues to increase her publication output. She continues to build her publications in Indigenous maternal and infant health, ArtsHealth and coordinate art exhibitions for the Gomeroi gaaynggal mothers. Despite a scientific background her commitment to ArtsHealth have lead to the Gomeroi gaaynggal program being awarded the Patronage of the Governor of NSW and the National Excellence award for an Indigenous ArtsHealth program.
Languages
- English
Fields of Research
| Description (Code) | % |
|---|---|
| Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified(111799) | 50 |
| Clinical Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified(110399) | 25 |
| Performing Arts And Creative Writing Not Elsewhere Classified(190499) | 25 |
Centres and Groups
Centre
Group
Memberships
Body relevant to professional practice.
- Member - Endocrine Society of Australia
- Member - Society for Reproductive Biology
Committee/Associations (relevant to research).
- Member - Hunter New England Human Research Ethics Committee
Awards
Research Award.
| 2005 | Keith and Dorothy Mackay Fellowship University of New England (Australia) Travel fellowship awarded to the best applicant |
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Invitations
| ArtsHealth Conference #2 University of Newcastle, Australia (Invited Presenter) | 2009 |
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Reproduction