Brianna Poirier
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
Adelaide Dental School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Brianna is a non-Indigenous settler Canadian who is currently completing her PhD with the Indigenous Oral Health unit at the University of Adelaide. In early 2020, Brianna completed her Master of Science degree in Applied Human Nutrition at the University of Guelph in Canada, where her research focused on Indigenous food sovereignty.
Brianna's current research relates to the impact of neoliberal political and economic ideologies on Indigenous oral health, as well as qualitative research related to early childhood caries among Indigenous children in South Australia. Over the past 5 years, Brianna has had the privilege of engaging in community-based participatory research with First Nations communities in Canada, as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia. Brianna is passionate about expanding our understanding of diseases beyond biomedical measures to include factors that align with Indigenous, holistic understandings of health and well-being.
Brianna is currently supervising four Honours students and one DClinDent student. Brianna recently served as a casual lecturer at the University of Adelaide for 'Indigenous Peoples and the Environment' and is currently facilitating tutorials for 'Foundations of Medicine' and 'Health and Illness in a Population.'
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2021 - ongoing Research Assistant (Aboriginal Health) Flinders University 2020 - ongoing Research Assistant University of Adelaide 2020 - 2020 Casual Lecturer University of Adelaide 2019 - 2020 Research Assistant University of Victoria 2018 - 2020 Research Assistant University of Guelph 2017 - 2019 Teaching Assistant University of Guelph -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review French Can read and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 - 2020 University of Guelph Canada MSc, Applied Human Nutrition 2013 - 2017 Queen's University Canada BAH, Health Studies -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2022 Poirier, B. F., Hedges, J., Smithers, L. G., Moskos, M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Child-, family-, and community-level facilitators for promoting oral health practices among Indigenous children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1150-1-1150-19.
2022 Poirier, B. F., Hedges, J., Smithers, L. G., Moskos, M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). “I feel like the worst mother in the world”: Neoliberal subjectivity in Indigenous Australian oral health. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 2, 100046.
2022 Jensen, E. D., Poirier, B. F., Oliver, K. J., Roberts, R., Anderson, P. J., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Childhood Experiences and Perspectives of Individuals With Orofacial Clefts: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 12 pages.
2022 Nath, S., Poirier, B., Ju, X., Kapellas, K., Haag, D., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Prevalence of periodontal disease among Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations: protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic Reviews, 11(1), 9 pages.
2022 Poirier, B., Sethi, S., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Building an understanding of Indigenous Health Workers’ role in oral health: A qualitative systematic review. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 11 pages.
2022 Poirier, B., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Walking together: Relational Yarning as a mechanism to ensure meaningful and ethical Indigenous oral health research in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(3), 354-360.
2022 Poirier, B., Jensen, E., & Sethi, S. (2022). The evolution of the teledentistry landscape in Australia: A scoping review. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 8 pages.
2022 He, I., Smart, G., Poirier, B. F., Sethi, S., & Jensen, E. D. (2022). An update on dental caries in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Pediatric Dental Journal.
2022 Poirier, B., Sethi, S., Haag, D., Hedges, J., & Jamieson, L. (2022). The impact of neoliberal generative mechanisms on Indigenous health: a critical realist scoping review. Globalization and Health, 18(1).
2022 Nath, S., Poirier, B., Ju, X., Kapellas, K., Haag, D., & Jamieson, L. (2022). Periodontal disease inequities among Indigenous populations: A systematic review and meta-analysis.. Journal of periodontal research, 57(1), 1-19.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Poirier, B. F., Hedges, J., Smithers, L. G., Moskos, M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2021). Aspirations and worries: the role of parental intrinsic motivation in establishing oral health practices for Indigenous children. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(21), 11695-1-11695-14.
Scopus2 WoS22021 Poirier, B., Sethi, S., Garvey, G., Hedges, J., Canfell, K., Smith, M., . . . Jamieson, L. (2021). HPV vaccine: uptake and understanding among global Indigenous communities - a qualitative systematic review.. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 2062.
2021 Nath, S., Poirier, B. F., Ju, X., Kapellas, K., Haag, D. G., Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., & Jamieson, L. M. (2021). Dental Health Inequalities among Indigenous Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.. Caries research, 55(4), 268-287.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC22021 Sethi, S., Poirier, B., Canfell, K., Smith, M., Garvey, G., Hedges, J., . . . Jamieson, L. M. (2021). Working towards a comprehensive understanding of HPV and cervical cancer among Indigenous women: a qualitative systematic review. BMJ Open, 11(6), e050113.
2021 Poirier, B., Hedges, J., Smithers, L., Moskos, M., & Jamieson, L. (2021). "What are we doing to our babies' teeth?" Barriers to establishing oral health practices for Indigenous children in South Australia. BMC Oral Health, 21(1), 1-12.
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Brianna is currently facilitating tutorials for Foundations of Medicine and Health and Illness in a Population. Previously, Brianna has served as a casual lecturer for Indigenous Peoples and the Environment at the University of Adelaide and a Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Nutrition, Advanced Nutrition, and Infant and Child Development at the University of Guelph.
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Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2022 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Use of local anaesthesia with general anaesthesia in paediatric dentistry University of Adelaide Honours Part Time Emily Xin Yi Ting 2022 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Qualitative exploration of the experience of pain among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples University of Adelaide Honours Part Time Annika Ramesh 2022 - ongoing Co-Supervisor The impact of paediatric head and neck malignancy globally and the prevalence in South Australia over the past decade The University of Adelaide Honours Part Time John Beji Daniel
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2021 - ongoing Member World Public Health Nutrition Association United Kingdom 2021 - ongoing Member International Association for Dental Research United States 2021 - ongoing Representative Public Health Association of Australia Australia
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