Elizabeth Rix

Dr Elizabeth Rix

NHMRC Ext-Funded Rsch Fellow C

School of Nursing and Midwifery

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Elizabeth (Liz) Rix is a currently working at the Adelaide Nursing School, University of Adelaide, as a Senior Research Fellow two days per week. Her work is funded by the AKction Team. Liz is a registered nurse, researcher working remotely from Bundjalung Country, in far Northern NSW. Her experience as a renal nurse with NSW Health was the foundation for her doctoral studies which focused on addressing systemic racism, with the aim of improving accessibility and acceptability of renal mainstream services for Aboriginal people receiving dialysis. Liz was fortunate to have Bundjalung Elders, renal patients, their families and carers, and Aboriginal Health Workers guide her in this work. Liz is currently working with a team of specialist academics and clinicians with Kidney Health Australia (KHA) and Caring for Australians with Renal Impairment (CARI), on developing and writing the ‘inaugural’ Guidelines for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples with chronic kidney disease. Liz is passionate about working alongside Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Scholars, Health Practitioners and clinicians, Elders and Community members, as she continues to learn from their cultural and academic expertise in the health and well-being of their People. She is also keen to contribute to promoting and demystifying the process for non-Aboriginal professionals in ‘Decolonising their practice’, and growing her own understanding of being an effective accomplice/ally to enable her to continue to walk/work alongside Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Research Interests

Liz’s research interests include: Indigenous health, with a focus on kidney disease; Cultural Safety, Reflective Practice; Qualitative and Indigenous research methods; chronic disease prevention and management; the care of older people; and improving mainstream health services for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples; Decolonizing health practice and worldviews for nurses and all healthcare professionals; becoming an effective and genuine accomplice to Aboriginal and/orTorres Strait Islander Peoples 

Date Position Institution name
2022 - ongoing Senior Research Fellow (casual) University of Adelaide
2020 - 2020 Coordinator/Lecturer University of Sydney
2019 - 2023 Lecturer (part-time) Southern Cross University
2016 - 2018 Research Fellow University of Sydney
2015 - ongoing Lecturer/Writer (casual) Southern Cross University
2015 - 2023 Lecturer/Academic Southern Cross University
2015 - 2018 Registered Nurse St. Andrews Nursing Home
2015 - 2016 Lecturer/Tutor Southern Cross University
2015 - 2016 Clinical Nurse Educator Lismore Base Hospital
2013 - 2015 Practice Nurse, Relief Gurgun Bulangeelah Aboriginal Medical Service
2012 - 2015 Research fellow University of Sydney
2010 - 2014 PhD Candidate University of Sydney
2008 - 2010 Research Officer University of Sydney
2006 - 2015 Registered Nurse Lismore Base Hospital
2005 - 2006 Registered Nurse St. Vincent’s Private Hospital

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2018 Award 5 Star Teaching Awards Southern Cross University Australia -
2016 Award Peter Bancroft Prize University of Sydney Australia -
2010 Scholarship The Ian O’Rourke Scholarship in Patient Safety Clinical Excellence Commission Australia -
2005 Scholarship Australian Government Aged Care Nursing Scholarship Scheme Australian Government Aged Care Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2015 University of Sydney Australia Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Medicine
2007 Southern Cross University Australia Bachelor of Nursing (Hons)
2004 Southern Cross University Australia Bachelor of Nursing

Date Title Institution name Country
2009 Master of Public Health University of Sydney Australia
2007 Graduate Certificate in Haemodialysis Royal College of Nursing -

Year Citation
2025 Parter, C., Brown, S., Rix, E. F., & Wilson, S. (2025). An Indigenous data analysis framework of practice and Carmen's Theory. ALTERNATIVE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, 21(4), 14 pages.
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2025 Kelly, J., Rix, E., Pearson, O., & Greenfield, D. (2025). Closing the gap in disparities of access to kidney transplant for First Nations communities: lessons from Australia.. Int J Qual Health Care, 37(4), 4 pages.
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2025 Arnold‐Ujvari, M., Rix, E., O'Donnell, K., & Kelly, J. (2025). Cultural Education Provided to Renal Staff Caring for First Nations People in Australia and Similarly Colonized Countries: A Scoping Review. Journal of Renal Care, 51(2), e70023-1-e70023-15.
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2024 Arnold-Ujvari, M., Rix, E., & Kelly, J. (2024). The emergence of cultural safety within kidney care for Indigenous Peoples in Australia. Nursing Inquiry, 31(3), e12626-1-e12626-12.
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2024 Tunnicliffe, D. J., Bateman, S., Arnold-Chamney, M., Dwyer, K. M., Howell, M., Gebadi, A., . . . Phoon, R. K. (2024). Recommendations for culturally safe clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians: a guideline summary (vol 219, pg 374, 2023). MEDICAL JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA, 220(6), 310.
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2024 Cashmore, B., Tunnicliffe, D. J., Palmer, S., Blythen, L., Boag, J., Kostner, K., . . . Walker, R. (2024). Australian and New Zealand Living Guideline cholesterol-lowering therapy for people with chronic kidney disease (CARI Guidelines): Reducing the evidence-practice gap. Nephrology, 29(8), 495-509.
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2024 Rix, E., Doran, F., Wrigley, B., & Rotumah, D. (2024). Decolonisation for health: A lifelong process of unlearning for Australian white nurse educators.. Nursing Inquiry, 31(2), e12616-1-e12616-10.
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2023 Arnold-Ujvari, M., Rix, E., Yip, A., Tunnicliffe, D. J., & Kelly, J. (2023). CARI guidelines: Culturally safe and clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians - A summary. Renal Society of Australasia Journal, 19(2), 93-99.
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2023 Parter, C., Gwynn, J., Wilson, S., Skinner, J. C., Rix, E., & Hartz, D. (2023). Putting Indigenous Cultures and Indigenous Knowledges Front and Centre to Clinical Practice: Katherine Hospital Case Example.. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 21(1), 3.
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2023 Tunnicliffe, D. J., Bateman, S., Arnold-Chamney, M., Dwyer, K. M., Howell, M., Gebadi, A., . . . Phoon, R. K. (2023). Recommendations for culturally safe clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians: a guideline summary. The Medical journal of Australia, 219(8), 374-385.
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2023 Lokugamage, A. U., Rix, E. L., Fleming, T., Khetan, T., Meredith, A., & Hastie, C. R. (2023). Translating Cultural Safety to the UK. Journal of Medical Ethics, 49(4), 244-251.
DOI Scopus32 WoS22 Europe PMC19
2022 Doran, F., Wrigley, B., & Rix, E. (2022). "Teaching in Circle" with student nurses contributes to experiential understanding of cultural safety. CONTEMPORARY NURSE, 58(1), 82-94.
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2021 Gatwiri, K., Rotumah, D., & Rix, E. (2021). BlackLivesMatter in Healthcare: Racism and Implications for Health Inequity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(9), 1-11.
DOI Scopus93 WoS83 Europe PMC54
2018 Longman, J. M., Rix, E., Johnston, J. J., & Passey, M. E. (2018). Ambulatory care sensitive chronic conditions: what can we learn from patients about the role of primary health care in preventing admissions?. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH, 24(4), 304-310.
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2016 Rix, E. F., Moran, C., Kapeen, R., & Wilson, S. (2016). Building cultural bridges and two-way understanding: Working with Australian Aboriginal people within mainstream renal services. Renal Society of Australasia Journal, 12(1), 12-17.
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2015 Longman, J. M., Passey, M. E., Ewald, D. P., Rix, E., & Morgan, G. G. (2015). Admissions for chronic ambulatory care sensitive conditions - a useful measure of potentially preventable admission?. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 472-1-472-4.
DOI Scopus54 WoS53 Europe PMC49
2015 Rix, E. F., Barclay, L., Stirling, J., Tong, A., & Wilson, S. (2015). The perspectives of Aboriginal patients and their health care providers on improving the quality of hemodialysis services: A qualitative study. Hemodialysis International, 19(1), 80-89.
DOI Scopus39 WoS36 Europe PMC31
2014 Rix, E. F., Barclay, L., Stirling, J., Tong, A., & Wilson, S. (2014). 'Beats the alternative but it messes up your life': Aboriginal people's experience of haemodialysis in rural Australia. BMJ Open, 4(9), 10 pages.
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2014 Rix, E. F., Barclay, L., & Wilson, S. (2014). Can a white nurse get it? 'Reflexive practice' and the non-Indigenous clinician/researcher working with Aboriginal people. Rural and Remote Health, 14(2), 13 pages.
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2014 Johnston, J., Wilson, S., Rix, E., & Pit, S. W. (2014). Publish or perish: strategies to help rural early career researchers increase publication output. Rural and Remote Health, 14(3), 2870.
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2013 Rix, E. F., Barclay, L., Wilson, S., Stirling, J., & Tong, A. (2013). Service providers' perspectives, attitudes and beliefs on health services delivery for Aboriginal people receiving haemodialysis in rural Australia: A qualitative study. BMJ Open, 3(10), 10 pages.
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2012 Schuetze, H., Rix, E. F., Laws, R. A., Passey, M., Fanaian, M., & Harris, M. F. (2012). How feasible are lifestyle modification programs for disease prevention in general practice?. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 18(2), 129-137.
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Year Citation
2020 Rix, L., & Rotumah, D. (2020). Healing Mainstream Health: Building Understanding and Respect for Indigenous Knowledges. In J. Frawley, G. Russell, & J. Sherwood (Eds.), Cultural Competence and the Higher Education Sector (pp. 175-195). Springer Singapore.
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2019 Rix, E. F., Wilson, S., Sheehan, N., & Tujague, N. (2019). Indigenist and decolonizing research methodology. In Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences (pp. 253-267). Springer Singapore.
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2018 Rix, E. F., Wilson, S., Sheehan, N., & Tujague, N. (2018). Indigenist and Decolonizing Research Methodology. In Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences (pp. 1-15). Springer Singapore.
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Year Citation
2024 Rix, E. (2024). A lifelong journey of unlearning: decolonising ourselves as white nurse educators to teach cultural safety and become Indigenous accomplices. In 2024 ANZAHPE Conference. Adelaide.
2023 Arnold-Ujvari, M., & Rix, E. (2023). CARI Guidelines: integrating the recommendations for culturally safe and clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians into daily practice. In E. Rix (Ed.), Abstracts of the Renal Society of Australasia Conference (RSA 2023), as published in Renal Society of Australasia Journal Vol. 19 (pp. 22). Sydney, NSW, Australia: Renal Society of Australasia.
2023 Arnold-Ujvari, M., & Rix, E. (2023). CARI Guidelines: integrating the recommendations for culturally safe and clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians into daily practice. In E. Rix (Ed.), Abstracts of the Renal Society of Australasia Conference (RSA 2023), as published in Renal Society of Australasia Journal Vol. 19 (pp. 22). Sydney, NSW, Australia: Renal Society of Australasia.
2016 Rix, E., Wilson, S., Moran, C., & Kapeen, R. (2016). Learning from the Experts: combining Indigenous Knowledge with western health models to build cultural bridges and improve health services for Indigenous peoples. In 2016 American Indigenous Research Association (AIRA) Annual Meeting. Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana, USA.
2015 Rix, E. (2015). Can a white Aussie woman 'get it'? Using an Indigenist paradigm to inform culturally sensitive mainstream renal services for Aboriginal peoples in rural Australia. In 2015 American Indigenous Research Association (AIRA) Annual Meeting. Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana, United States of America.
2014 Rix, E. (2014). 'They put funerals and family in front of their dialysis': a qualitative study of service provider's perspectives on service delivery for Aboriginal people receiving haemodialysis in rural NSW. In https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265848087_'They_put_funerals_and_family_in_front_of_their_dialysis'_a_qualitative_study_of_service_provider's_perspectives_on_service_delivery_for_Aboriginal_people_receiving_haemodialysis_in_rural_NSW. Melbourne, Australia.
2012 Rix, E. (2012). Developing a family-focussed care model for Aboriginal people on haemodialysis. In https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257836102_Developing_a_family-focussed_care_model_for_Aboriginal_people_on_haemodialysis#fullTextFileContent. Darlington Centre Conference Rooms, University of Sydney.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2025 Co-Supervisor The emergence and translation of cultural safety education into renal nursing care in South Australia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Melissa Arnold-Ujvari

Date Role Board name Institution name Country
2017 - ongoing Member Board of American Indigenous Research Association American Indigenous Research Association United States

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2017 - ongoing Member American Indigenous Research Association Conference Committee American Indigenous Research Association United States
2017 - 2019 Member SCU Health Clinic Operations Committee SCU Health Clinic Australia
2017 - ongoing Member Invited Lead: Community Consultation NSW: Informing Guidelines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples with chronic kidney disease ommunity Consultation NSW Australia
2016 - ongoing Member Guidelines Committee Kidney Health Australia - Caring for Australians with Renal Impairment (KHA-CARI). Australia
2015 - ongoing Member International Nurses Association and World-Wide Leaders in Healthcare. International Nurses Association and World-Wide Leaders in Healthcare. Australia
2013 - ongoing Member Advisory Committee, Antecedents to Renal Disease in Aboriginal Children (ARDAC) study. Antecedents to Renal Disease in Aboriginal Children (ARDAC) Australia
2005 - 2009 Member Nursing Programs Advisory Committee Southern Cross University Australia

Date Role Membership Country
2017 - ongoing Member Associate Member Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINAM) Australia
2006 - ongoing Member Renal Society of Australasia. Australia
2003 - ongoing Member Royal College of Nursing Australia

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