Odette Gibson
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Odette is a Kuku Yalanji/Torres Strait Islander woman jointly appointed as a Senior Research Fellow with Wardliparingga Aboriginal Research Unit at South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute and the Sansom Institute for Health Research within University of South Australia. Her experience and post-doctoral training in Aboriginal health policy, health systems and inequity comprises a unique comprehensive skillset relevant to existing and emerging complexities of Aboriginal health and well-being. Specifically, Odette seeks to understand how institutional policies and practices drive health and social inequities experienced by Indigenous populations. Her novel approach is the use of community-level information to show and explore the reasons for variations in disadvantage both within the Aboriginal community and between the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community. Integral to her research is the inclusion of Aboriginal communities in defining their health and wellbeing and how Indigenous data can be governed in the future to derive greater benefit for the population. Her work traverses evidence-based policy development, health services research and epidemiology to identify and address health and social disadvantage and strengths among the Aboriginal population. Odette has expertise in (1) primary health care contexts and systems and their linkages with health and social services (2) conceptual development of Aboriginal specific well-being frameworks and indicators, and (3) using social and epidemiological research to develop policy for chronic disease prevention and management. With strong community and cross sector engagement her current research activities focus on how to reduce disadvantage by improving health and social system responses to better meet the needs of Aboriginal people.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2019 - 2020 Adjunct Senior Fellow University of Adelaide 2013 - ongoing Senior Research Fellow South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2008 - 2013 University of South Australia Australia PhD 2007 - 2008 Monash University Australia Graduate Certificate Health Economics 1996 - 1998 University of Queensland Australia Bachelor of Applied Health Science (Indigenous Primary Health Care) -
Research Interests
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Information and Knowledge Systems Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy Epidemiology Ageing, Frailty and Mobility Child and Adolescent Health Indigenous and Disadvantaged Health Surgical and Health Systems Innovation Translational Health Outcomes
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Balabanski, A. H., Nedkoff, L., Brown, A., Thrift, A. G., Pearson, O., Guthridge, S., . . . Katzenellenbogen, J. M. (2023). Incidence of Stroke in the Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Populations of Australia: A Data Linkage Study.. Stroke, 54(8), 2050-2058.
2023 Morey, K., Pearson, O., Sivak, L., Brown, K., Mejia, G., Colmer, K., . . . Brown, A. (2023). An Aboriginal-led consortium approach to chronic disease action for health equity and holistic wellbeing. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 34(3), 634-643.
2022 Brown, A. D. H., Crengle, S., Tewhaiti-Smith, J., Westhead, S., Bingham, B., Brown, N., . . . Azzopardi, P. S. (2022). The health and wellbeing of Indigenous adolescents: a global collective for an equitable and sustainable future. The Lancet, 399(10322), 341-343.
Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12022 Westhead, S., Appleby, Q., Andrews, B., Brodie, T., Brown, A., Canuto, K., . . . Azzopardi, P. (2022). The need for a roadmap to guide actions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescent health: youth governance as an essential foundation. The Medical Journal of Australia, 217(1), 13-15.
2022 Kelly, J., Stevenson, T., Arnold‐Chamney, M., Bateman, S., Jesudason, S., McDonald, S., . . . Williamson, I. (2022). Aboriginal patients driving kidney and healthcare improvements: recommendations from South Australian community consultations. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(5), 622-629.
Scopus2 WoS12022 Bateman, S., Arnold‐Chamney, M., Jesudason, S., Lester, R., McDonald, S., O'Donnell, K., . . . Kelly, J. (2022). Real Ways of Working Together: co‐creating meaningful Aboriginal community consultations to advance kidney care. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46(5), 614-621.
WoS12022 Procter, A. M., Chittleborough, C. R., Pilkington, R. M., Pearson, O., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. W. (2022). The Hospital Burden Associated With Intergenerational Contact With the Welfare System in Australia. JAMA Network Open, 5(8), 1-14.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12022 Reilly, R., Azzopardi, P. S., Brown, A., Fisher, J., Patton, G., Rickwood, D. J., . . . Brown, N. (2022). Strengthening assessment and response to mental health needs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adolescents in primary care settings: study protocol for the Ngalaiya Boorai Gabara Budbut implementation project. BMJ Open, 12(9), 10 pages.
2021 Ritchie, T., Purcell, T., Westhead, S., Wenitong, M., Cadet-James, Y., Brown, A., . . . Azzopardi, P. S. (2021). Enablers and barriers to primary healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adolescents: study protocol for participatory mixed-methods research that builds on WHO global standards.. BMJ open, 11(4), e046459-1-e046459-10.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12021 Brodie, T., Pearson, O., Cantley, L., Cooper, P., Westhead, S., Brown, A., & Howard, N. J. (2021). Strengthening approaches to respond to the social and emotional well-being needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the Cultural Pathways Program. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 22, e35-1-e35-8.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12021 Parrella, A., Gibson, O., Davy, C., Barrie, H., Mott, K., Morey, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2021). Understanding culturally safe aged care from the perspectives of older Aboriginal Australians in rural and remote communities.. Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals, 36(3), 566-575.
Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC12020 Harfield, S., Pearson, O., Morey, K., Kite, E., Canuto, K., Glover, K., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2020). Assessing the quality of health research from an Indigenous perspective: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander quality appraisal tool. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 20(1), 79-1-79-9.
Scopus102 WoS96 Europe PMC562020 Reilly, R., Stephens, J., Micklem, J., Tufanaru, C., Harfield, S., Fisher, I., . . . Ward, J. (2020). Use and uptake of web-based therapeutic interventions amongst Indigenous populations in Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and Canada: a scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 123-1-123-17.
Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC102020 Chakraborty, A., Pearson, O., Schwartzkopff, K. M., O'rourke, I., Ranasinghe, I., Mann Mah, P., . . . Wittert, G. (2020). The effectiveness of in-hospital interventions on reducing hospital length of stay and readmission of patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a systematic review. Diabetes research and clinical practice, 174, 12 pages.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC22020 Pearson, O., Schwartzkopff, K., Dawson, A., Hagger, C., Karagi, A., Davy, C., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (2020). Aboriginal community controlled health organisations address health equity through action on the social determinants of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 1859.
Scopus29 WoS16 Europe PMC132019 Wright, K., Dono, J., Brownbill, A. L., Pearson, O., Bowden, J., Wycherley, T., . . . Miller, C. (2019). Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption, correlates and interventions among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a scoping review. BMJ Open, 9(2), e023630-1-e023630-15.
Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC62019 Segal, L., Nguyen, H., Mansor, M., Gnanamanickam, E., Doidge, J., Preen, D., . . . Armfield, J. (2019). Lifetime risk of child protection system involvement in South Australia for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children, 1986–2017 using linked administrative data. Child Abuse and Neglect, 97, 104145-1-104145-11.
Scopus17 WoS172017 Gomersall, J., Gibson, O., Dwyer, J., O'Donnell, K., Stephenson, M., Carter, D. A., . . . Aromataris, E. (2017). What Indigenous Australian clients value about primary health care: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41(4), 417-423.
Scopus49 WoS49 Europe PMC222017 Braunack-Mayer, A., Gibson, O., & for the CREATE Methods Group. (2017). Including minority populations in research: we must do better. Medical Journal of Australia, 207(1), 22-23.
Scopus8 WoS8 Europe PMC22017 Avery, J., Bowden, J., Dono, J., Gibson, O., Brownbill, A., Keech, W., . . . Miller, C. (2017). Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, correlates and interventions among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 7(7), 016431-1-016431-5.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC12017 Gibson, O., Reilly, R., Harfield, S., Tufanaru, C., & Ward, J. (2017). Web-based therapeutic interventions for assessing, managing and treating health conditions in Indigenous people: a scoping review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 15(10), 2487-2494.
Scopus2 Europe PMC12016 Gialamas, A., Pilkington, R., Berry, J., Scalzi, D., Gibson, O., Brown, A., & Lynch, J. (2016). Identification of Aboriginal children using linked administrative data: consequences for measuring inequalities. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 52(5), 534-540.
Scopus18 WoS17 Europe PMC82015 Gibson, O., Lisy, K., Davy, C., Aromataris, E., Kite, E., Lockwood, C., . . . Brown, A. (2015). Enablers and barriers to the implementation of primary health care interventions for Indigenous people with chronic diseases: a systematic review. Implementation Science, 10(1), 71-1-71-23.
Scopus90 WoS84 Europe PMC572015 Gomersall, J. S. T., Aromataris, E., Brown, A., Dwyer, J., Stephenson, M., O'Donnell, K., . . . Gibson, O. (2015). Characteristics and value of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organizations' primary health care and their financing needs: a protocol for systematic evidence reviews. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 13(6), 139-167.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12015 Gibson, O. R., & Segal, L. (2015). Limited evidence to assess the impact of primary health care system or service level attributes on health outcomes of Indigenous people with type 2 diabetes: A systematic review. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 13 pages.
Scopus21 WoS19 Europe PMC112014 Kite, E., Davy, C., Gibson, O., McBride, K., & Brown, A. (2014). Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ perceptions of quality of life and wellbeing and how they are measured: A systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 12(7), 138-147.
2013 Gibson, O., Segal, L., & McDermott, R. (2013). A systematic review of evidence on the association between hospitalisation for chronic disease related ambulatory care sensitive conditions and primary health care resourcing. BMC Health Services Research, 13(1), 336-1-336-13.
Scopus106 WoS101 Europe PMC592012 Gibson, O., Segal, L., & McDermott, R. (2012). A simple diabetes vascular severity staging instrument and its application to a Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal adult cohort of north Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 12(1), 185-1-185-7.
Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC102009 Gibson, O. R., & Segal, L. (2009). Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. Medical Journal of Australia, 191(7), 411.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12001 Hill, P. S., Wakerman, J., Matthews, S., & Gibson, O. (2001). Tactics at the interface: Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health managers. Social Science and Medicine, 52(3), 467-480.
Scopus16 WoS14 Europe PMC4- Procter, A. M., Chittleborough, C. R., Pilkington, R. M., Pearson, O., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. W. (n.d.). The hospital burden of intergenerational contact with the welfare system: <i>A whole-of-population liked data study</i>.
- Pearson, O., Schwartzkopff, K., Dawson, A., Hagger, C., Karagi, A., Davy, C., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (n.d.). Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations address health equity through action on the social determinants of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia..
- Pearson, O., Schwartzkopff, K., Dawson, A., Hagger, C., Karagi, A., Davy, C., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (n.d.). Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations address health equity through action on the social determinants of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia..
- Pearson, O., Schwartzkopff, K., Dawson, A., Hagger, C., Karagi, A., Davy, C., . . . Braunack-Mayer, A. (n.d.). Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations address health equity through action on the social determinants of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia..
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2023 Co-Supervisor Improving the prediction, diagnosis and outcomes of autoimmune and statin-related muscle diseases affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Thomas Chong Khoo 2022 Co-Supervisor Indigenous Governance in Community Aboriginal Reference Team within AKction (Aboriginal Kidney care - together improving outcomes now) Master of Philosophy (Clinical Science) Master Part Time Ms Kelli J Owen 2019 Co-Supervisor The Care Project - Improving the Wellbeing of Older Kaurna Ngarrindjeri Women Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Annapurna Nori 2019 Co-Supervisor The Benefits and Burdens of Kidney Transplantation for First Nations Australians Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Samantha Bateman -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Knowledge to Action: Addressing the social determinants of health to promote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social and Emotional Wellbeing Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Tina Louise Brodie
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Board Memberships
Date Role Board name Institution name Country 2018 - 2021 Board Member Reconciliation South Australia Reconciliation SA Australia 2018 - 2021 Board Member Adelaide Fringe Adelaide Fringe Australia -
Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2019 - ongoing Member Principal Committee Indigenous Caucus National Health and Medical Research Council Australia 2014 - ongoing Co-Chair Aboriginal Health Research Ethics Committee Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia Australia
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