Louise is a proud Jaadwa woman and Traditional Owner from Western Victoria. She has held senior research, strategic, project and business management roles in the private and public hospitals/healthcare sectors, Aboriginal health, local government and government owned entities. In her current role at The Kids Research Institute Australia she manages a number of Indigenous Genomics research, research translation, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community engagement projects, and has established and manages the largest Indigenous genomics Governance network in Australia through the Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics. She is passionate about the need to remove diagnostic, treatment and research barriers and to create culturally safe genetic and genomic service pathways for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She has been and is currently a member of a number of state and Federal government working groups and advisory committees for Aboriginal health policy, research, funding and programs planning.
