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Establishing a Community-Controlled Multi-Institutional Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Leilani Pearce  and
Bronwyn Fredericks
Leilani Pearce
Affiliation:
Centre for Clinical Research Excellence, Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, PO Box 698, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 4006, Australia
Bronwyn Fredericks
Affiliation:
Centre for Clinical Research Excellence, Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, PO Box 698, Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 4006, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, 3004, Australia
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Abstract

The Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council (QAIHC) lead and govern the Centre for Clinical Research Excellence (CCRE), which has a focus on circulatory and associated conditions in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The CCRE is a partnership between QAIHC and Monash University, the Queensland University of Technology, the University of Queensland, James Cook University, the National Heart Foundation, and the University of Wollongong. The establishment of the CCRE under the community-controlled model of governance is unique and presents both opportunities and challenges for innovative partnerships between universities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community organisations. This paper outlines the processes and strategies used to establish a multi-institutional research centre that is governed by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled health sector.

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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 36 , Issue S1: (Re)Contesting Indigenous Knowledges & Indigenous Studies , 2007 , pp. 121 - 128
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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