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Dr Raelene Ward

Name Raelene Ward
Position Southern Queensland and Northern New South Wales Hub Knowledge Broker
Section FDF Hub
Office Q526
Location Toowoomba Campus
Phone +61 7 4631 2916
Extension 2916
Email
Qualifications BNurs USQ , MHlth USQ , PhD USQ
Homepage https://staffprofile.usq.edu.au/Profile/Raelene-Ward
The views expressed on staff homepages may not reflect the views of the University.

  • Primary Health Care ( 111717 )
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health ( 111701 )
  • Health and Community Services ( 111708 )
  • Mental Health ( 111714 )
  • Clinical Nursing: Primary (Preventative) ( 111002 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health And Wellbeing ( 450400 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health Services ( 450409 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Social ( 450420 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Nursing ( 450415 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Remote Health ( 450418 )

Suicide prevention - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander suicide - Youth suicide;
Indigenous community engagement
Social and Emotional Wellbeing;
Mental health;
Aboriginal & Torres Strait islander health;
Primary Health Care;
Aboriginal Community Controlled;


One Basin CRC
First Nations Director
https://onebasin.com.au/
2021 - present

First Nations Leadership Group for the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) Outlook
Murray–Darling Basin Authority
2022 - present

Darling Downs Hospital Health Service - Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)
Aboriginal representative
2011 – present
Reviewing research ethics applications
Queensland Health
(I also review ethics applications from other HREC’s across the state as an external reviewer)

Goolburri Aboriginal Health Advancement - Chairperson
2018 - present
Aboriginal Health Service
Toowoomba Qld

University of Southern Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)
Aboriginal community representative
2010 - 2019
Reviewing research ethics applications

Endorsed Aboriginal Panel Member
Queensland Child Death Case Review Panels (CDCRP)
2015 - 2020


Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  • Centre for Heritage and Culture (CHC)
  • Centre for Applied Climate Sciences (CACS)

NUR1201_2019_2: The Patient Experience: Partnering in Care Profile
NUR1202_2019_2: Professional Identity Profile
NUR1299_2019_2: Foundations of Nursing Practice
ANP5001_2019_1: Introduction to Rural and Remote Nursing Practice Profile
ANP5002_2019_1: Immunisation Nursing Profile
HSC8060_2019_1: Research Project Design Profile
HSC8070_2019_1: Health Masters Project A Profile
HSC8080_2019_1: Health Masters Project B Profile
NUR3030_2019_1: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Profile
NUR8550_2019_1: Professional Studies 1 Profile
NUR2300_2018_3: Evidence Based Nursing Practice Profile
HEA8302_2018_2: Culture as a Determinant of Health Profile
HSC8060_2018_2: Research Project Design Profile
HSC8080_2018_2: Health Masters Project B Profile
NUR1299_2018_2: Foundations of Nursing Practice Profile
NUR2300_2018_2: Evidence Based Nursing Practice Profile
NUR3030_2018_2: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Profile
NUR8550_2018_2: Professional Studies 1 Profile
ANP5001_2018_1: Introduction to Rural and Remote Nursing Practice Profile
ANP5002_2018_1: Immunisation Nursing Profile
HSC8080_2018_1: Health Masters Project B Profile
NUR3030_2018_1: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
NUR2199_2017_3: Clinical AA Situated Practice
NUR2300_2017_3: Evidence Based Nursing Practice
NUR3030_2017_3: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
NUR3499_2017_3: Clinical E: The Beginning Practitioner
HEA8302_2017_2: Culture as a Determinant of Health
NUR2300_2017_2: Evidence Based Nursing Practice
NUR3030_2017_2: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
NUR2300_2017_1: Evidence Based Nursing Practice
NUR3030_2016_3: Indigenous Health and Cross Cultural Care
NUR3030_2016_2: Indigenous Health and Cross Cultural Care
NUR1140_2016_1: Responsible Nursing Practice
NUR3030_2015_3: Indigenous Health and Cross Cultural Care
NUR3099_2015_3: Clinical D: Nursing for Communities
NUR3030_2015_2: Indigenous Health and Cross Cultural Care
NUR3099_2015_2: Clinical D: Nursing for Communities
NUR8550_2015_2: Professional Studies 1
NUR1140_2015_1: Responsible Nursing Practice
IMH5003_2016_2: Culturally Appropriate Intervention Strategies in Indigenous Mental Health
IMH5003_2015_2: Culturally Appropriate Intervention Strategies in Indigenous Mental Health
NUR3030_2014_3: Indigenous Health and Cross Cultural Care
BNUR 2014: BNUR Community Site
IMH5003_2014_2: Culturally Appropriate Intervention Strategies in Indigenous Mental Health
NUR3030_2014_2: Indigenous Health and Cross Cultural Care
oldBNUR: oldBNUR
NUR1140_2014_1: Responsible Nursing Practice
NUR2300_2014_1: Research Methods for Nursing


10 Years


10 Years


  • Primary Health Care ( 111717 )
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health ( 111701 )
  • Health and Community Services ( 111708 )
  • Mental Health ( 111714 )
  • Clinical Nursing: Primary (Preventative) ( 111002 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health And Wellbeing ( 450400 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Health Services ( 450409 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Social ( 450420 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Nursing ( 450415 )
  • Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Remote Health ( 450418 )