Café Scientifique (International Session): The Australian Experience

Join Janet Kelly and Kelli Owen, who share their knowledge and experience working with Indigenous patients in Australia on the following initiatives:
(1) Aboriginal Kidney Care Together Improving Outcomes Now (AKction)
(2) National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce (NIKTT)
Connecting Our Mob:
(3) Patient navigators As Sustainable Supports (COMPASS)
Janet Kelly is a nurse researcher and course coordinator focused on improving health care and outcomes with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Janet co-leads AKction2, a 5-year NHMRC Ideas grant with Dr Kim O'Donnell. This project brings together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kidney patients and their families, health professionals, academics, researchers and other key stakeholders to identify strengths and gaps and improve care.
Kelli Owen is a Kaurna, Narungga & Ngarrindjeri sovereign woman. She is the National Community Engagement Coordinator for the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce (NIKTT), a Project officer with SA Health overseeing the Kanggawodli renal project with the Central Northern Adelaide Renal & Transplantation Service, a Chief investigator and member of AKction (Aboriginal Kidney Care Improving Outcomes Now) with the University of Adelaide, a newly appointment member of Organ Transplant Authority (OTA) advisory committee and is leading the South Australian Health Medical Research Institute project COMPASS.