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RAUCCHS gathers in Canberra to accelerate urban Indigenous health

6 November 2025

How Australia will get more Covid jabs to rural and remote areas

Published on: 20 September 2021

Professor James Ward featured in an article by the Courier Mail discussing the need for COVID vaccinations in rural and remote areas.
Vaccination experts weigh in on how we can get to 80 per cent COVID jabs

Published on: 15 September 2021

Professor James Ward featured in an ABC Online article discussing the COVID-19 vaccination goals for Australia.
Elders and teens from Queensland's Indigenous communities push back against vaccine hesitancy to boost immunisation rates

Published on: 10 September 2021

Aboriginal elders and teenagers are leading the push to get more people in Queensland's Indigenous communities vaccinated, but the biggest challenge is dispelling myths and misinformation about the vaccine.
Innovative research explores responses to COVID-19 among Indigenous communities in Brisbane

Published on: 9 September 2021

A new study led by UQ Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Indigenous Engagement Bronwyn Fredericks and Professor James Ward featured in Croakey Health Media.
Academic positions across broad range of health disciplines now available

Published on: 8 September 2021

We're searching for dynamic, inspired researchers to join the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health as we enter our next exciting phase of growth
Why is the Indigenous COVID-19 vaccination rate 20 per cent lower than the national average?

Published on: 6 September 2021

Professor James Ward, spoke with ABC News Online about the vaccination gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.