Roxanne Jones
2024 Fellows
Roxanne Jones is a Palawa woman, PhD candidate and Research Associate at the Australian National University. Roxy is a Social Epidemiologist and Registered Nurse with a passion for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child health and wellbeing.
Roxy has research experience in the development and analysis of large-scale community driven cohort studies, including Mayi Kuwayu: the national study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing, and the Yukaaywa Purrary study: a national study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and adolescent wellbeing.
Roxy has a background working as a Registered Nurse in Paediatric Intensive Care and was previously a board director with the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM).
Roxy holds a Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology) from the Australian National University. She also holds a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Research and Leadership from Melbourne University. Her undergraduate degrees include a Bachelor of Nursing and a Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedics) from the Queensland University of Technology.