Shawana Andrews

Director

Shawana is a Palawa Trawlwoolway woman, with 20 years experience working in Aboriginal health.

Beginning as an Aboriginal hospital liaison officer, Shawana established a co-designed Koori mental health program, an Aboriginal child and family case management program and a comprehensive Aboriginal child outpatient clinic.

Shawana has held policy, project management and teaching roles across the health and higher education sectors.

Contact Shawana for information about our student, leadership or research programs.

Emily Munro-Harrison

Indigenous Graduate Research Program Coordinator

Emily (Wiradjuri) is the Indigenous Graduate Research Program Coordinator and is currently completing her PhD within the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.

Emily’s professional background spans youth and disability support services, policy and evaluation, with 10 years in Indigenous health research. Recent research includes Indigenous youth justice, place-based research, and evaluation of health and wellbeing services and programs.

Contact Emily to find out more about our to find out more about our Indigenous graduate research program.

Jenn Johnston

Executive Assistant

Jenn Johnston oversees the administration for the Melbourne Poche Centre and provides executive support to the Director, Shawana Andrews.

Jenn has over 25 years’ experience with the University of Melbourne, across various centres and departments including the Department of Microbiology, and the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity.

Contact Jenn for general enquiries about the Melbourne Poche Centre.

Odette Mazel

Senior Research Fellow

Odette, Senior Research Fellow, is also a PhD student at the Melbourne Law School.

Her research focuses on the rights of Indigenous peoples and LGBTQIA+ people, and the cultural, social and legal avenues used to pursue their rights. Her work draws on a range of critical theories, particularly decolonialism/postcolonialism, feminism and queer theory.

Odette has previously worked with the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Network; the Agreements, Treaties and Negotiated Settlements (ATNS) Project; and the Australian Government Solicitor in South Australia.

Contact Odette for information about our research projects.

Hannah Fagan

Communications and Projects Coordinator

Hannah (non-Indigenous) is a creative storyteller with experience in employee, customer and digital communications. She uses data-driven insights to drive business outcomes, with a strong focus on the needs of the end user and audience.

Contact Hannah to update your details on the website, share a story or to promote an event, job opportunity or publication.