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Dr
Chontel Gibson
BAppSci (OT); GC Learn & Teach Higher Ed; GC Indigenous Research & Leadership; MPH; PhD
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Senior Research Fellow
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Chontel Gibson is a Gamilaraay woman, Senior Research Fellow and Co-Lead of the Aboriginal Health & Ageing Program NeuRA. A central focus of her work is honouring and valuing the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In partnership with older Aboriginal people, she co-designed a strengths-based model of care for social and emotional wellbeing, including aged care services. This model is recognised by both Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts as best practice. With extensive experience in Aboriginal health, ageing and wellbeing, Chontel uses her leadership, scholarship and community-driven approach to advance culturally responsive research, education and best-practice models.
In addition, Chontel has been instrumental in co-founding national organisations and networks such as Indigenous Allied Health Australia and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Occupational Therapy Network, with the aim of strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation and leadership across health, aged care and the higher education sector.
Publications
2026 Feb
Advancing brain health equity with Indigenous peoples: A critical imperative
2025, 31 Dec
Decolonising tertiary psychology student support in Australia: empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychology students
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2025.2478083
2025 Nov
A Strengths-Based Approach for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Dementia Care.
2025 Nov
Australian aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional well-being.
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001535
2025 Nov
Decolonizing psychology education in Australia through the Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project.
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001490
2025, 03 Sep
Yarning sessions to facilitate cultural responsiveness and decolonising the curriculum in a university psychology setting
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1080/00050067.2025.2492024
2025, 03 Aug
Decolonising tertiary psychology education in Australia: Processes, challenges, and opportunities of curricula change
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.55146/ajie.v54i1.1067
2025 Aug
Decolonising Tertiary Psychology Programs in Australia: Privileging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Voices.
View full journal-article on https://admin.research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/aa9984b4-7620-4730-9913-ff90b370f6e7
2025, 20 Jun
Flourishing in later life: promoting older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ mental health and suicide prevention
View full other on https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/indigenous-mental-health-suicide-prevention/flourishing-in-later-life-promoting-older-aborigin/abstract
2025, 16 Jun
A call to Indigenise occupational wellbeing
View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.52668
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