About
Ms Jess Dawson is an Associate Lecturer and Poche Education Support Officer at Flinders University's College of Medicine and Public Health, affiliated with the Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute. She is a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide focusing on cultural safety in public policy and healthcare education. Her research emphasizes improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations through policy reform and educational frameworks.
Education qualifications include a Bachelor of Naturopathy, Graduate Diploma in Health Sciences (Psychology, Honours), and ongoing doctoral studies. She coordinates and lectures in HLTH2102: Indigenous Health for Health Sciences.
Research interests center on cultural safety applications in policy and education, with a focus on systemic barriers faced by Indigenous communities. Recent publications analyze reflexive practice in healthcare training, Indigenous health policy discourse, and systematic reviews of cultural safety education.
Her work has been cited 47 times with an h-index of 2, reflecting contributions to healthcare equity and policy analysis. She collaborates nationally and internationally on projects addressing Indigenous health disparities.
