Keighley Pascua

Keighley Pascua is a Senior Research Assistant at the School of Public Health, University of Queensland (email: k.pascua@uq.edu.au). A proud Māori woman connected to Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāpuhi, and Ngātiwai, she specializes in Indigenous health promotion and cancer screening initiatives for First Nations communities.

• Background in research and health service evaluation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, previously at the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
• Bachelor of Health Sciences (Health Promotion major) from University of Queensland (2021), currently pursuing honors under Dr. Nisreen Aouira
• Honours thesis: Evaluation of educational interventions on First Nations' participation in bowel cancer screening