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Professor Maree Toombs is a Professor of Public Health at the Sydney School of Public Health within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. She focuses on addressing health inequities for Indigenous populations in Australia, particularly in mental health, chronic respiratory diseases, and substance use. Her email is maree.toombs@sydney.edu.au.
Her research emphasizes culturally appropriate healthcare interventions co-designed with Indigenous communities, including studies on vaccine attitudes, maternal care, and chronic cough management. She has collaborated on projects like the Mobile Outreach Boomerang van to enhance healthcare access in remote areas and the National First Nations Research Network. Grants include funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) for translational lung health research and equity-focused initiatives.
Professor Toombs' work spans multiple disciplines, with recent articles analyzing traumatic life events’ impact on mental disorders, the feasibility of diagnostic tools for Indigenous populations, and disparities in healthcare outcomes for Indigenous Australians with cirrhosis. She has also presented at conferences such as the 2nd Australasian COVID-19 Conference and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress.
In advising and grants, she leads multidisciplinary teams and has secured grants for strategic health planning, suicide intervention programs, and rural workforce retention. Her involvement in the Mobile Outreach Boomerang project highlights her commitment to community-driven healthcare solutions.
Labs and teams include collaborations with the National First Nations Research Network, the PneuMatters trial group, and the TSANZ position statement committees. She advocates for Indigenous elder roles in community wellbeing and has published insights on incarceration rates among Indigenous children, emphasizing systemic reform.
