Oliver Black

Dr Oliver Black is a Lecturer and Early Career Researcher at Flinders University, affiliated with the College of Medicine and Public Health. His work focuses on mental health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB), particularly among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. He combines organisation psychology, epidemiology, and participatory qualitative methods to address both individual and system-level factors in health outcomes.

• Grants: Leading a Commonwealth Primary Care Rural Innovative Multidisciplinary Model Grant (PRIMM) for mental health stepped care in East Arnhem.
• Awards: Recipient of the Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.
• Research Themes: Mental health disparities, cultural adaptation of interventions, remote public health, and health services research for Indigenous communities.