Kimberley Aboriginal Health Research Alliance - KAHRA

19/09/2025

Great work by Vaughan in the Beagle Bay clinic 🙌🏾

11/09/2025

💛 R U OK? Day 💛

Today is a reminder to check in with the people around you — not just today, but every day.
A simple question like "R U OK?" can make a big difference in someone’s life. You don’t need to be an expert, just a good listener. Sometimes, knowing someone cares is all it takes.
👉 Check in.
🧡 Listen without judgment.
🤝 Encourage action.
💬 Follow up.

Keep the conversation going.

An important public service announcement.

14/08/2025

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🚨 We're hiring!

Join our team - Kutjungka Health Centre Manager. Make a real difference in community healthcare.

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07/08/2025

🎉 **KAHRA Forum 2025 Success!** 🎉

Yesterday’s KAHRA Forum was a huge success, packed with inspiring, deadly speakers from across the Kimberley, with powerful yarns, and sharing stories around the theme 'Shared Vision, Stronger together'.💪🏾

One of the highlights was the launch of the new Indigenous Health Research Register (IHRR) website! 🙌🏾

The IHRR aim is to provide communities with a tool to find out about the research that's going on in the Kimberley region and to inform decisions about future project needs, research, and evaluation outputs from Kimberley projects. 🫶🏿

You can explore the website on ihrr.org.au - This is now live and accessible to everyone in the Kimberley region. 🥰👏🏾

Massive thanks to everyone who came along, it was a great turnout, full of inspiration, connection, and strong voices for better health outcomes in the Kimberley. ✊🏾❤️

05/08/2025

We’re so excited for our Forum tomorrow with a deadly line-up of presenters! It’s going to be a powerful day of conversations around our shared vision, one that brings our mob together to shape the research agenda that really matters to us. 🙌

Can’t wait to see everyone there! 🔥🖤💛❤️

30/07/2025

This year's forum is an opportunity to come together to reflect on the theme 'Shared Vision, Stronger Together'.
It brings researchers and Aboriginal communities together—built on respect, strong relationships, and strong Blak leadership.

18/07/2025

Meet our Keynote speaker for the KAHRA Forum 2025! 🫶

‘Assoc. Professor of Practice Azure Hermes: Deputy Director and Community Engagement Coordinator, National Centre for Indigenous Genomics:

Assoc Professor (in practice) Azure Hermes is the Deputy Director of the National Centre for Indigenous Genomics at the Australian National University. She is from the Gimuy WalubaraYidinji people, traditional custodians of the Cairns area in Queensland. Azure is also NCIG’s Community Engagement Coordinator responsible for engaging with Indigenous community leaders, senior custodians, and community individuals and families. In this role Azure communicates the story of the NCIG Collection and facilitates processes of consent in accordance with NCIG’s ethical oversight and majority-Indigenous governance. Azure has developed an interest in, and understanding of, complex scientific concepts and values cultural approaches to decision-making practices.

Whilst Azure has long enjoyed work at a grass roots level, her ability to build trusted relationships, and her cultural experience and ethical engagement knowledge has propelled her in new directions. Azure sits on Indigenous Advisory committees including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Genomics Health committee and AGHA’s McKenzie’s Mission Advisory Committee.

Azure has successfully published on community engagement strategies and health genomic research. She has presented at national and international conferences, and has been invited to brief the Parliament of Australia’s Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs on best practice Genomic health research in Indigenous Communities.
Assoc. Professor of Practice Azure Hermes: Deputy Director and Community Engagement Coordinator, National Centre for Indigenous Genomics:’

As the countdown begins, we are very excited to meet all the deadly people very soon. 🙌

Stay tuned for more updates!