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Research output per year
The University of Western Australia (M303), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia
Dr Kate Smith is the Research Lead and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (CAMDH), Medical School, University of Western Australia, on Nyoongar Country. Kate has led Aboriginal ageing well research for over 20 years, including the co-design of assessments with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now embedded in national health and aged care policy and practice (Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool and Good Spirit Good Life package), and has co-designed culturally safe models of aged care (Lungurra Ngoora integrated aged care model; Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service memory clinic).
Dr Smith is co-director of the National Good Spirit Good Life Centre for Research Excellence in Ageing Well. She leads a project to increase to enhance the detection of cognitive impairment and dementia (KICA project); a dementia risk management program for Aboriginal people (DAMPAA); and the review of the Good Spirit Good Life tool for remote regions; and is a chief investigator on the OnTrack Centre for Research Excellence in Indigenous Dementia.
Dr Smith advocated for, co-chaired and authored the NHMRC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Roadmap for Dementia Research and Translation. She has served on multiple Department of Health committees for national aged care reform advocating for culturally safe assessment and models of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; is a National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ageing and Aged Care Council (NATSIAACC) founding member; and is a member of the AIHW Dementia Expert Advisory Panel. Dr Smith is a member of the International Indigenous Dementia Network.
Dr Smith is the unit coordinator for Aboriginal Health Research and Ethics (AHEA5801) and Aboriginal Health Research Project (AHEA3300). Dr Smith and the CAMDH research team, in collaboration with the School of Indigenous Studies, have established a new support model to increase the enrolment and success of Aboriginal UWA students in postgraduate health research. She currently supervises 4 Aboriginal postgraduate students.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia
Award Date: 1 Jan 2009
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Smith, K., Taylor, K., Bessarab, D. & Flicker, L.
Australian Association of Gerontology Inc
31/07/23 → 31/01/25
Project: Research
Smith, K., Pestell, C., Bessarab, D., LoGiudice, D., Flicker, L., Russell, S., Malay, R., Hyde, Z., Sagigi, B., Strivens, E., Kneebone, S., Radford, K., Dudley, M., Walker, J., Smith, R., Nguyen, H., Zanker, J., De Almeida, O. & Glance, D.
Medical Research Future Fund MRFF
3/04/23 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
Goldberg, L., Smith, K. & Bessarab, D.
Medical Research Future Fund MRFF
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Department of Health (Western Australia)
1/07/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
Bessarab, D., LoGiudice, D., Flicker, L., Smith, K., Wright, M., Radford, K., Ratcliffe, J., Malay, R., Gibson, C. & Thompson, S.
National Health & Medical Research Council NHMRC
1/11/20 → 31/10/26
Project: Research