Janya McCalman is a Senior Research Officer with the School of Education and The Cairns Institute at James Cook University in Cairns. She has made a major contribution to the Empowerment Research Program since 2003. She is undertaking a PhD exploring the success factors for adapting and transferring Aboriginal empowerment programs across contexts. This will contribute to a better understanding the effectiveness of empowerment approaches towards improving the social determinants of Indigenous Australian health and wellbeing.
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