Dr Chang, from the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) at the School of Indigenous Studies at UWA, has been awarded the two-year Suicide Prevention Australia Post-Doctoral Fellowship to develop evidence around culturally appropriate suicide prevention interventions.
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Ways to promote positive social and emotional wellbeing among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that can help build resilience and prevent suicide will be the focus of a new postdoctoral fellowship awarded to research associate Dr Ee Pin Chang from The University of Western Australia.
Dr Chang, from the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP) at the School of Indigenous Studies at UWA, has been awarded the two-year Suicide Prevention Australia Post-Doctoral Fellowship to develop evidence around culturally appropriate suicide prevention interventions.
“I’m thrilled to receive the grant and hope that my research will be able to inform strategies and policies that can contribute to reducing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who die by suicide or who are in the justice system,” Dr Chang said.
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