Dr Summer May Finlay (CSCA, TAE, BSocSC MPHA, and PhD) is a Yorta Yorta woman who grew up on Awabakal country (West Lake Macquarie) and is a passionate advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. She has worked for a range of organisations in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health, not-for profit, university and for profit sectors. She is currently employed at the University of Wollongong as a Senior Lecturer. She also has a number of senior leadership roles including Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW Ethics Committee, Co-Chair of the World Federation of Public Health Associations Indigenous Working Group and Deputy Chair of Thirrili, Australia’s only Indigenous suicide postvention organisation.
Experience
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–presentSenior Lecturer - Indigenous Health, University of Wollongong
Education
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2020University of South Australia, Doctor of Philosophy
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2015University of Wollongong, Mater of Public Health Advanced
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2007Maquarie University, Bachelor of Social Science
Grants and Contracts
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2019Indigenous engagement and leadership in the evaluation of Indigenous health and wellbeing programs: Taking steps to improve government and non-government commissioning practices
- Role:
- Chief Investigator
- Funding Source:
- National Health and Medical Research Council
Professional Memberships
- Public Health Association of Australia
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Wollongong, Australia
- @summermayfinlay
- Article Feed
- sfinlay@uow.edu.au
- ORCID
- Joined
