2022 HMRI Award for Early Career Research - Michelle Kennedy
The 2022 Early Career Researcher of the Year is Dr Michelle Kennedy from the HMRI Equity and Health and Wellbeing Research Program.
Dr Michelle Kennedy is a Wiradjuri woman who has grown up on Worimi country. She is an NHMRC early-career researcher, partnering with Aboriginal communities to place the power in their hands and address priority areas to improve Indigenous health.
Dr Kennedy created a smoking cessation program for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.