Jingay

Health service implementation science

Jingay: telling each other something important

The Jingay Research Cluster focuses on translating knowledge into practice to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Jingay reflects the importance of communication that is clear, consistent, and grounded in respect, bringing together research, clinical practice and community to strengthen systems of care that are culturally safe, effective, and equitable. 

Through applied implementation science and co-design, the cluster develops and evaluates frameworks, tools and strategies that enhance workforce capability, improve service integration and embed cultural responsiveness across health services. Jingay is guided by Indigenous leadership and shaped through collaboration, reciprocity and shared accountability, ensuring that research remains connected to community priorities and real-world impact.

The vision of Jingay is to create sustainable health systems that empower communities, advance health equity and strengthen Indigenous leadership in the design and delivery of healthcare across Australia.

Cluster Leads

Cluster Projects

Advancing Equitable Access to health services for First Nations People

Advancing Equitable Access to health services for First Nations People: bringing to light Australians experiences of racial discrimination in accessing health services.

Amplifying Voices

Ensuring equitable, culturally safe, and responsive access to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander genomic medicine.

Australian Alliance for Indigenous Genomics (ALIGN)

Indigenous led genomics research to enable equitable, culturally safe and responsive access to the benefits of genomic medicine for First Nations Australians.

Australian Pharmacogenomics Diversity Project

Investigating the sensitivity of pharmacogenomics tests for depression for different ethnic populations.

Communication Training for Mental Health

This project studies the development, application and evaluation of communication training for non-indigenous clinicians supporting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people accessing Queensland public mental health services.

Community Champions

Developing resources to support Community engagement and health literacy in genetic healthcare.

GeneEQUAL

Improving the uptake and experience of accessing quality and sensitive genetic healthcare services for people with an intellectual disability by providing collaboratively designed health promotion and information resources.

Integrated Genetic Health Care (IGHC)

Improving access to quality genetic health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Optimising screening and surveillance models of care for liver disease: SSOLID Study

Exploring the use of a simple primary care "liver check" to diagnose clinically significant liver disease.

Respecting the Gift: CONNECT

Building Indigenous leadership in genomics.

Shining Light into the Unknown

Implementing a diagnostic pathway to accurately identify the primary site for Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP).