Five Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scientists awarded

10 Feb 2022

Dr Keane Wheeler from UQ’s School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences was awarded an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scientist Award by the Australian Academy of Science.

Dr Wheeler's work looks to redress inequalities in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s health and development.

His project involves a co-design process with the Yarrabah Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community to create a ‘Move2Smile with Culture’ program, which will combine fundamental movement skills and socio-emotional learning through embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing.

“Move2Smile programs have been shown to build learning capabilities and improve child development outcomes, to better prepare children for a meaningful life,” said Dr Wheeler.

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