Roslyn Malay
Ms
Roslyn
Malay

Position

Senior Research Fellow

Organisation / Affiliation 

Boola Boola Djinda, Medical School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Roslyn Malay is an Andajin Kija women from the East Kimberley of Western Australia and has expert knowledge on the complex social, environment and cultural issues that both affect and influence the health and wellbeing of older Aboriginal people in the Kimberley. Roslyn has worked as a Research Project Officer at Boola Boola Djinda Centre for Aboriginal Health and Well being at the University of Western Australia for 15 years. Roslyn served as the co - Chair of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Australia Association of Gerontology Ageing Advisory Group in 2023 and has been a member of this group since 2014. Roslyn is one of a few Aboriginal research officers working in the Kimberley and has been instrumental in improving the lives and health of older Aboriginal Australians who live in this region. She facilitates knowledge exchange of Aboriginal culture to non-Aboriginal people and has helped increase the awareness of dementia and cognitive impairment and other age-related conditions in remote communities in the Kimberley.

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