Associate Professor Carrington Shepherd

Carrington Shepherd is an Associate Professor at Curtin University with appointments at the Telethon Kids Institute and Murdoch University. He is Head of the Indigenous Health Research program in the Curtin Medical School and been involved in research with and for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community for almost 20 years. His program is guided by community Elders and senior Aboriginal research partners and includes a range of epidemiological, qualitative and mixed methods studies on critical issues impacting on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health—with a particular focus on perinatal health. In addition, he is co-founder of the Australian Stillbirth Awareness & Prevention (ASAP) Collaborative —which brings together Parents, Educators, Awareness Advocates and Researchers with a passionate interest in reducing preventable stillbirths.