Bep Uink is committed to improving health in Indigenous communities. A Noongar woman from Perth, Professor Uink serves as the director of Edith Cowan University-based HealthInfoNet, which provides accessible, evidence-based resources on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. She is the first Aboriginal director and first female to hold the role in the organisation’s history. Professor Uink joined ECU from Murdoch University, where she was dean of Indigenous knowledges. She is a post-doctoral fellow and senior research fellow at Murdoch University’s Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre and her research focuses on understanding how socially determined disadvantage impacts the social emotional wellbeing of young people, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and how social systems such as higher education can support young peoples’ wellbeing.
