Professor Roianne West
Kalkadoon and Djaku-nde woman, Roianne West, CEO of CATSINaM, has led a life of extraordinary commitment to Indigenous Health. An RN who has also completed a Masters of Mental Health Nursing and a PhD developing a model of excellence for increasing Indigenous Nurses in Australia, Roianne was Australia’s first Nursing Director at a tertiary hospital with a dedicated portfolio of Indigenous health, Australia’s first Professor of Indigenous Health, and inaugural Dean of First Peoples Health at Griffith University.