Rate My Professor Maria Mackay

Maria's research interests center on person-centred practice, Indigenous research methodologies, and collaborating with Aboriginal communities to improve health outcomes, particularly in bushfire and COVID-19 recovery contexts. She is a Director of the Person-centred Practice International Collaborative of Practice CIC and contributes to the Ngarruwan Ngadju Indigenous research centre. Her scholarly impact is evidenced by over 365 citations on Google Scholar. Notable publications include 'Practices Supporting Community Recovery and Healing Following Cumulative Trauma and Disaster: An Australian Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisation Case Study' (2024, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, with Lynne Keevers and others), 'Supporting recovery, healing and wellbeing with Aboriginal communities of the southeast coast of Australia: a practice-based study of an Aboriginal community-controlled health organisation's response to cumulative disasters' (2024, BMC Health Services Research), 'The SEED Wellness Model: A Workplace Approach to Supporting Healthcare Workers’ Mental Health and Wellbeing After Trauma and Disaster' (2022, Frontiers in Health Services, with Padmini Pai and others), 'Facilitating person-centred learning between nursing students and clinical supervisors in practice: guideline and programme development' (2023, with Carley Jans), and 'Interventions That Support Breastfeeding for Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Scoping Review' (2024, with Naema Alatawi and others). Maria supervises Doctor of Philosophy students and integrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health frameworks into nursing curricula.