Improving oral-health-related quality-of-life for rural Aboriginal communities in Australia utilising a novel mobile denture service

Dr Michelle Irving

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Study conception and design, Acquisition of data, Analysis and interpretation of data, Drafting of manuscript, Critical revision

position: Research Fellow

Dr Neelam Kumar

qualifications: DMD

contribution: Acquisition of data, Drafting of manuscript

position: Student

Dr Kylie Gwynne

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Critical revision

position: Director

Kylie Gwynne has thirty years’ experience in the design, implementation and evaluation of human services for vulnerable Australians. She has held senior leadership roles in service delivery, program development, system reform, research and public policy. Kylie's focus is on the co-design of health care and human services to improve effectiveness, efficiency and outcomes. Her goal is to improve outcomes of Australians through co-design and delivery of culturally safe, timely and relevant services. Since 2012 she has secured $11.5m in funding to co-design, deliver and evaluate services with Aboriginal people including new approaches to oral health, allied health and cardiovascular disease. In 2018 she secured $23.5m for paediatric precision medicine. Kylie holds a Master of Human Services from Griffith University and a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Sydney. She is currently an independent consultant, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and a Senior Lecturer in Health Leadership at Macquarie University.

Mr Folau Talbot

qualifications: Diploma in Dental Technology

contribution: Study conception and design, Critical revision

position: Dental Technician

Anthony Blinkhorn

qualifications: PhD

contribution: Critical revision

position: OBE NSW Health Chair, Population Oral Health; now retired

Australia

Health services research as applied to disadvantaged population groups with a focus on oral health