Ngangk Yira Research Advisory Board
The Advisory Board of the Ngangk Yira Research Centre for Aboriginal Health and Social Equity advises on the strategic direction of the Centre, including: achieving its vision; ongoing research strategy; sustainability; and impact.
The Advisory Board is comprised of scientific members, cultural members and senior leaders from key organisations in sectors related to the work of Ngangk Yira. Some members represent an organisation whilst others are members by virtue of their skills and expertise.
Board members

Aunty Marie Taylor
Whadjuk Elder
As Nyungar Elder, Marie Taylor descends from a long line of storytellers and has inherited this family gift. Aunty Marie is a woman of many talents, roles and identities. She is a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and has been a junior state hockey representative, Bible College graduate, housing officer, evangelist, a course author and teacher at Murdoch University.
Auntie Marie has helped establish an Aboriginal Cultural Centre, produced programs that are taught in schools across the city and, in her role as Nyungar Elder, conducts traditional Welcomes to Country and Smoking Ceremonies. She has had a long career in both Government and non-Government agencies in a range of positions.
Officially retired, Aunty Marie is the chairperson of the Yelakitj Moort Nyungar Association which ensures culture, traditions, language and stories of the Nyungar families are maintained and taught in schools and communities. As part of the Honorary Elders Group for Murdoch University and member of the Ngangk Yira Advisory Board, Auntie Marie shares her wisdom and cultural guidance for research directions and the future of the University.

Janinne Gliddon
Wheatbelt Regional Aboriginal Health Consultant, WA Country Health Service
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Deborah Jacobs
Registered Nurse, an Aboriginal Acute and Chronic Disease Care Co-ordinator
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Professor Fiona Stanley AC
MSc, MBBS MD, FFPHM, FAFPHM, FRACP, FRANZCOG, Hon DSc, Hon DUniv, Hon FRACGP, Hon MD, Hon FRCPCH, Hon LLB (honoris causa)
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Terri Barrett
Executive Director of Nursing and Executive Lead for Child and Adolescent Services Community Health
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Ngangk means both 'mother' and 'sun'. Alongside the Noongar word Yira, the meaning expands to: the rising sun (ngangk yira). Together, they have added spiritual meaning for the sun's giving of life to all things in its passage across the sky.