Staff Profile

Ms Samia Goudie
Position: Lecturer
Phone: +61 7 336 55552
Fax:
Email: s.goudie@uq.edu.au
Location:
Building: Public Health Building
Centre or Group: Indigenous Health Unit
Biography:
Ms Samia Goudie Lecturer, Indigenous health Ms Goudie has recently returned from a year in the USA on a Fulbright Fellowship which allowed her to travel across the USA sharing and learning with Indigenous peoples. Her research and media-based work on the recovery from “Intergenerational Trauma” was shared with University based academics from the University of Arizona, New York University and California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. Before starting at SPH, Samia held various positions in Indigenous health, welfare and community as well as education. She was course co-ordinator for Indigenous health at Wollongong University and more recently spent three years around the Byron Bay area working on community projects. Samia has made three television documentaries. One, “Us Deadly Mob”, was recently was screened through the Australian Film Commission in the Blackout, Croc FEST and Message Sticks series. She has won a number of awards for her films. Samia has a Masters in Applied Science with a major in Social Ecology (UWS), a counselling diploma (Australasian College of Sexual Health Physicians) and a Diploma in Natural Therapies (Queensland Natural Health Society). She also holds a black belt in martial arts and is a surf coach and lifesaver.Qualifications:
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Fulbright Award and Alumni (2007)
Australian and American Fulbright Commission
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Masters of Applied Science (1998)
UWS
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Diploma in Sexual Health Counselling (1998)
Australasion College of Sexual Health Physcians
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Grad Diploma in Social Ecology (1996)
UWS
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Diploma in Natural Medicine (1985)
Queensland College of Natural Medicine
Research Interests:
- Alcohol & Drug Research & Education
- Health Behaviour Interventions
- Health Psychology
- Indigenous Health
- Women's Health



