Professor Patricia (Pat) Dudgeon AM, from the Bardi of the Kimberley, is Australia’s first Aboriginal psychologist and a leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health and wellbeing.
Pat is currently the director of the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention at the University of Western Australia, also leading the Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing research project.
Pioneer Pat led the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project and the Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project, which promotes the development of culturally appropriate psychology services and the training of Indigenous psychologists.
She is also a founding board member of Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia, the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing, mental health and suicide prevention.
Pat’s groundbreaking work is reshaping psychology, creating tangible change.