Michelle Dowden Nutrition Society of Australia 50th Annual Scientific Meeting 2026

Michelle Dowden

Michelle Dowden Bio Michelle is currently Health Promotion Officer at Terang Mortlake Health Service. She previously been CEO for One Disease and has over 25 years of working within a variety of comprehensive primary health service settings in the Northern territory predominately in the North East Arnhem region. She has strong leadership skills and has held executive roles in large Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Michelle has high level networking skills, & an ability to build strategic partnerships. Using her excellent interpersonal, communication skills and strong group facilitation skills she has been able to successfully lead teams to achieve success in service delivery and meeting KPIs. Working in health promotion for many years she has excelled in conducting health programs that focus on good clinical outcomes and the social determinants of health. The focus of her work has been with remote indigenous communities and other large indigenous health services throughout Australia both in research and service delivery. With a strong background and understanding of Continuous Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Healthcare both in research and service delivery, exploring how to embed processes for sustainability is paramount in the way Michelle works. She continues to be involved with research and contributes to peer reviewed publications. Michelle Dowden Bio Michelle is currently Health Promotion Officer at Terang Mortlake Health Service. She previously been CEO for One Disease and has over 25 years of working within a variety of comprehensive primary health service settings in the Northern territory predominately in the North East Arnhem region. She has strong leadership skills and has held executive roles in large Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Michelle has high level networking skills, & an ability to build strategic partnerships. Using her excellent interpersonal, communication skills and strong group facilitation skills she has been able to successfully lead teams to achieve success in service delivery and meeting KPIs. Working in health promotion for many years she has excelled in conducting health programs that focus on good clinical outcomes and the social determinants of health. The focus of her work has been with remote indigenous communities and other large indigenous health services throughout Australia both in research and service delivery. With a strong background and understanding of Continuous Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Healthcare both in research and service delivery, exploring how to embed processes for sustainability is paramount in the way Michelle works. She continues to be involved with research and contributes to peer reviewed publications. Michelle Dowden Michelle is currently Health Promotion Officer at Terang Mortlake Health Service. She previously been CEO for One Disease and has over 25 years of working within a variety of comprehensive primary health service settings in the Northern territory predominately in the North East Arnhem region. She has strong leadership skills and has held executive roles in large Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Michelle has high level networking skills, & an ability to build strategic partnerships. Using her excellent interpersonal, communication skills and strong group facilitation skills she has been able to successfully lead teams to achieve success in service delivery and meeting KPIs. Working in health promotion for many years she has excelled in conducting health programs that focus on good clinical outcomes and the social determinants of health. The focus of her work has been with remote indigenous communities and other large indigenous health services throughout Australia both in research and service delivery. With a strong background and understanding of Continuous Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Healthcare both in research and service delivery, exploring how to embed processes for sustainability is paramount in the way Michelle works. She continues to be involved with research and contributes to peer reviewed publications. Michelle Dowden Michelle is currently Health Promotion Officer at Terang Mortlake Health Service. She previously been CEO for One Disease and has over 25 years of working within a variety of comprehensive primary health service settings in the Northern territory predominately in the North East Arnhem region. She has strong leadership skills and has held executive roles in large Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Michelle has high level networking skills, & an ability to build strategic partnerships. Using her excellent interpersonal, communication skills and strong group facilitation skills she has been able to successfully lead teams to achieve success in service delivery and meeting KPIs. Working in health promotion for many years she has excelled in conducting health programs that focus on good clinical outcomes and the social determinants of health. The focus of her work has been with remote indigenous communities and other large indigenous health services throughout Australia both in research and service delivery. With a strong background and understanding of Continuous Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Healthcare both in research and service delivery, exploring how to embed processes for sustainability is paramount in the way Michelle works. She continues to be involved with research and contributes to peer reviewed publications. Michelle Dowden Michelle is currently Health Promotion Officer at Terang Mortlake Health Service. She previously been CEO for One Disease and has over 25 years of working within a variety of comprehensive primary health service settings in the Northern territory predominately in the North East Arnhem region. She has strong leadership skills and has held executive roles in large Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. Michelle has high level networking skills, & an ability to build strategic partnerships. Using her excellent interpersonal, communication skills and strong group facilitation skills she has been able to successfully lead teams to achieve success in service delivery and meeting KPIs. Working in health promotion for many years she has excelled in conducting health programs that focus on good clinical outcomes and the social determinants of health. The focus of her work has been with remote indigenous communities and other large indigenous health services throughout Australia both in research and service delivery. With a strong background and understanding of Continuous Quality Improvement in Indigenous Primary Healthcare both in research and service delivery, exploring how to embed processes for sustainability is paramount in the way Michelle works. She continues to be involved with research and contributes to peer reviewed publications.

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