Dr Sarah Ireland is a medical anthropologist, nurse and midwife. Sarah’s research expertise is in in cross-cultural qualitative research methods, especially collaborative approaches with Aboriginal people. Her research methodologies are informed by social justice, health promotion, decolonising theories, public health, gender, woman-centred midwifery, culture and human rights discourse. She is an associate editor of the Health Promotion Journal of Australia and the 2018 recipient of the Rowan Nicks Russel Drysdale fellowship.

Sarah has First Class Honours and a Doctorate in the field of medical-anthropology, both on the topic of Aboriginal women’s sexual and reproductive health. She is also an accomplished remote area nurse and midwife; and has trained in community development.