Catherine Seaton

Catherine Seaton (BA Hons, MPH) is a North Queensland local, born and raised in Townsville, and has been living and working in Mount Isa at the James Cook University Murtupuni Centre for Rural and Remote Health (MCRRH) since 2014. Catherine is the daughter of two health professionals who have worked in rural/remote Queensland and Tasmania, and despite originally studying a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Archaeology, has redirected to the rural health space.

Her role as a Research Officer at MCRRH includes leading and assisting with research projects, with a focus on student placements and rural health workforce; and activities to promote and deliver research training opportunities and build research capacity for rural and remote clinicians in the MCRRH footprint. She also provides academic and research support to MCRRH Allied Health academics, students on placement, and HDR students. She has collaborated on research projects with other University Departments of Rural Health researchers across Australia, and with local and regional health and research organisations. She is a member of the North West Hospital and Health Service Research Committee.

Catherine also does some casual tutoring as part of the Indigenous Peer Assisted Learning (IPAL) program, supporting Indigenous nursing students in Mount Isa to achieve their nursing aspirations.