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 her interests to rural health after experiencing the realities of life in a remote town.

Her role as a Senior 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, HDR students.

In 2024, Catherine started her PhD, exploring health discipline service-learning programs in rural and remote Australia.