Dr Wani Erick

Committed professional well-versed in collecting and analyzing data to evaluate interventions and programs. Skilled in creating and maintaining accurate patient records and medical documentation. Creates positive, collaborative working environment with colleagues and other healthcare providers to support delivery of optimal patient care. Considerate expert with passion for providing excellent patient care. Skilled in collaborating with healthcare teams to identify and implement patient-centered strategies to improve care quality and outcomes. Dedicated to promoting patient education and advocating for evidence-based practice.

• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), NMW0001452985
• New Zealand Nursing Council, 131596
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 1130910
• AAPS Australia Association for Pacific Studies
• James Cook University Alumni Association, 2010

• Covid19 Vaccination Certificate, Adults 12-70 years and Children 5-11 years, Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Australia, 01/01/21 - current
• Immunization Endorsement, Well Women’s Nursing Services, Auckland, New Zealand
• Authorized Immunization Endorsement, Queensland: 2009-2010, New South Wales: 2010-2011, Australia College of Nursing
• Certificate of Completion in Teaching Advantage, 2016, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland
• Police National Clearance Check, 2024, Australia
• CPR Competency, 12/01/23
• Medication Update, Health & Safety, Work-pro

• Queensland University Technology Health Equity Award, 2017, Australia
• Pasifika Women’s Leadership Awards, 2020-2021
• Te Kupenga
• Hoturoa Scholarship Grant, 2006-2008
• Pacific Ministry of Health NZ Workforce Award

• Consumer Advisory Member, Metro South Health Multicultural Advisory Committee, Logan, Brisbane, Queensland, current
• Advisory Steering Committee Member, Queensland Health Mental Health Forum for Maori Pasifika, Queensland
• Advisory Committee Member, Australia Maori Pasifika Women’s Diabetes Forum, QUT, Queensland
• Facilitator, QUT Nursing Students at Maori Pasifika Diabetes Forum & Diabetic Clinical Workshop, Brisbane, Queensland

• Completed and graduated Doctoral Thesis, QUT, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, 2023, Queensland Maori and Pasifika Families narrating (talanoa) about their experiences of health service delivery.
• Advisory Member, Young Maori Pacific Island Wellbeing research, Brisbane, University of Queensland
• Dissemination of findings, Queensland Maori Pacific Island Mental Health, Multilink Organisation, Brisbane

• Indigenous and Convenor Wellbeing Conference, Australia & New Zealand Mental Health Association, Cairns Pullman International Hotel, 12/06/21 - 12/07/21
• Pasifika Medical Association Conference in Niue Island, The Rising Tide, 09/24/19 - 09/29/19, Keynote Speaker
• Annual Crana-Plus Conference Remote Health Professionals, Embracing Diversity, Crown Plaza Hunter Valley, New South Wales, 09/18/19 - 09/20/19
• QUT 7-minute Thesis Power-point presentation, QUT Postgraduate PhD Nursing Forum, Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane Queensland, 02/14/19
• Annual Pasifika Womens Alliance forum on Domestic Violence, Deception Bay, North Brisbane, 05/01/17
• QUT 3-minute Thesis Power-point Presentation, QUT research students, Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane, Queensland
• Dissemination of findings of a recently launched report, Queensland Maori and Pasifika Mental Health, Brisbane Multilink health Services, Queensland, 2016
• South Pacifica Nurses Forum 2016, Bi-Annual South Pacific Nurses Forum, Solomon Islands
• Annual Pacifica Talanoa Conference, Cairns James Cook University, 07/03/14 - 07/04/14
• Annual National Sexual Health Forum, Deadly Sex Congress 2008, Marriott Hotel, Gold Coast, Queensland, 03/04/08
• Board of Directors, Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services Ltd., 02/01/08
• Annual National Sexual Health Forum, Deadly Sex Congress 2007, Townsville, Mercure Inn, Queensland, 03/01/07

• The experiences of Queensland Maori Pasifika and Child Health Service Providers in child health service delivery, Wani Erick, 2023, https://eprints.qut.edu.au/244735/
• Pasifika preferences for mental health support in Australia: focus group study, Roman Kingi, Wani Erick, Vili Hapaki Nosa, Janine Paynter, Debra de Silva, https://doi.org/10.26635/phd.2021.110, 21, 7, 2021
• Resilience to Blood-borne and Sexually Transmitted Infections: The Development of a Participatory Action Research Project with Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in Townsville, Wani Erick, Julie Mooney-Somers, Angie Akee, Lisa Maher, Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, November/December 2008, 32, 6
• Indigenous Resiliency Project Participatory Action Research Component: A report on the Research Training and Development Workshop, Julie-Mooney Somers, Wani Erick, D. Brockman, R. Scott, L. Maher, National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, February 2008
• Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’s resilience to blood-borne and sexually transmitted infection: findings from a community-based participatory research project, Julie Mooney-Somers, Wani Erick, R. Scott, A. Akee, J. Kaldor, L. Maher, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 12/2009, 20, 3
• Learning from the past: young Indigenous people’s accounts of blood borne viral and sexually transmitted infections as resilience narratives, Julie Mooney_Somers, Anna Olsen, Wani Erick, R. Scott, A. Akee, J. Kaldor, L. Maher, International Journal of Research, Intervention, Care. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2010
• Australia: Young Indigenous Australians Sexually Transmitted Infection prevention practices: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project, Dr Julie Mooney-Somers, Anna Olsen, Wani Erick, A. Akee, L. Maher, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, January 2012

• Professor Carol Windsor, Senior Nursing Lecturer, Queensland University Technology, School of Nursing, Kelvin Grove Campus, Level 1, N Block, Queensland, Australia, (07) 3138 3837, c.windsor@qut.edu.au
• Associate Professor Vili Nosa, Head of Pacific Health Unit, Auckland University, Auckland, +64 9 3737 599 Ext 86906, v.nosa@auckland.ac.nz
• Ms Erin Hanlon, Research Grants Trials Coordinator, e.hanlon@adhb.govt.nz, +64 220237707
• Professor Cass Byrnes, University of Auckland, Head of Clinical and Medicine Studies, +64 9 3737599 Ext 89770, C.Byrnes@auckland.ac.nz