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Anne-Maree

Outstanding Alumnus of the Year and Indigenous Alumnus of the Year
Rated 5/5 stars for postgraduate overall experience.
Good Universities Guide 2024

Dr Anne-Maree Nielsen is a proud Wakka Wakka woman of Queensland’s South Burnett Region with associations to the Barkindji Nations in the Darling River Basin Region, Western New South Wales. 

Anne-Maree began her studies as a young mother with UniSQ in the Tertiary Preparation Pathway (UniReady). 

Since then, her passion to see indigenous community health prevention resolutions saw Anne-Maree go on to complete her Bachelor of Nursing, as well as two Master degrees, before returning to university to become a doctor. 

Having studied at different institutions Anne-Maree appreciates the real focus on engaging, retaining and graduating Indigenous students across all fields at UniSQ. 

For well over a decade, Anne-Maree has dedicated her career to improving Indigenous healthcare in the capacities of a researcher, registered nurse and now a doctor.