Professor Sabina Knight was recently appointed Director of the Mt Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health James Cook University (MICRRH) - one of a national network of federally funded University Departments of Rural Health from an extensive background in remote and Indigenous primary health care public health and education. A recognised leader in nursing, remote and rural health and education, she came to MICRRH from the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs and has held various remote health clinical, senior management and academic roles.

Her advocacy and leadership was exemplified by her appointment as commissioner to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. She has served on numerous national and regional committees and advisory councils and her leadership roles have included Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia; the National Rural Health Alliance; CARPA editorial committee producing the internationally recognised best practice clinical guidelines for practitioners in remote and Indigenous health.

Sabina's professional interests and activities have primarily focused on health inequalities - remote, isolated, vulnerable populations and rural health, in particular Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.. In 2008 Professor Knight also served on the Expert Panel on the Social Impacts of Drought. She is passionate about regional cultural vitality and vibrant sustainable communi

Certificate of Nursing, Rachael Forster Hospital, Sydney 1977
Master of Tropical Health (MTH) University of Queensland 1989

• Louis Ariotti Award for Excellence and Leadership in Rural Health 2001
• CRANA Aurora Award for Leadership and Outstanding Contribution to Remote Health
• Centenary Medal for leadership in improving education, training and support for rural and remote nursing 2003
• Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning 2007
• Australia Day Awards - Finalist NT Australian of the Year 2009

• Advanced primary health care and nurse practitioner practice
• Primary Health Care
• Pharmacotherpaeutics for Remote Area Nurses
• Masters of Remote Health Practice: Nurse Practitioner, Remote & Indigenous Health and Master of Remote Health Management with the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs.

• Indigenous, Remote and rural health and health services, workforce, management and policy
• Knowledge and evidence into remote clinical practice
• Models and systems of care
• Quality and safety
• Remote primary Health Care clinical guidelines
• Clinical education
• Chronic disease
• Climate change and health in rural Australia

2010 - current:   DOHA TRG KPIs Indigenous Services
2009 - current:   OATSIH TRG Chronic Disease resource
2008 - 2009:   Commissioner National Health & Hospitals Reform Commission
2008:   Expert Panel Social Impacts associated with Drought
2007 - 2010:   Royal College of Nursing Australia Advisory Committee.
2005 - 2010:   Advisor to Nurses Board of NT Professional Practice Tribunal
2006 - 2010:   Charles Darwin University Graduate School of Health Studies advisory committee
2005 - 2006:   Northern Territory Nurses Award selection committee
2004 - 2010:   Northern Territory Health Ministerial Advisory Committee
2003 - 2009:   Deputy Prime Minister's Australian Regional Women's Advisory Committee
2000 - 2002:   National committee Advanced Nursing Practice, NAHERO
1998 - Current:   Australian Government's Remote and Rural Nurse Scholarship Committee
1999 - 2000:   Health Financing Models for Rural and Remote Health
1994 - 1996:   Rural Health Support, Education & Training advisory committee
1995:   The selection and management of the Commonwealth's project on information and communication technology in rural Australia
1995:   National Rural Health Research Institute Selection committee, DOHA

• Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia
• Fellow of Rural Leadership Australia 2005
• Fellow of the CRANA Plus 2010
• 1985 - current:   Leadership roles in:
  • Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia; and
  • National Rural Health Alliance; and
  • Central Australian Rural Practitioners Association
• 1990 - 2010:   CARPA Standard Treatment Manual Editorial Committee
• 1998 - 2010:   Chair CARPA Standard Treatment Manual Editorial Committee
• 2002 - 2010:   Chair Editorial Committee CRANA Clinical Procedures Manual
• 2010 - Current:   Chair Remote Primary Health Care Manuals Editorial Committee

1984:   State representative & foundation member Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia
1985 -1987, 1992 - 2004:   Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia
1992 -2001:   National Rural Health Alliance
1998 - 2000:   NT Remote Workforce Agency
2007 - Current:   Director, Rural Health Education Foundation