Associate Lecturer Amber Jenkins joined UniSC in 2022. Amber has 25 years of nursing and midwifery experience in a variety of settings around Australia including rural, remote and tertiary health care, team midwifery and private practice. Amber has worked closely with the A&TSI community in the Sunshine Coast and around Australia and was also co-developer and facilitator of the Mindful Mums program at SCHHS. Amber is an Endorsed Midwife and currently practices primarily in the home environment.
Awards/Fellowships
- 2019 and 2023 Finalist in QLD mental health week award for Mindful Mums program (SCHHS)
- 2019 Wishlist/ SERFT
Research areas
- Physiological birth
- Sensory sensitivity
- Indigenous maternity care
- Perinatal mental health