By Professor Maree Toombs

Conference Papers

Toombs M, 2022, 'Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and COVID-19: a national survey (Yarning About COVID) exploring beliefs, attitudes, and vaccination.', in Toombs M (ed.), Sydney, NSW Australia, presented at 2nd Australasian COVID-19 Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 21 July 2022

Amarasena S; Clark P; Gordon L; Toombs M; Pratt G; Hartel G; Bernardes C; Powell E; Valery P, 2021, 'Differences in the pattern and cost of hospital care between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with cirrhosis', in JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 74 - 75

Walter ZC; Quinn CA; Dingle GA; Pocuca N; Baker AL; Beck AK; De Andrade D; Toombs M; Hides L, 2021, 'FULLFIX: A PILOT TRIAL OF A TELEPHONE DELIVERED TRANSDIAGNOSTIC INTERVENTION FOR COMORBID SUBSTANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN YOUNG PEOPLE', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S149 - S149

Toombs M, 2020, 'Home chemotherapy - Sustaining care for patients', in ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY, WILEY, pp. 61 - 61

Toombs M, 2018, 'Mental health and indigenous connection to land and community.', in Toombs M (ed.), Auckland, New Zealand, presented at The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Annual Congress 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 May 2018

Toombs M, 2018, 'The cultural appropriateness of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV TR, Axis I (SCID-I) for Indigenous populations, study update.', in Toombs M (ed.), Auckland, New Zealand, presented at The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 May 2018

Toombs M, 2018, 'Understanding existing community networks for volunteer suicide intervention trainees – preliminary findings from trainees undertaking an Indigenous suicide intervention training program developed in partnership with Indigenous communities.', in Toombs M (ed.), Auckland, New Zealand, presented at The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, 13 May 2018

Toombs M, 2017, 'Do Indigenous people have uniformly higher rates of psychiatric disorder and are there differences between Australia and New Zealand.', in Toombs M (ed.), Adelaide, SA, Australia, presented at RANZCP Congress, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 30 April 2017

Toombs M, 2017, 'Pathways to prevention: closing the gap in Indigenous suicide intervention pathways.', in Toombs M (ed.), Cairns, QLD, Australia, presented at National Rural Health Conference, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 26 March 2017

Brennan-Olsen SL; Vogrin S; Kinsella R; Leslie WD; Toombs M; Duque G; Hosking SM; Holloway KL; Doolan BJ; Williams LJ; Page RS; Pasco JA; Quirk SE, 2017, 'FRACTURES IN INDIGENOUS COMPARED TO NON-INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF RATES AND AETIOLOGY', in OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL, SPRINGER LONDON LTD, ITALY, Florence, pp. S154 - S154, presented at WCO-IOF-ESCEO World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases, ITALY, Florence, 23 March 2017 - 26 March 2017

Toombs M, 2016, 'The feasibility of the structured clinical interview for diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (SCID-I) as a practical and culturally appropriate method of diagnosing mental disorders in indigenous Australians.', in Toombs M (ed.), Hong Kong, presented at 2016 RANZCP International Congress, Hong Kong, 08 May 2016

Busija L; Nicholson G; Toombs M; Cinelli R; Sanders K; Holdsworth K; McCabe M, 2016, 'Developing conceptual model of the role of elders in the wellbeing of Australian indigenous communities: group concept mapping study', in QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH, SPRINGER, pp. 19 - 20

Kisely S; Black E; Alichniewicz K; Ranmuthugala G; Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S; Siskind D; Toombs M; Nicholson G, 2016, 'PSYCHIATRIC MORBIDITY IN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM AUSTRALIA AND THE AMERICAS: UNEXPECTED FINDINGS FROM A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS', in AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, pp. 144 - 144

Medlin L; Chang A; Toombs M; Brown A; O'Grady K, 2014, 'KAPRI - ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTION OF RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES', in RESPIROLOGY, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 123 - 123

Conference Abstracts

Adily A; Toombs M, 2025, 'Evaluation of two suicide prevention training programs for Indigenous Australians', in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, OXFORD UNIV PRESS, Vol. 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaf165.067

Lau G; Laird P; Aitken R; Barwick M; Mccallum G; Morris P; Norman R; Toombs M; Walker R; Chang A; Schultz, On Behalf Of The Apple Investigator A, 2024, 'Culturally secure strategies for treating child chronic wet cough', European Respiratory Society (ERS), pp. oa1864, presented at General practice and primary care, http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.congress-2024.oa1864

Bowden E; McCallum G; Williams R; Toombs M; Chang A; Porte M; Richards D, 2024, 'P2 Respectful maternity care in the Top End of the Northern Territory: a cross-sectional study', in Women and Birth, Elsevier, Vol. 37, pp. 101756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2024.101756

Preprints

Gonzalez Bohorquez N; Wurramarrba TL; Dhamarrandji TM; de Vries-Egan A; Gill N; Holland L; Rajan B; Adily A; Kisely S; Mitchell A; Nicholson G; Piza Palacios L; Walker AR; Schultz C; Toombs M, 2026, Manymak Djäma: A Yolŋu-Led Framework for Health Research “Work the Right Way” with Indigenous Australian Youth in Remote East Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7445315

Mascaro S; Aitken R; Barwick M; Chang AB; Laird P; Lau G; McCallum GB; Morris PS; Norman R; Toombs M; Walker R; Schultz A, Causal Bayesian networks to quantify the interactions that influence implementation success, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.04.25323064

Wigg A; Narayana S; Hartel G; Medlin L; Pratt G; Powell EE; Clark P; Davis J; Campbell K; Toombs M; Larkin M; Valery P, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3778707

Butten K; Johnson NW; Hall KK; Toombs M; King N; O’Grady K-AF, Yarning about oral health: perceptions of urban Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.14247/v2

Butten K; Johnson NW; Hall KK; Toombs M; King N; O’Grady K-AF, Yarning about oral health: perceptions of urban Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.14247/v1

Butten K; Johnson NW; Hall KK; Toombs M; King N; O’Grady K-AF, Yarning about oral health: perceptions of urban Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.2.14247/v3

Other

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Invited Speaker: ANZTC Meeting, Manly, 9th September.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Keynote Speaker: Canadian Suicide Prevention Conference, Halifax, Novia Scotia, 10th-13th May 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Keynote Speaker: Is loss of agency a contributing cause of unacceptably high rates of Indigenous Australians and suicide. 2023 Suicide Prevention Australia. Canberra. May 21st -23rd 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Keynote Speaker: National Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference, Brisbane 21st -23rd March 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Keynote Speaker. TSANZ Conference, Christchurch, NZ, 24th-28th March 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Keynote: American Association of Suicidology Conference Portland Oregon, 17th -23rd April 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, KeyNote: GSK Aboriginal Health Seminar, 16th August 2023. (Online webinar).

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Keynote: Lung Heath Foundation National Webinar, 3rd August 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, KeyNote: Matthew Campbell Memorial: Wild Fire, Monash University, 7th August 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, KeyNote: The Australian Psychosis Conference, Sydney, 12th September 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Speaker: Gaaya Dhuwi Conference, Melbourne Convention Centre, 28-29th August 2023.

Toombs M (ed.), 2023, Treating chronic childhood cough: Case Study, https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/resources/impact-case-studies/treating-chronic-childhood-cough-case-study

Toombs M (ed.), 2022, Raising the age of criminal responsibility is only a first step. First Nations kids need cultural solutions., https://theconversation.com/raising-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-is-only-a-first-step-first-nations-kids-need-cultural-solutions-186201

Toombs M (ed.), 2022, What it means to an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Academic in 2022.

Toombs M (ed.), 2020, Retention of the health workforce in rural and remote areas: a systematic review, https://www.who.int/news/item/08-12-2020-retention-of-the-health-workforce-in-rural-and-remote-areas-a-systematic-review

Toombs M (ed.), 2020, Guest Speaker: International Women’s Day, 2020, Translational Institute of Research.

Toombs M (ed.), 2020, Indigenous mental health program goes online., https://medicine.uq.edu.au/article/2020/07/indigenous-mental-health-program-goes-online

Toombs M (ed.), 2019, Butten K, Newcombe PA, Chang AB, Sheffield JK, O’Grady KF, Johnson NW, King N, Toombs M. Concepts of health-related quality of life of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: parent perceptions. Oral presentation at Centre at Children’s Health Symposium on August 29th, 2019, in Brisbane, Australia

Toombs M (ed.), 2019, Butten K, Newcombe PA, Chang AB, Sheffield JK, O’Grady KF, Johnson NW, King N, Toombs M. Concepts of health-related quality of life of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: parent perceptions. Poster presentation at International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health in Calgary, Canada on March 22nd to 24th 2019

Toombs M (ed.), 2019, Butten KL, Johnson NW, Hall K, Anderson J, Toombs M, King N, O’Grady KA. Impact of dental caries in young, urban, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. Poster presentation at International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health in Calgary, Canada on March 22nd to 24th 2019

Toombs M (ed.), 2019, Butten KL, Johnson NW, Hall K, Anderson J, Toombs M, King N, O’Grady KA. Risk factors for dental caries: prevalence in young, urban, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. Poster presentation at International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health in Calgary, Canada on March 22nd to 24th 2019

Toombs M (ed.), 2019, Invited Speaker: 15th Annual social and Emotional Wellbeing conference, Cairns 12th-14th March, 2019

Toombs M (ed.), 2019, Keynote Speaker: National Suicide Prevention Conference (2019). How participatory action research can develop efficacy in Aboriginal communities and suicide intervention/prevention. Melbourne 24th-25th July, Melbourne.

Toombs M (ed.), 2019, Keynote speaker: The University of Queensland Faculty Research Expo, 10th October 2019

Toombs M (ed.), 2018, Butten KL, Johnson NW, Hall K, Anderson J, Toombs M, King N, O’Grady KA. Impact of dental caries in young, urban, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. Oral presentation at Centre at Children’s Health Symposium on June 1st, 2018 in Brisbane, Australia

Toombs M (ed.), 2018, Butten KL, Johnson NW, Hall K, Anderson J, Toombs M, King N, O’Grady KA. Impact of dental caries in young, urban, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. Oral presentation at Public Health Prevention Conference on May 2nd, 2018, in Sydney, Australia

Toombs M (ed.), 2018, Butten KL, Johnson NW, Hall K, Anderson J, Toombs M, King N, O’Grady KA. Risk factors for dental caries: prevalence in young, urban, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. Oral presentation at Public Health Prevention Conference on May 2nd, 2018, in Sydney, Australia

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