An Aboriginal and South Sea Islander woman from north Queensland in Australia, Associate Professor Elston is a descendent of the Kalkadoon people of north-east Queensland. Wife and mother of two school age children, Jacinta was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003. Jacinta holds the position of Associate Dean Indigenous Health in Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences at James Cook University in Townsville and serves on numerous governing and advisory committees nationally and internationally. She is a Master’s graduate with Public Health and Tropical Medicine qualifications from James Cook University. Her Masters was received in 1998 and her Diploma in 1994.
