Elaina is a non-Indigenous Research Assistant in the First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research team at the University of Queensland's School of Public Health. Elaina graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Health Science (Nutrition) and a Master of Dietetics in 2020.
Elaina has provided a wide range of research and administrative supports to a number of projects within the team. She is currently working on the Wellbeing Research Program. Elaina also works in a clinical capacity as a Dietitian at the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health.
Book Chapters
Anderson, Kate, Butler, Tamara, Gall, Alana, Elder-Robinson, Elaina and Garvey, Gail (2024). Co-design with Indigenous peoples. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples and Cancer. (pp. 305-309) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_64
Butler, Tamara, Anderson, Kate, Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Ngampromwongse, Khwanruethai, Garvey, Darren and Garvey, Gail (2024). Indigenous research methods and methodology. Indigenous and tribal peoples and cancer. (pp. 295-300) edited by Gail Garvey. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-56806-0_62
Journal Articles
Anderson, Kate, Hewlett, Nicole, Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Garvey, Gail, Murray, Rebecca, Chatfield, Bonnie, Fletcher, Lisa, Noble, Catherine and Howard, Kirsten (2025). Holding space: a participatory exploration of first nations health professionals’ experiences supporting cancer patients through hospital-based treatment. Supportive Care in Cancer, 33 (6) 489, 489. doi: 10.1007/s00520-025-09524-4
Anderson, Kate, Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Ferguson, Megan, Fredericks, Bronwyn, Sherriff, Simone, Dickson, Michelle, Howard, Kirsten and Garvey, Gail (2024). Pathways between foodways and wellbeing for First Nations Australians. BMC Public Health, 24 (1) 502, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18005-y
Anderson, Kate, Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Howard, Kirsten and Garvey, Gail (2023). A systematic methods review of photovoice research with Indigenous young people. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22 9231172076, 1-37. doi: 10.1177/16094069231172076
Anderson, Kate, Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Gall, Alana, Ngampromwongse, Khwanruethai, Connolly, Michele, Letendre, Angeline, Willing, Esther, Akuhata-Huntington, Zaine, Howard, Kirsten, Dickson, Michelle and Garvey, Gail (2022). Aspects of wellbeing for Indigenous youth in CANZUS countries: a systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (20) 13688, 1-44. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013688
Elder-Robinson, Elaina C., de Jersey, Susan, Porteous, Helen, Huxtable, Shannon L. and Palmer, Michelle A. (2022). Survey of Australian clinicians’ antenatal care and management practices in pregnant women with a history of bariatric surgery. Obstetric Medicine, 16 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.1177/1753495x221106085
Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Diaz, Abbey, Howard, Kirsten, Parikh, Darshit Rajeshkumar, Kar, Giam and Garvey, Gail (2022). Quality of life in the first year of cancer diagnosis among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people living in regional and remote areas of Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (1) 330, 1-10. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010330
Elder-Robinson, Elaina C., Parikh, Darshit Rajeshkumar, Diaz, Abbey, Ferguson, Megan M., Reeves, Marina M. and Garvey, Gail (2020). Health behaviours of Indigenous and non-Indigenous cancer survivors living in regional and remote geographic areas of Australia: a short report. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 2 (4) e039, e039. doi: 10.1097/or9.0000000000000039
Conference Paper
Elder-Robinson, Elaina, Parikh, Darshit, Diaz, Abbey, Ferguson, Megan, Reeves, Marina and Garvey, Gail (2022). Health behaviours of indigenous and non-indigenous cancer survivors living in regional and remote geographic areas of Australia. COSA's 49th Annual Scientific Meeting Equitable cancer care for all: Gender, identity, culture, geography, and disease should not matter, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-4 November 2023. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.