Dr Jason Agostino

Jason is a GP and an epidemiologist with a focus on the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. He is the senior medical advisor at NACCHO, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation and a clinical associate professor at the Australian National University. He also works as a GP at Gurriny Yealamucka, an Aboriginal community-controlled health service in the community of Yarrabah in far north Queensland and has been with the community through their transition from a state-run clinic to an Aboriginal Community Controlled Heath Organsiation.

He has an interest in developing team-based community health care, and the use of routinely collected data to improve health services. He works with NACCHO on primary healthcare reform, is a member of the MBS Review Advisory Committee (MRAC), the Council for Connected Care and contributes to national primary care reporting as co-chair of the Australian Government's Health Services Data Advisory Group.