Yin Paradies is recognised as an international expert on racism and has contributed significantly to studying the impact of racism on Indigenous Australian's health and welfare. His research studies the impact of racism on the health, social and economic effects of Indigenous peoples while examining anti-racism theory, policy, and practice across many different settings, including online, in schools, workplaces, housing, the arts, sports, and health. Additionally, he teaches Indigenous knowledge and participates in decolonization research.
He graduated from CDU (then the Northern Territory University) with a Bachelor of Science in 1998 and has since earned his Master of Medical Statistics, Public Health and a Ph.D. in Social Epidemiology from the University of Newcastle, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Melbourne respectively. He is currently Professor and Chair in Race Relations at Deakin University, Burwood Campus. Since 1999, Prof. Paradies has authored 207 publications, including 137 peer-reviewed articles, and his contributions have been cited in the: Annual Review of Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies, International Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of General Internal Medicine, PloS ONE, Social Science & Medicine, and The Lancet.
Prof. Paradies has been recognised as:
- On the editorial boards of Ethnic and Racial Studies, the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Journal of Australian Studies, and Australian Aboriginal Studies.
- As winner of the Victorian Young Tall Poppy Science award (2011), University of Melbourne Early-career Researcher Award for Excellence in Research Achievement (2011), VicHealth Annual Award for Advocacy (2010), and Scholar of the Year at the National NAIDOC Awards (2007).
- An investigator on 11 current, and 45 completed, grants (11 as a lead investigator) worth over $29 million as well as an invited reviewer for 116 journals.
- Publishing the first worldwide systematic review in racism and health in a top-ranked epidemiological journal (International J Epidemiology: IF 9.176), which has been cited over 1,550 times.
Prof. Paradies is the principal author of the first comprehensive multidisciplinary framework to reduce race-based discrimination and support diversity launched by the Victorian Deputy Premier in 2009. Additionally, he is the key expert advisor to the Australian Human Rights Commission’s National Anti-Racism Partnership and Strategy and the Victorian government’s Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination Action Plan. He was also the key scientific advisor on VicHealth’s Localities Embracing and Accepting Diversity (LEAD) program, one of the largest evidence-based and evaluated anti-racism interventions worldwide. The NSW Real Estate Institute joined the National anti-racism campaign because of his research on racism in the NSW rental market for better education in race-sensitive conduct for real estate agents. He was also instrumental in a Victoria-wide inquiry on police racism and migrant youth that resulted in a range of recommendations for improved police practices in the future. Professor Yin Paradies continues to work in educating the latest generation of academics, policymakers, and government representatives for a more inclusive society for First Nations people.