Tamara Riley

PhD Candidate and Research Associate.

Tamara is an Aboriginal (Wiradjuri) PhD Student within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health team at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health at the Australian National University (ANU). Tamara graduated as a Veterinarian through the University of Sydney and worked within the Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources where she completed a Diploma of Government. She has since completed the Masters of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology at the ANU, and a Professional Certificate of Indigenous Research at the University of Melbourne. Tamara is also a member of Wildlife Health Australia’s Management Committee. She is working with researchers at the ANU and the University of Edinburgh to undertake a PhD focusing on One Health (the relationship between animal, human and environmental health) within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.