Associate Professor Katie Thurber
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About
Katie is an NHMRC Early Career Fellow (2019-2024) with Yardhura Walani, the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Wellbeing Research at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health. She previously completed her MPhil and PhD in Epidemiology at ANU. Her driving ambition is to conduct community-engaged, policy-relevant research to support wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. She conducts research across community- and policy-identified priority areas, including racism, social and emotional wellbeing, tobacco control, and family and community safety. She employs mixed-methods, and strength-based research approaches.
Katie has experience in the design and analysis of large-scale and longitudinal studies. Her work program is embedded within Mayi Kuwayu: The National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing.
Affiliations
- Yardhura Walani, Member
Research interests
- Health equity
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing
- Social and cultural determinants of health
- Social epidemiology
- Longitudinal studies
Projects
- Experiences and impacts of discrimination among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults in Australia, Supervisor
- Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children, Supervisor
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Researcher
- Chronic disease and healthy ageing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including tobacco, Researcher
- FaCtS Study, Researcher
- Kulay Kalingka Study , Researcher
- Mental health and wellbeing around the Voice to Parliament Referendum, Researcher
- Small area estimation of health outcomes, Researcher
- Smoking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults: health impacts, associated factors, and trends over time, Researcher
- Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health, Researcher
- Whole-of-population linked data project, Researcher
Location
Room 1.21, Building 54