One Health, animal health and management, zoonoses, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, epidemiology, Indigenous data sovereignty

Tamara Riley is a Wiradjuri woman with family ties to Western NSW. Tamara is a PhD Candidate within the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (NCEPH). She is also a Visiting Scholar at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh. Tamara is a Veterinarian and Epidemiologist, and her research focuses on One Health (the relationship between animal, human and environmental health) within Aboriginal communities. 

Tamara completed a Bachelor of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney and went on to complete the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources graduate program with a Diploma of Government. She completed a Masters of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology at the ANU, Graduate Certificate of Indigenous Research and Leadership, and the Melbourne Poche Leadership Fellows Program at the University of Melbourne. Tamara has also worked as a Researcher at the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) and as a member of Wildlife Health Australia's (WHA) Management Committee.

Riley T, Lovett R, Cumming B, Meredith A, Anderson NE, Thandrayen J. Data analysis of zoonoes notifications in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations in Australia 1996-2021: Implications for One Health. Frontiers in Public Health. Oct 2023, 11:1175835. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1175835/full

Riley T; Cumming B; Thandrayen J; Meredith A; Anderson N.E; Lovett R. One Health and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities: A One Health Pilot Study. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health. July 2023, 20, 6416. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20146416

Riley T, Anderson NE, Lovett R, Meredith A, Cumming B. Zoonoses and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population: A One Health scoping review. PLOS Global Public Health. 2022 Oct 2(10): e0000921. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000921

Riley T, Guthrie J, Whop L, Walsh N, Jackson A, Weeramanthri T. A successful partnership model for COVID-19 vaccination in Aboriginal communities in New South Wales. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2022 Aug. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13293

Riley T, Anderson NE, Lovett R, Meredith A, Cumming B, Thandrayen J. One Health in Indigenous Communities: A Critical Review of the Evidence. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Oct 28;18(21):11303. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182111303 

Riley T, Lovett R, Banks E, Thandrayen J, Sherriff S, Muthayya S, Spokes L, Wright L, Thurber KA. Markers of chronic disease risk in a cohort of Aboriginal children: findings from the Study of Environment on Aboriginal Resilience and Child Health (SEARCH). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 2021 Dec;45(6):637-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13167  

Riley T, Lovett R, Thandrayen J, Cumming B, Thurber KA. Evaluating Impacts of a One Health Approach to Companion Animal Health and Management in a Remote Aboriginal Community in the Northern Territory, Australia. Animals. 2020 Oct 1;10(10):1790. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10101790