Researcher biography
Halijah is a Djugun woman and member of the Yawuru People. She is a PhD Candidate studying breast cancer care and outcomes for Indigenous women, and she works across a range of areas in the FNCWR program. Her primary PhD supervisor is Professor Gail Garvey (AM) with co-supervisors Dr Abbey Diaz and Professor Marina Reeve from The University of Queensland.
Halijah has had diverse experience working in healthcare in the areas of physiotherapy and epidemiology. As a physiotherapist, she has worked with young children with a range of disabilities. Her epidemiology and public health experience has included research with Aboriginal communities, and working with the World Health Organisation during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong and on disease surveillance projects in the Mekong Delta region.
Prior to joining the FNCWR team Halijah worked as a senior research officer at the UQ School of Public Health on an Indigenous-led health access and equity project. Halijah’s research interests include Indigenous health, disease surveillance, children’s health and disability, and health access and equity.
Qualifications
Master of Applied Epidemiology (Indigenous Health), Australian National University
Graduate Diploma in Public Health, Charles Darwin University
BAppSc (Physiotherapy), Sydney University