DrVeronica Matthews

(She/Her)

NHMRC Principal Research Fellow

Faculty of Medicine and Health

  • NHMRC Principal Research Fellow
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

BIO

Dr Veronica Matthews is a health systems researcher from the Quandamooka community, Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) based in Lismore at the University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH), The University of Sydney. She has over 20 years’ experience working in the Indigenous health sector including policy development, program delivery and research. She holds a PhD in Environmental Toxicology, Master of Applied Epidemiology and Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours). Her work centres on improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander holistic health care systems (health of Country, community and family) through quality improvement, systems-thinking and community-based participatory research.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • PhD
    The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
    Contaminant dietary exposure assessment for a coastal community in Moreton Bay, Queensland: Persistent organic pollutants in local seafood.
  • MAE
    Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    Disproportionate epidemiology: differential impact of disease and flood on the socio-economically marginalised.

SCHOOL

  • School of Health Sciences

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 13 Climate Action
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)