Dr Tamara Butler
Dr

Tamara Butler

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Background

Dr Tamara Butler is an Aboriginal woman of the Undumbi people from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, Australia and a NHMRC Emerging Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. She works withing the First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research Program. Her work is focused on women’s cancers with the goal of improving cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families, and communities. Broadly Dr Butler’s research interests also include First Nations research methods and process, co-design, wellbeing, and psychosocial aspects of cancer care.

Availability

Dr Tamara Butler is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing not elsewhere classified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing Biomedical and Clinical Sciences Health Sciences Indigenous Studies Reproductive medicine

Qualifications

  • Bachelor, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

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42 works between 2015 and 2026
All (42) Journal Article (36) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (1) Book Chapter (4)

41 - 42 of 42 works

2017

Other Outputs

Investigating and overcoming barriers to seeking intragroup support

Butler, Tamara Louise (2017). Investigating and overcoming barriers to seeking intragroup support. PhD Thesis, School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.135

Investigating and overcoming barriers to seeking intragroup support

2015

Journal Article

Helping those who help themselves: evaluating QPILCH’s self representation service

Giddings, Jeff, McKimmie, Blake, Banks, Cate and Butler, Tamara (2015). Helping those who help themselves: evaluating QPILCH’s self representation service. Journal of Judicial Administration, 24 (3), 135-153.

Helping those who help themselves: evaluating QPILCH’s self representation service

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2030
    Co-designing preference-based cervical cancer screening support for older First Nations women
    NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    ACHIEVING EQUITY IN CANCER SCREENING FOR FIRST NATIONS PEOPLES
    NHMRC Synergy Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    Improving cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women diagnosed with gynaecological cancers
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2026
    Embedding community driven models to increase cervical screening via HPV self-collection to improve cervical cancer outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (NHMRC TCR led by ANU)
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Key principles and best practice approaches to co-design with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples applicable to the cancer context in Australia
    Cancer Australia
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    Yarning with our mob about HPV vaccination uptake (ARC Discovery Indigenous Project led by ANU)
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2022
    The PREVENT Project (Indigenous Australians' Health Programme Grant led by University of Notre Dame)
    The University of Notre Dame Australia
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Tamara Butler is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

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