Dr Christina Heris is a research fellow in the Tobacco Free Program at the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research at the Australian National University with interests in health communications, tobacco control and adolescent health.
Christina completed her PhD thesis Young Aboriginal People Staying Smoke-Free in 2020 at the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked in state and federal government agencies on the development and evaluation of health social marketing campaigns, including the National Tobacco Campaign, as well as teaching into tertiary health promotion, public health and health communications courses.
Christina also collaborates on projects with the Centre of Research Excellence in Aboriginal Child and Adolescent Health (CRE REACH), the Centre of Research Excellence on Achieving the Tobacco Endgame (CREATE) and the Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future trauma-informed public health study.
