Dr Vanessa Lee-Ahmat

Dr Vanessa Lee-Ahmat is from the Yupungathi and Meriam people, and resides on the land of the Gadigal clan of the Eora nation. Dr Lee is a social epidemiologist, human rights advocate, educator, writer, poet and public health/ health sciences researcher. In 2005, Vanessa was awarded an Australian Government award for Outstanding Citizen in the Torres Strait for her work in public health to empower the community.