Lisa Whop

Lisa Whop is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research, specializing in Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Disease. Her work focuses on improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, particularly in cervical screening, vaccination strategies, and cancer care pathways. She holds a PhD in Public Health from Charles Darwin University (2016), where her thesis examined cervical screening inequalities among Indigenous women in Queensland.

Research Interests:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equity
• Cervical cancer prevention and screening
• Vaccine accessibility and resource design
• Cancer care pathway optimization

Key Contributions:

• Developed culturally adapted wellbeing measures (WM2A)
• Lead investigator in HPV cohort studies
• Published extensively on Indigenous health disparities

Collaborations: Active partnerships with institutions across Australia in health equity research.