Samantha Togni
Senior research officer
Qualifications:
PhD candidate, RMIT University, 2015
Diploma of Project Management, Hunter TAFE, 2010
Master of Arts by major thesis, University of Melbourne, 1997
Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Melbourne, 1992
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Biography:
Samantha Togni is a social researcher and evaluator. For the last 20 years Samantha has worked with, and for, regional and remotely-based Aboriginal organisations in the areas of Aboriginal health, wellbeing, art and culture. Samantha commenced her research career with Menzies School of Health Research working on a number of evaluations of community-based initiatives to reduce alcohol misuse and related harm across central and northern Australia as well as the evaluation of the Katherine West Coordinated Care Trial (1998-2001).
More recently Samantha was the Research Coordinator at Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Alice Springs (2009-2014). She is involved in the Kanyini Vascular Collaboration (KVC) that is engaged in a program of research in partnership with Indigenous primary health care services aimed at improving care and health outcomes for Indigenous people living with chronic disease. Samantha is a Chief Investigator in the KVC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Primary Care Intervention Research in Chronic Disease (CRE). Within this CRE Samantha led the developmental evaluation of the Home-based Outreach Chronic Disease Management Exploratory (HOME) Study with the Inala Indigenous Health Service in Brisbane. In 2010/11 Samantha worked on the Central Australian Renal Study and she has completed a number of program evaluations and evaluation capacity development projects, most recently with the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women’s Council.
Samantha commenced working part-time on the Dialysis Models of Care Project with Menzies School of Health Research in February 2015 and is responsible for the qualitative research components of the project.
