Siena Montgomery

Bachelor of Creative Arts Majoring in Visual Arts & Design, Graduate Diploma of Psychological Science, Bachelor of Science in Psychology (Honours)
Research Officer

Biography

Siena is a Research Officer at the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing Research. She will be assisting with a project aiming to understand concerns Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander peoples have about their mental health and wellbeing in the lead up to and beyond the Voice to Parliament Referendum, in addition to supports and resources that may help. Siena will also be assisting with the validation of an updated healthcare discrimination measure used in the second wave of the Mayi Kuwayu Study. Siena completed her Psychology Honours degree in 2023 which involved conducting a research project that investigated the association between the age of oral contraceptive use initiation and midlife memory performance and whether this relationship depends on depression.