Melbourne School of Population Health

Project Officer Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control Centre for Health & Society and Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit Melbourne School of Population Health Level 4, 207 Bouverie Street The University of Melbourne VIC 3010 Tel:    +61 3 8344 0640 Fax:    +61 3 8344 0824 Email: ahthorpe@unimelb.edu.au

Alister Thorpe is a Gunnai (East Gippsland), Yorta Yorta (Goulbourn Valley), and Gunditjmara (Western Districts) man with many family and connections throughout Victoria.

Alister is currently the Project Officer (Youth) for the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Tobacco Control and is coordinating a pilot program that focuses on gathering data on the smoking habits of Indigenous School Students in Victoria.

Prior to this Alister worked on Onemda project; the Support Systems for Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services Project and the development of a Victorian Aboriginal Child Health Development and Wellbeing Survey.  He also has experience working in several Indigenous community organisations including the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service as a research assistant.

Alister enjoys playing in Indigenous sporting carnivals and attending all of the related events and community gatherings. He has a strong interest in protecting and promoting his Indigenous cultural heritage and working with the community on Indigenous health and wellbeing, in particular with Indigenous young people.