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Research officer, The University of Queensland

Chrissie Ong is a research officer at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, researching on the mechanisms of skin inflammation and skin cancer. She obtained her PhD in 2022 from the University of Tasmania in the study of the Tasmanian devils and strategies to improve the devil immune response towards the transmissible devil facial tumour disease.

Experience

  • 2021–present
    Research officer, The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute
  • 2021–2021
    Casual research assistant, University of Tasmania
  • 2018–2021
    Academic tutor, University of Tasmania

Education

  • 2022 
    University of Tasmania, Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Studies
  • 2016 
    University of Tasmania, Bachelor of Biotechnology and Medical Research with Honours