Samara Griffin

PhD student/Research Assistant

Working groups

Background

Samara is a PhD student and research assistant with Justice Health and Surveillance and Data Linkage working groups. Her research looks at hepatitis C treatment in the community corrections population working with the Justice Health group.

Samara has a background in epidemiology, having worked in the Department of Health in communicable diseases for 2 years prior to starting her PhD.

Qualifications

2020: MSc (Epidemiology), University of Melbourne, Australia
2016: BSc (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine), University of Western Australia, Australia

Awards

2025: Dora Lush Academic Excellence Award
2024: National Travel Fellowship

Burnet publications

14 Mar 2024

People in community corrections are a population with unmet need for viral hepatitis care

EClinicalMedicine

Rebecca Winter et al

Open access

Reports and other work

2024: Australia’s progress towards hepatitis C elimination annual report
2024: Australia’s progress towards hepatitis C elimination annual report

News and features

Special focus on Thailand in Burnet Travel Awards

Funds totalling $140,000 have been shared among 22 Burnet Institute Travel Award winners for 2025, including a new and special award, the Princess Srinagarindra PhD Scholarship.