Noemi Tari-Keresztes

Noemi completed her master's degree in sociology through the University of Szeged Hungary (2004) and her PhD degree in psychology from Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (2009). She also holds a Williams Life Skills (WLS) Facilitator (2006) certificate. Currently, she is a Senior Research Fellow in Mental Health (Lived Experience) at Flinders University, Rural and Remote Health – NT, College of Medicine & Public Health (Flinders). Previously, she was a Research Fellow at Flinders and Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies), Alcohol, Other Drugs and Gambling (AODG). Prior to this role, she was a Research Support Officer II. at the Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health at the University of Malta and a Research Support Officer I. at the Islands and Small States Institute at the University of Malta. Her previous working history also includes posts as (1) assistant professor at the Institute of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (University of Szeged, Hungary), (2) visiting researcher at the Centre for Social Research in Health (UNSW, Sydney, Australia), and (3) postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (University of Szeged, Hungary). She voluntarily contributed her time as a PhD supervisor at the University of Pecs, Hungary, and she was an examiner for a master's thesis at Charles Darwin University (CDU).

She gained most of her experience in quantitative studies, where she was responsible for project and data management, including data collection, coding, cleaning, statistical analysis, publication, and knowledge translation. In the last five years, Noemi has expanded her experience in qualitative research methods, so she became experienced enough to apply mixed methodology in her studies. She has contributed to multiple Australian Government, Primary Health Network (PHN), Non-Government Organisation (NGO) and National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funded socio-emotional wellbeing (SEWB) research and evaluation projects that extend into areas relating to personal recovery, peer education, community mental health, alcohol and other drug use, gambling, education, workforce capacity building, and other Indigenous-focused research contexts.