Ms Telphia Joseph is a Wadjarri Yamatji woman from Western Australia. Her qualifications are in Community Development, which led to her initial interest in environmental health and otitis media (middle ear infection).

Telphia has a qualitative research base and teaches Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health focused subjects in the Masters of Public Health and International Health at UNSW.

Telphia’s Masters of Philosophy evaluated the immunisation activities provided in Aboriginal Medical Services from NSW and their reporting procedures to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register.