Tanya has a research background in Psychology and Speech Pathology and she has worked as a Research Assistant on a number of longitudinal research projects investigating children’s language and speech development. She is also a qualified speech language pathologist and has worked with children and adults across different clinical settings.

Tanya is currently managing the Personality and Total Health (PATH) Through Life project, based at UNSW Canberra. The PATH study is a large, ongoing, population-based, longitudinal cohort study comprising approximately 7500 participants. The broad aims of the PATH study relate to clinical outcomes that constitute the major burden of disease within the Australian community.