Dr Ayeisha Milligan Armstrong is a lecturer within the Curtin School of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, teaching across the biomedical sciences stream. She is an early career academic whose expertise span molecular genetics and biomedical research. Her research interests include neurodegeneration and cancer. She investigates how genetic, epigenetic and molecular factors influence disease risk, treatment response and patient outcomes, with a particular focus on improving breast cancer outcomes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women through community driven research.