Dr Gamble has research expertise in the history, cultures, religions, literatures and religions of Tibet and the Himalaya. She is particularly interested in the rapidly changing environment in this region and the affect it has on its inhabitants. Before coming to La Trobe, Dr Gamble worked on a Tibetan History project at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Germany and taught Tibetan language studies and Asian Religions at the Australian National University. She is now a David Myers Research Fellow who is researching and writing a history of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra) River.