Yanel is a Director and Principal Occupational Hygienist with AMCOSH Pty Ltd. She has over 25 years experience in OHS with the Victorian Department of Labour.

Yanel is a NATA assessor for Occupational Hygiene analysis including asbestos identification and counting, and a former member of the Standards Australia committee on Laboratory Safety. She has been guest lecturer for a number of courses including; Deakin University's Graduate Diploma in Occupational Hygiene , RMIT's Master of Applied Toxicology, the AIOH's Basic Principles of Occupational Hygiene and ANSTO's Safety in Laboratories courses.

Yanel also has considerable experience in Occupational Toxicology, particularly in the area of asbestos and synthetic mineral fibres and more generally in Workplace Hazardous Substances.

Yanel Lara BAppSc, MAppSc(Toxicol), MAIOH, COH