Our research aims to better understand and support mental health difficulties for children, young people, and families across a range of settings, including at school, in the workplace, in hospitals, and online.
We work closely with clinicians and people with lived and living experience to make sure our research is relevant and useful to the community.
Research areas
- Child and parent mental health
- Child and adolescent suicide prevention
- School attendance
- Healthcare workers and their families
- Body image and eating disorders
- Autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities
Our team
Researchers
Researchers
- Dr Lauren Cameron
- Dr Emily Chan
- Amanda Dudley
- Dr Carrie Erwin
- Professor Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz
- Professor Jane McGillivray
- Lachlan James
- Dr Hannah Jarman
- Dr Brian Lee
- Dr Laura Pecora
- Dr Ruth Tatnell
Research students
Research students
- Jessica Bodfish (PhD Aston-Deakin Cotutelle)
- Kat Chadbourn (PhD Aston-Deakin Cotutelle)
- Hannah Kelle (DPsych)
- Hannah LaFontaine-Harvey (Honours)
- Maddison McDonald (DPsych)
- Amy Meade (PhD)
- Isabel Osbourne (MPsych)
- Aidan Renata (DPsych)
- Kiah-Rose Sargant (PhD Aston-Deakin Cotutelle)
- Felicia Semple (DPsych)
- Olivia Smith (PhD)
- Radhika Srivastava (PhD Aston-Deakin Cotutelle)
- Kelly Watt-McMahon (PhD)
Clinical advisory team
Clinical advisory team
- Associate Professor Michael Gordon (Monash Health)
- Dr Helen Mildred
- Chris Pavlou (Monash Health; Deakin University Honorary Fellow)
Lived experience advisory team
Lived experience advisory team
- Dr Bethany Devenish
- Katrina Gow
- Michael Killen
- Ginger Nelson
Our partners
