Jess Keeley
Research Officer
BPsych(Hons), PhD (Psychology)
jess.keeley@thekids.org.au
Dr Jess Keeley is an early career researcher with a PhD in psychology and a first-class Bachelor of Psychology degree with honours from Curtin University. Her PhD primarily utilised qualitative methodologies and centred on the maltreatment of people with intellectual disability by family members. Jess is currently a Research Officer in the Child Disability team at The Kids and works across several research projects.
Jess’s research focusses on children with intellectual disability with specific interest in health literacy, communication measurement, minimal clinically important differences, rare disorders, disaster preparedness and accessible dissemination. She aims to improve the lives of children with intellectual disability and their families by listening to and learning from their experiences.
Jess has presented her research at local, national, and international conferences including the International Conference of Community Psychology in Naples Italy (2022). In 2020 she won the Community College Postgraduate Student Conference Award at the International Conference of Community Psychology.