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Our people

People within the Life Course Centre.

The people who make up the Life Course Centre are committed to understanding and overcoming the problems of disadvantage, and to helping improve the lives of disadvantaged children and families.

The Life Course Centre’s major resource is our people – our researchers, students and partners.

Our researchers are national and international leaders in their respective fields. They represent the diversity of disciplines needed to address the multifaceted problem of disadvantage. Their shared approaches and expertise in the fields of economics, sociology, criminology, statistics, psychology and advanced statistics positions them on disciplinary boundaries.

Associate Professor Hayley Christian AM
Associate Professor Hayley Christian AM

BSc (1st Class Hons), PhD W.Aust.

Program Head, Healthy Behaviours and Environments; National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow

hayley.christian@thekids.org.au

08 6319 1040

Professor Francis Mitrou

Program Head, Population Health, and Team Head, Human Development and Community Wellbeing

francis.mitrou@thekids.org.au

08 6319 1499

Rosemary Cahill
Rosemary Cahill

EdD, MEd, BEd(Hons)

Principal Research Fellow

rosemary.cahill@thekids.org.au

Karen Lombardi
Karen Lombardi

BHSc (Hons), PhD

Research Fellow

Karen.Lombardi@thekids.org.au

6319 1477

Natasha Pearce
Natasha Pearce

PhD (Public Health), PostGrad Dip (Health Promotion), BApp Sc

Honorary Research Associate

Natasha.Pearce@thekids.org.au

Kevin Runions
Kevin Runions

BSc (Hons) BEd MA PhD

Honorary Research Associate

kevin.runions@thekids.org.au

Andrea Nathan
Andrea Nathan

BHlthSc (hons), PhD

Senior Research Officer, PLAYCE

andrea.nathan@thekids.org.au

+61 8 6319 1045

Sarah Johnson
Sarah Johnson

BA, PostGradDip; PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Sarah.Johnson@thekids.org.au

Ha Nguyen

Senior Research Fellow

Helen Monks
Helen Monks

MPH BA(Psych) PhD

Senior Project Officer

helen.monks@thekids.org.au

08 6319 1470

Jon Sae-Koew
Jon Sae-Koew

BPsych (Hons), PhD

Research Officer

Phoebe George
Phoebe George

BSc(Neuro), MPH

Research Assistant, PhD Candidate

phoebe.george@thekids.org.au