Research Network Steering Committee - LGBTIQ+ Health Australia

Research Network Steering Committee

LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (LHA) established the Steering Committee for practical and strategic advice in developing an effective and sustainable LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing research network. 

The Steering Committee membership includes: 

  • Dr Adam Bourne (he/him), Associate Professor, Australian Research Centre for Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS), La Trobe University. 
  • Morgan Carpenter (he/him), Executive Director, Intersex Human Rights Australia (IHRA). 
  • Cristyn Davies (she/her), Research Fellow, Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School and Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia; and: adjunct, Sexualities and Genders Research, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia.
  • Madi Day (they/them), Lecturer, Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University. 
  • Tina Dixon (she/her), PhD Candidate Australian National University 
  • Professor Martin Holt (he/him), Researcher Convenor, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. 
  • Professor Mark Hughes (he/him), Chair of Discipline (Social Work and Community Welfare), Southern Cross University. 
  • Elise Kennedy, Assistant Director, Health Section, Health and Disability Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics.
  • Associate Professor Ashleigh Lin (she/her), Program Head, Mental Health and Youth, Telethon Kids Institute.
  • Associate Professor Julie Mooney- Somers, Qualitative Research in Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney. 
  • Associate Professor Dr Christy Newman (they/she), Associate Professor, UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. 
  • Dr Steven Philpot (he/him), Research Associate, Kirby Institute. 
  • Professor Kerry Robinson (she/her), Director Diversity & Human Rights Research Centre, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University
  • Caroline Roga, Assistant Director, Australian Bureau of Statistics 
  • Michael Salter (he/him), Scientia Associate Professor of Criminology, School of Social Sciences, UNSW . 
  • Bep Uink (she/her), Research Fellow, Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre, Murdoch University; Honorary Associate, Telethon Kids Institute.

The steering committee’s Terms of Reference are available here.