Professor Ben Wadham
Director
As a Veteran, Ben's research is focused on the health and wellbeing of serving personnel and Veterans. He conducts sociological and criminological research on the ADF and DVA including institutional abuse in the ADF, veteran suicide, and veteran transition into higher education. Ben also researches men's violence prevention. His expertise on men and masculinities underpins this research.
Associate Professor Belinda Lange
Deputy Director
Belinda is a physiotherapist, educator and digital health researcher, with experience in co-design and evaluation of digital health technologies such as virtual reality, virtual humans, and game-based rehabilitation tools in clinical and community settings. Belinda is passionate about partnering with clinicians, consumers, and industry to build digital health capacity and explore how interactive technologies can enhance clinical practice, training, wellness. She has international experience in co-design, development, and evaluation of programs to support rehabilitation, training, and wellbeing of veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Professor Sharon Lawn
Director, Lived Experience and Co-design
Sharon has undertaken a broad range of mental health research at Flinders including in smoking cessation, chronic condition self-management, healthcare workforce, health services research, veteran transition and suicide research, coercive practices, mental health peer workforce, and consumer and family experiences within systems of healthcare.
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