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Emeritus Professor Catherine Elizabeth Bridge

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Built Environment and Design, Housing Markets, Development, Management, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Care for Disabled
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Ageing and Older People

Ability and Disability

Housing

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Construction Planning

Catherine has a significant National and International reputation in the area of enabling environments, as evidenced by invited participation in: International Design Awards as a judge; Internation

Dr Ariella Meltzer

Faculty: Business
Fields of Research (FoR): Social policy, People with disability, Family care, Sociology of family and relationships, Applied sociology, program evaluation and social impact assessment, Social change, Social program evaluation
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Ability and Disability

Families and Family Services

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

Youth/child development and welfare

Keywords:

disability

disability evaluation

young people

interpersonal relationships

mentoring

peer support

siblings

social impact measurement

Dr Jane Ye In Hwang

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Social determinants of health, Health and community services, Health equity, Health promotion, Public health, Health management, People with disability, Public participation and community engagement, Causes and prevention of crime, Crime and social justice
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Public health not elsewhere classified

Social Structure and Health

Health Inequalities

Criminal Justice

Ability and Disability

Health Related to Ageing

Keywords:

social determinants of health

disability and health

neurodiversity

mental health

RESEARCH VISION: Achieving health equity and social justice via

Dr Scott Andrew Brown

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Design, Interaction and experience design, Affective computing, Social robotics
SEO tags:

Social ethics

Ability and Disability

Learner and Learning

Health Related to Ageing

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Keywords:

multisensory environment

social interaction

social inclusion

I am a Lecturer at UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture using interactive technologies and human-centred design approaches to work with neurodiverse populations. Based in the School of

Emeritus Professor Eileen Baldry

Faculty: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Fields of Research (FoR): Criminology, Social Work, Social Policy, Correctional Theory, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation, Postcolonial Studies
SEO tags:

Criminal Justice

Crime Prevention

Law, Politics and Community Services

Ability and Disability

Keywords:

criminology & penology

critical disability studies

equity

social justice

social development

Eileen Baldry AO FASSA FRSN (BA, DipEd, MWP, PhD) is an Emeritus Professor of Criminology at UNSW where she has been an academic since 1993.

Professor Terry Cumming

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Special education and disability, Inclusive education, Educational technology and computing
SEO tags:

Special Needs Education

Ability and Disability

Educational Innovations in Teaching & Learning

Keywords:

inclusive education

special education

educational technology

Professor Julian Norman Trollor

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Public Health and Health Services, Mental Health
SEO tags:

Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)

Ability and Disability

Keywords:

intellectual disability

autism spectrum disorder

I lead an internationally recognised translational research program that aims to reduce the health inequalities experienced by people with intellectual or developmental disability.

Professor Karen Raewyn Fisher

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Social policy, Social program evaluation
SEO tags:

Structure, Delivery and Financing of Community Services

Ability and Disability

Karen Fisher is a Professor at the Social Policy Research Centre.

Ms Janelle Weise

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Health services and systems, Health policy
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Ability and Disability

Mental Health Services

Preventive Medicine

Keywords:

intellectual disability

disability

disability and health

disability policy

preventive health services

health services

mixed methods

inclusive research

health policy & services

Dr Janelle Weise is an Occupational Therapist who has a Bachelor of Applied Sc

Mr Fredrick G Zmudzki

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Health Economics, Social Program Evaluation
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Ability and Disability

Behaviour and Health

Fredrick Zmudzki, BEc (Macq.), MEc (Macq.), GradCertPharmEc (Monash) is a senior health economist and policy analyst with over 20 years’ experience across a wide range of projects

Dr Christiane Purcal

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Public policy, Social policy, Social program evaluation, People with disability, Mental health services, Policy and administration
SEO tags:

Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis

Comparative Structure and Development of Community Services

Ability and Disability

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Carers' Development and Welfare

Families and Family Services

Keywords:

disability policy

mental health

effectiveness evaluation

inclusive research

Professor Kristy Muir

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Social Policy, Policy and Administration
SEO tags:

Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis

Ability and Disability

Mental Health

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Families and Family Services

Housing

Education and Training not elsewhere classified

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Professor Kristy Muir is the CEO of the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) and a Professor of Social Policy in the Business School at UNSW Sydney.

Associate Professor Lauren Kark

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Biomechanics, Medical Devices, Biomechanical Engineering
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Ability and Disability

Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering Biomechanics

Professor Samuel Harvey

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Psychiatry, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety, Epidemiology
SEO tags:

Behaviour and Health

Nervous System and Disorders

Employment

Changing work patterns

Ability and Disability

Dr Samuel Harvey, MBBS MRCGP MRCPsych FRANZCP PhD, leads the Workplace Mental Health Research Program at the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales. He is a psychiatrist and epid

Dr Joanne Cherie Danker

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Special education and disability
SEO tags:

Special Needs Education

Ability and Disability

Keywords:

students with disabilities

autism

intellectual disability

special education

inclusive education

Joanne Danker is a lecturer in Special Education in the School of Education at the University of New South Wales.

Evaluation of the Self-Directed Support Pilot for Children and Young Adults with a Physical Disability

Field of Research (FoR):

Social Policy

SEO tags:

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Ability and Disability

Social Support to Older People with Disability in China

Field of Research (FoR):

Social Policy

SEO tags:

Ability and Disability

Palliative care

Social support of older people with disability in China has not been researched with social policy analysis. We apply a disability rights framework in four domains ? protection, economic security, social support and participation ?