Melissa Willoughby
Senior Research Officer
Child & Family Evidence
Melissa Willoughby is a member of the Child and Family Evidence team, where she engages in knowledge translation activities across a range of research projects related to child and family wellbeing.
Melissa’s research focuses on health inequity, violence, criminal justice and gender. She has expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods, including analysing linked administrative data. Melissa completed her PhD the University of Melbourne examining violence-related deaths and morbidity among adults and young people involved in the criminal justice system.
She also holds an Honorary position at the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and in the School of Population and Global Health, the University of Melbourne
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Dentistry and Health Sciences), University of Melbourne
- Bachelor of Justice and Criminology (Honours), RMIT University
Research by Melissa Willoughby
Community factors that help foster resilience in young…
This short article summarises the key findings of a systematic review on whether community factors can help foster resilience in young people (≤24 years) who’ve…
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Principles for doing trauma-informed research and program…
This practice guide outlines approaches and principles for doing trauma-informed research and evaluationprojects.
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How to do trauma-informed research and evaluation
The practice guide covers what trauma-informed research is, the value of considering trauma throughout the research process and high-level principles of trauma…
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