Our researchers

Jessica Smart is a Senior Research Officer working on research and evaluation in the areas of child care, out-of-home care, collaborative service delivery and defence and veteran families.

Emily Stevens is a Research Officer within the Family Law, Family Violence and Elder Abuse Research Team.

Cat Strawa develops knowledge translation products for the Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) information exchange.

Melissa Suares is a Project Lead in the Data Management and Linkage team

Dr Neha Swami is a Senior Research Officer in the Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies team.

Beth Thomas-Richards is a Project Officer in the Survey Methodology team.

Dr Mandy Truong is a Research Fellow in the Child and Family Evidence team.

Dr John van Kooy is a Research Fellow in the Building a New Life in Australia study team.

Amanda Vittiglia joined AIFS in May 2022 as a Senior Research Officer working on the Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children project.

Kipling Walker is a Research Fellow on Ten to Men: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health team.