Our researchers

Deborah Louwen is a Cohort Manager in the Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies team.

Dr Jasmine B. MacDonald is a Senior Research Officer in the Child and Family Evidence team.

Sarah Maher is a Senior Research Officer working on the Growing Up in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) team.

Dr David Marshall is Research Fellow in the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) team. 

Dr Sean Martin is the Program Lead for the Ten To Men: Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health at AIFS.

Dr Heather McKay is a Senior Research Fellow, Research and Evaluation in Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence.

Hilary Miller is a Research Fellow in the Child, Family and Evidence Team.

Rachel Moody is a Senior Research Officer in the Defence and Veteran Family Research Team, and also assists the Family Law, Family Violence and Elder Abuse Research Team.Rachel was admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2022, and she worked as a family law solicitor prior to joining AIFS. Alongside her legal practice, Rachel also developed experience undertaking socio-legal research. She examined and analysed family law jurisprudence and the family law system, with a particular focus on economic justice and family violence. Rachel presented some of her research findings, alongside Professor Robyn Carroll of the University of Western Australia, at the AIFS Conference in 2022.

Sharnee Moore is a socio-legal researcher and evaluator who has worked on many AIFS projects concerning a range of issues.

Dr Stewart Muir is an anthropologist and Executive Manager of the Family Policy and Service Systems research program.