Our team

Project team

NAME	POSITION	EMAIL
Professor Irene Blackberry	Director, Care Economy Research Institute (CERI) John Richards Chair in Rural Ageing	I.Blackberry@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Anne-Marie Laslett	Associate Director, Graduate Researchers, CERI	A.Laslett@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Chris Maylea	Associate Director, Partnerships, Community and Industry Engagement, CERI	C.Maylea@latrobe.edu.au
Karen Barclay	Research Officer CERI	K.Barclay@latrobe.edu.au
Jennifer Boak	Research Fellow, CERI	J.Boak@latrobe.edu.au
Anna Joske	Senior Admin Officer, CERI	A.Joske@latrobe.edu.au
Clair Overy	Manager, CERI	C.Overy@latrobe.edu.au
Kate Syme-Lamont	Research Officer, CERI	K.Syme-Lamont@latrobe.edu.au

Domain teams

Care Delivery

NAME	POSITION	EMAIL
Professor Leeanne Carey	Domain Lead, Professor of Occupational Therapy	L.Carey@latrobe.edu.au
Vanessa Caple	Lecturer Nursing	V.Caple@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Christine East	Professor of Nursing and Midwifery	C.East@latrobe.edu.au
Professor David Edvardsson	Associate Dean, Academic	D.Edvardsson@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Hanan Khalil	Associate Professor	H.Khalil@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Prabhat Lamichhane	Senior Lecturer, Public Health	P.Lamichhane@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Corina Modderman	Senior Lecturer	C.Modderman@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Nicholas Morris	Casual Adjunct	N.Morris@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Brian Oldenburg	Professor, Public Health and Implement Science	B.Oldenburg@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Anita Raspovic	Associate Professor	A.Raspovic@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Stacey Rich	Research Fellow, John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing	Stacey.Rich@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Miranda Rose	Director, Centre for Research Excellence in Aphasia Rehabilitation and Recovery	M.Rose@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Fisaha Tesfay	Research Fellow, Care Economy Research Institute and John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing	F.Tesfay@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Theresa Van Lith	Associate Professor, Psychology, Counselling & Therapy	T.VanLith@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Dana Wong	Associate Professor	D.Wong@latrobe.edu.au
Sharon Zdunic	Lecturer Nursing (Teaching Focussed)	S.Zdunic@latrobe.edu.au

Care Economics, Social and Policy

NAME	POSITION	EMAIL
Dr. Alex Maritz	Domain Lead, Professor, Entrepreneurship	a.maritz@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Miriam Bankovsky	Associate Professor	M.Bankovsky@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Andrea Grindrod	Senior Research Fellow & Project Manager	A.Grindrod@latrobe.edu.au
Jason (Heng) Jiang	Senior Lecturer	Jason.Jiang@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Timothy Jones	Associate Professor, History	T.Jones@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Sora Lee	Lecturer, Public Health, Ageing and End of Life	Sora.Lee@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Suzanne O'Keefe	Acting Dean, La Trobe Business School	S.OKeefe@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Koen Smit	Postdoctoral Research Fellow	K.Smit@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Marc Trabsky	Associate Professor	M.Trabsky@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Suzanne Young	Adjunct Professor, Management and Human Resources	S.H.Young@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Lawrie Zion	Theme Lead Social Change and Equity	L.Zion@latrobe.edu.au

Care Experience

NAME	POSITION	EMAIL
Professor Lisa Brophy	Co-Domain Lead, Professor, Discipline Lead Social Work	L.Brophy@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Sarah MacLean	Co-Domain Lead, Professor, Department of Community and Clinical Health	S.MacLean@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Catina Adams	Senior Lecturer	Catina.Adams@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Shahinoor Akter	Research Fellow GreenCare Respite	S.Akter@latrobe.edu.au
Dr Saoni Banerjee	Lecturer, Psychology, Counselling & Therapy	S.Banerjee@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Mehak Batra	Teaching Fellow (Associate Lecturer) (TF)	M.Batra@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Amanda Cooklin	Director, Judith Lumley Centre	A.Cooklin@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Kimberlea Cooper	Lecturer, Social Work and Social Policy	Kimberlea.Cooper@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Bircan Erbas	Associate Dean, Research Industry Engagement	B.Erbas@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Margarita Frederico	Emeritus Professor	M.Frederico@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Piers Gooding	Associate Professor	P.Gooding@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Sabrina Gupta	Senior Lecturer	S.Gupta@latrobe.edu.au
Ingrid Hahne	Casual Academic	I.Hahne@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Leesa Hooker	Professor	L.Hooker@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Anne-Marie Laslett	Associate Director, Graduate Researchers, CERI	A.Laslett@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Sean MacDermott	Director, John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research	S.MacDermott@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Chris Maylea	Associate Director, Partnerships, Community and Industry Engagement, CERI	C.Maylea@latrobe.edu.au
Kieva Richards	Lecturer, Occupational Therapy (TF)	Kieva.Richards@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Tonya Stebbins	Professor, Linguistics	T.Stebbins@latrobe.edu.au
Maria Vucko	Lecturer Social Work Social Policy (TF)	M.Vucko@latrobe.edu.au
Tessa Zirnsak	Research Fellow	T.Zirnsak@latrobe.edu.au

Care Technology

NAME	POSITION	EMAIL
Professor James Boyd	Domain Lead, Chair of Digital Health and Innovation	James.Boyd@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Kay Crossley	Director, La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre	K.Crossley@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Aniruddha Desai	Director, Centre for Technology Infusion	A.Desai@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Daswin De Silva	Professor of Analytics and AI	D.DeSilva@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Simon Haines	Research Officer	S.Haines@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Ken HO	Associate Dean, Research and Industry Engagement	K.HO@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Urooj Raza Khan	Senior Lecturer, Digital Health	U.RazaKhan@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Debbie Kirk	Associate Dean, Learning and Teaching	D.Kirk@latrobe.edu.au
Virginia Mansel Lees	Lecturer Social Work (TF)	V.ManselLees@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Tshepo Rasekaba	Senior Research Fellow	T.Rasekaba@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Tafheem Wani	Lecturer, Public Health	T.Wani@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Nilmini Wickramasinghe	Optus Chair in Digital Health	N.Wickramasinghe@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Raelene Wilding	Head of Department, Social Inquiry	R.Wilding@latrobe.edu.au

Care Workforce

NAME	POSITION	EMAIL
Professor Meg Morris	Co-Lead, Director, Academic Research Collabation in Health	M.Morris@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Rachel Winterton	Co-Lead, Professor and Deputy Director at the John Richards Centre for Rural Research	R.Winterton@latrobe.edu.au
I.Blackberry@latrobe.edu.au	Director, Care Economy Research Institute (CERI) John Richards Chair in Rural Ageing	Professor Irene Blackberry
Dr. Sharon Bourke	Senior Lecturer, Nursing	S.Bourke@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Rachel Cardwell	Lecturer, Nursing	R.Cardwell@latrobe.edu.au
Saadia Danish	Casual Academic	S.Danish@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Jenny Davis	Associate Dean, Domestic Partnerships	J.Davis@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Rachael Duncan	Lecturer, Nursing	Rachael.Duncan@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Kristina Edvardsson	Associate Professor, Nursing	K.Edvardsson@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh	Director of the Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care (ACEBAC)	D.Fetherstonhaugh@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Richard Gray	Chair, University Human Ethics Committee	R.Gray@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Bichen Guan	Lecturer in Management and Org Behaviour	B.Guan@latrobe.edu.au
Brad Hodge	Project Coord Rural Health Innovation Lab	B.Hodge@latrobe.edu.au
Jacqueline Johnston	Lecturer, Nursing	Jacqueline.Johnston@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Joanne Joyce-McCoach	Academic Program Director HBNDC (Chisholm)	J.Joyce-McCoach@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Leigh Kinsman	Professor and Director, Violet Vines Marshman Centre Rural Research	L.Kinsman@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Anne-Marie Mahoney	ACEBAC Edu and Eval Coordinator	A.Mahoney@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Gulzar Malik	Associate Dean, International Partnerships	G.Malik@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Mark McEvoy	Associate Professor	M.McEvoy@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Lisa McKenna	Head of School, Nursing and Midwifery	L.McKenna@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Jane Mills	Dean, La Trobe Rural Health School	Jane.Mills@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Cheryle Moss	Associate Professor of Nursing	C.Moss@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Nompilo Moyo	Casual Academic	N.Moyo@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Jodi Oakman	Professor (Discipline Cluster Lead)	J.Oakman@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Edwin Pascoe	ACEBAC Senior Research Fellow	E.Pascoe3@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Evelien Spelten	Professor	E.Spelten@latrobe.edu.au
Professor Stephen Teo	Head of Department, Management and Marketing	S.Teo@latrobe.edu.au
Claire Thwaites	Research Officer Aca Res Collaborative in Health	C.Thwaites@latrobe.edu.au
Dr. Kristina Turner	Senior Lecturer, Evidence-Based Pedagogy	K.Turner@latrobe.edu.au