Melanie Andersen

University of New South Wales

Melanie Andersen is a Research Fellow with the School of Public Health and Community Medicine UNSW and Honorary Fellow with the George Institute for Global Health in the Injury Division. Her research focuses on the social and environmental determinants of health and wellbeing, particularly for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. Melanie works on several projects concerning injury prevention and care, including a study examining the care received by seriously injured Aboriginal children in NSW hospitals and an Aboriginal community-led child injury prevention project. Melanie’s research builds on her clinical experience as an Occupational Therapist.

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