I am a qualitative and quantitative social scientist and have an overarching interest in health inequities, in particular multidisciplinary and multimethod approaches to understanding the social determinants of health. My main focus more recently has been on the social determinants of refugee health and wellbeing, and also the links between discrimination and health.

I am a co-convenor of the Migrant and Refugee Research Network (MARRNet).

Current research interests:

• Social determinants of refugee and asylum seeker health and wellbeing
• Discrimination, stigma, social inclusion and health and wellbeing
• Social capital and health
• Neighbourhood, housing and social inclusion
• Employment and health
• Equity in primary health care

Current projects:

• Family and domestic violence in migrant and refugee communities - children's experiences and support needs
• Support needs of children from migrant and refugee backgrounds with disability and their carers
• Public spaces, inclusion and health and wellbeing for refugee youth
• Intergenerational understandings of mental health and psychological wellbeing for people from refugee and asylum seeking backgrounds
• The changing family dynamics of people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds and its impact on health and wellbeing
• The health and wellbeing impacts of temporary protection visas for refugees and asylum seekers
• Decolonising practice in primary health care

Previous research areas/projects:

• Stillbirth prevention and support for women from migrant and refugee backgrounds
• Digital storytelling as a research and engagement method with refugees and asylum seekers
• Primary health care access for refugees and asylum seekers
• Refugee and asylum seeker oral health
• Migrant workers experiences of state sponsored programmes
• Regional resettlement experiences of refugees
• Policy responses to unemployment in South Australia
• HIV related stigma for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Experiences of making complaints about discrimination
• Housing, social and inclusion and wellbeing for refugees and asylum seekers
• Relocation of public housing tenants
• Indigenous perspectives on the relationships between location, social capital, racism and health
• Social capital and public policy interventions to improve health and reduce inequities
• Longitudinal study of the health, housing and labour market impacts of an automotive plant closure
• Locational disadvantage, social capital and health
• The health impacts on changing patterns of work - the mediating role of resiliency and social capital
• Housing tenure, location and social capital
• Housing tenure and employment
• Social aspects of HIV/STI prevention in the sex industry