Profile

position: Research Fellow

department: Health and Social Care Unit

Dr Heather Morris is a Research Fellow at the Health and Social Care Unit Monash University and Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) recipient. Working with community service organisations as a researcher in residence, she aims to get research evidence into practice. She uses her implementation science expertise and a focus on frontline worker knowledge and skills, in tandem with an awareness of systems thinking and complexity science to drive better outcomes for children and families. She has a background in health and health promotion, early childhood education, parenting support, child and family welfare, and trauma informed models of care, and both quantitative and qualitative research experience.