Introduction
I am a Senior Lecturer at Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. I undertake research in inclusive health communication policies and practices. I also lead investigations into assistive technology, telehealth/mHealth, and service experience. I'm passionate about the inclusion of service users and people with lived experience in research and policy setting, and I love implementing inclusive research, co-design and usability methods into my own work, and supporting others with these approaches.
Expert
Dr Anderson is an experienced qualitative researcher who has led several industry and Government funded projects in service evaluation and design for people with a disability and their families. She is currently leading an Australian Government funded project on inclusive health communication in Specialist Disability Accommodation. Dr Anderson is also a qualified speech pathologist and experienced telepractitioner. In 2012 she co-authored the first international resolution for Telepractice in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (Tele-AAC). She has also researched the civic, economic and social participation of people with disability across a number of contexts including social networks, healthcare, education, retirement, and has also explored research participants’ experiences of health economics and resource use data collection, has attracted over $AU900,000 in awarded funding for research and industry applications.
Dr Anderson has extensive experience in participatory research methods and industry-driven research. She has pioneered several innovative methodologies for co-design and research dissemination tailored to complex research populations such as young children, family carers, healthcare workers with linguistic diversity, and people with significant communication disability. Having served in several executive and leadership positions in Australian and International organisations for people with disability, Dr Anderson has strong partnerships across several local and International disability communities and has significant experience in research translation and consumer advocacy. She is also a consumer representative.
Fields of expertise: Disability, Education, Inclusive social development / inclusive societies / social inclusion, Participation