Associate Professor Lise Mogensen

Position

Associate Professor in Medical Education, Director of Learning and Teaching, School of Medicine

Biography

Lise Mogensen is a multi award winning researcher and educator. She is widely recognised for her participatory and inclusive research methods, and her longstanding commitment to advocating for disability justice through research and education. With roots in childhood and youth disability studies, she specialises in collaborative, participatory research on well-being and social justice issues. Lise’s research has evolved to explore key life transitions, including the move from school to further education and employment and in healthcare. Over the past decade, she has led pioneering and translational research in Australia focused on improving disability access within medical and health professional education, policy, and practice.

In recent years, Lise conceptualised and co developed the government funded micro-credential Disability Access & Participation in Health Education and Work, designed to support more inclusive pathways into health professions to meet in-demand skills and industry needs.

Lise’s research interests are comprised in three inter-related research programs with several active projects:

Child and youth well-being research

• Multinational research on children’s understandings of well-being across nations and regions.
• Well-being and quality of life, children and young people living with disability and chronic illness.
• Approaches to inclusive research with marginalised and vulnerable children.

Living with disability, mental illness, and chronic illness

• Diagnosis and identity.
• Children with autism, children with intellectual disability – access to health care and services.
• Transition from school to adult services for young people with intellectual disability.
• Experiences with and perspectives on the NDIS.

Medical education research

• Disability access and participation in medical education and practice.
• Experiences of medical and health professional students with disability.
• Medical student well-being.
• Structures of support in medical education, and transition to medical practice.
• Medical program evaluation.

Qualifications and Recognition

• PhD, University of Western Sydney
• BAppSc(OT)Honours, University of Western Sydney
• Western Sydney Academic Development Program Award, 2026
• Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy, 2022
• Vice-Chancellor’s Excellence Award for Meritorious Service to the University, Western Sydney University, 2020
• Western Sydney Academic Development Program Award, 2019
• Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE). MedEd Publish Best Paper Award, 2017-18
• Women’s Research Fellowship, Western Sydney University, 2018
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Western Sydney University, 2017
• UWS Early Career Research Fellowship, 2014
• UWS University Medal for Outstanding Scholarship, 2006
• Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), 2005

Research & Publications

• For a complete list of my publications please see my publications page (opens in a new window)
• View my ResearchGate profile (opens in a new window)

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