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Professional Staff

Lilly Moody

Centre Manager

  • Centre operations management
  • Strategic management and planning
  • Research and partnership development
  • Financial and HR management
  • Policy advice
  • Research support
  • Human ethics application support and advice
  • Strategic Research Development funding coordination
  • Post-award assistance for research projects
  • Project budget management and financial advice

Email: L.Moody@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9553

Dr Nukte Ogun

Research Officer – Impact

  • Research impact measuring and communication
  • Development of new impact strategies, frameworks and processes
  • Knowledge exchange and public engagement
  • Knowledge translation of research findings
  • Media and communications, including media relations and reporting

Email: N.Ogun@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone: (02) 9685 9685

 

Sarah Rammal

Senior Administration Officer – Communications 

  • Generate and distribute communication and marketing content
  • Update and maintain Y&R website and social media
  • Organise internal and external events
  • Provide administrative support to the Y&R Directors and Centre Manager
  • Support finance and travel arrangements

Email: s.rammal@westernsydney.edu.au

 

Amy Thayre

Senior Administration Officer - Research

  • Support pre-award administration, including budget development
  • Coordinate post-award research administration
  • Provide administrative support to the Y&R Directors and Centre Manager
  • Manage and maintain Y&R records and assets
  • Support finance and travel arrangements

Email:  A.Thayre@westernsydney.edu.au

 

Rose Lewis

Communications and Impact Assistant

  • Research impact measuring and communication
  • Generate and distribute communication and marketing content
  • Update and maintain Y&R website and social media
  • Organise internal and external events

Email:  R.Lewis@westernsydney.edu.au

 
  

Research Officers

  • Research project management
  • Research design and delivery, including qualitative, quantitative and participatory methods
  • Data collection, analysis and management
  • Human research ethics application development
  • Research partnership co-ordination
 
 

Linda Marsden

Research Officer

Linda is a PhD candidate at Young and Resilient. Linda employs participatory, creative and visual methods, along with socio material theory to understand young people’s experiences of wellbeing, health and the digital world. She has a particular interest in research and knowledge translation to influence policy and practice, and is curious about the potential for technology to positively influence resilience and wellbeing.

Email: l.marsden@westernsydney.edu.au

 
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Dr Pavithra Rajan

Research Officer

Pavithra is a physiotherapist and a postdoctoral researcher who is passionate about working with vulnerable communities. Her doctoral research explored influence of culture on health of migrant communities. Pavithra interests includes culture, vulnerable populations and co-design research.

Email: p.rajan@westernsydney.edu.au

 
 

Louisa Welland

Research Officer

Louisa is a qualitative researcher with a keen interest in designing creative, participatory methods to explore how young people really think and feel about things. Her interests include youth mental health and wellbeing, digital technology, and activating youth-led and youth co-research.

Email: l.welland@westernsydney.edu.au