Research-government-industry partnerships: Lessons and challenges in developing a digital health tool in NSW prisons

CTC2023 Presentation by Jane (Ye In) Hwang, Rhys Mantell and Adrienne Withall (PID012)

Authors

Jane (Ye In) Hwang

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of New South Wales

Jane is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney. Her research interests are in social determinants of health and health equity in marginalised populations. In particular, improving health and reintegration of justice-involved populations and enabling healthy ageing. She is currently funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Investigator Grant to conduct a five-year research program that responds to the increasing number of older people in Australian prisons. She has a broad range of mixed-methods research experience including qualitative work with vulnerable groups, cross-sector consultation and co-design, longitudinal health data collection, data linkage and digital tool development.

Rhys Mantell

PhD Candidate, University of New South Wales

Rhys is a PhD candidate at the School of Population Health, UNSW. His research is focused on designing digital health interventions to support marginalised groups. He has extensive experience conducting evidence-based reports, strategies and reviews (for both academic and policy audiences). Before starting his PhD, he completed an MPH at UNSW. He also has 3+ years of top-tier consulting experience designing and delivering digital, strategy and policy programs across public sector and healthcare.

Adrienne Withall

Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales

Dr Withall is a mid-career researcher and combined track ageing and mental health specialist in the School of Psychology, at the University of New South Wales. She recently served as a Leader of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Theme at the School of Population Health. Her research focuses on promoting cognitive health and wellbeing for priority populations. She is a Dharawal, Yuin and convict-settler woman. Adrienne partners regularly with a range of stakeholders, including Aboriginal communities (e.g. Marcia Ella Duncan and the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council to design the first on-country experience for UNSW medical students), people with Lived Experience (e.g. via the Black Dog Institute) community organisations (e.g. Dementia Australia), health services (e.g. Northern Sydney Local Health District Drug and Alcohol Services, NSW Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network) & industry partners (e.g. Flourish Australia, Corrective Services NSW).

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