Associate Professor, Sociology & Anthropology. Monash University. Australia.
I am a medical anthropologist and health sociologist specialising in interdisciplinary ethnographic research exploring the experiences of health, illness and care for structurally vulnerable communities. I especially focus on the fields of disability studies, neurodegenerative diseases, and ageing to contribute new insights on the intersections of these issues with gender, care, global public health, and wellbeing. My research adopts a comparative methodological approach to combine these areas to explore the relationship between chronic health conditions and practices of care in people’s local moral worlds.
My work is interdisciplinary and collaborative: I work with academic colleagues and community and health organizations to inform policy development and legislation. My research spans a range of areas and disciplines in addition to anthropology and sociology, including global public health, health services research, rehabilitation, disability studies, neuropsychology, and critical social psychology.
Area of expertise: Disability, qualitative research methods, social inequality, health, social rights, care.
Research lines
– Access to health care
– Inclusive and participatory disability research: ethical and methodological challenges