Dr Lauren Kelada
PhD in psychology - Monash University
First Class Bachelor of Arts (Honours) 鈥 Monash University
Dr Lauren Kelada is a Research Fellow within the School of Clinical Medicine, 91色情片 Sydney and the Sydney Children鈥檚 Hospital. Dr Kelada completed her PhD in psychology at Monash University in 2017.听Dr Kelada's research focuses on improving health and psychosocial outcomes for family members affected by rare and听chronic childhood illness. She works closely with the community sector to co-design and implement healthcare and mental health interventions for families affected by rare and chronic illness.
Please see www.behaviouralsciencesunit.org.
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Dr Kelada has received >$10M in grants, fellowships, and philanthropic funding from various organisations including the NHMRC, MRFF, and听Luminesce听Alliance.
Selected recent awards
2021-2022听 听 Golda Meir Fellowship
2021听 听 听 听 听 听 听Winner of the best Early Career Researcher presentation at the Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine conference, 3-5 February 2021.
2021听 听 听 听 听 听 听Society of Pediatric Psychology International Award
2020听 听 听 听 听 听 听Donald Cohen Fellowship for the 2020 International Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professionals Congress
Dr Kelada is leading many research studies, including the following:
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SIBS-ONLINE: Pilot of an online program for siblings and parents of children living with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies听
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DEER (developmental and epileptic encephalopathies research) psychosocial substudy: Implementing clinical nurse consultants听for patient with DEEs in Australia
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STOP 2D psychosocial substudy:听Assessing the parent-perceived acceptability of a preventative drug (sirolimus) for infants of children with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)
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