Dr Marissa Dickins is a Research Fellow in the Research & Innovation team at Silverchain. She has worked for over 8 years conducting research within the aged care sector, and has a particular interest in developing new ways to provide care that improve the lives of those accessing care in the community.

Dr Marissa Dickins is a Research Fellow in the Future Care team at Silverchain. She has worked for over 8 years conducting research within the aged care sector, and has a particular interest in developing new ways to provide care that improve the lives of those accessing care in the community.

Julie Kelly is a senior clinical psychologist who is recognised for her expertise and experience working with older adults. Julie has significant experience working in residential aged care including the supervision of post graduate psychology students and is currently completing her PhD at Swinburne University of Technology where she is focusing on evidenced-based care for older Australians accessing in-home aged care. This research is being supported and funded by Silverchain, a leading national aged care provider. She has worked for over 15 years as a clinician in community and acute inpatient and outpatient settings. Julie was the senior clinician in a major NHMRC funded research program called PEARL, which addressed the adjustment issues faced by older adults when transitioning into residential care. She has also been part of a broader team supporting intergenerational programs between older adults and high school students.

Tanya Davison is Director of Research Discovery at Silverchain, a national provider of in-home health and aged care services, and also holds adjunct professorial appointments at several universities. With a background in Clinical Psychology, Tanya has a longstanding interest in the mental health of older people and has dedicated much of her career to improving the care provided within aged care settings. She has received over $10 Million in grant funding to support her research and published over 120 academic papers. She is leading a program of research to develop, implement and evaluate innovative models of care for the community aged care sector, to address the growing rates of depression in older people receiving aged care at home.

Dr. Hilary Davis is Senior Research Fellow, at Swinburne University of Technology and stream leader for Place-based economies and approaches. A social scientist with an HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) background, she has a specific interest in the role of technologies in solving wicked social problems. Hilary has a significant track-record of research on the social aspects of digital health to improve health experiences and health services, and skills in developing digital health interventions. She has a strong focus on research for social impact, particularly for people from diverse backgrounds. Hilary Davis co-edited a special issue on Digital Participation for Marginalised and Diverse Communities in the Journal of Community Informatics. Hilary has a significant interest in mental ill-health research. She is a member of the e-EMBED team, seeking to enhance the management of ill-health in home-based elders with depression. She has evaluated Community Mental Health Australia's ACDC - Assisting Communities with Direct Connection, door-knocking program, which seeks to support community members access mental health services in 22 communities, nationwide. She co-led the COVID-19 HRAR Evaluation and Program Development, with Connect Health, Star Health, Peninsula Health, Merri Health and Bendigo Community Health Services. She has led mental health evaluations seeking to provide rural preventive mental health services. These include the Rural Outreach Workers (ROW) project funded by a Primary Care Partnership, and HALT (Help and Assistance Local Tradies) funded by Department of Health. She co-led an ARC discovery project ‘Optimising the roles of online communities in rural resilience’. With colleagues, she has used digital story-making for connecting older people with their communities (60+ Online project), and as a mechanism for addressing elder abuse within diverse community groups (The Free from Violence Research Project). Hilary conducts research with diverse stakeholders including older adults, community members, community leaders and CEOs of health service organisations.