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 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). She conducts research with diverse stakeholders including older adults, community members, community leaders and CEOs of health service organisations.