Mrs Jess Wilson
Research Officer
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), University of Newcastle
PhD (Social Work), University of Tasmania (ongoing, completion in 2027)
Medicine & Health
School of Population Health
Jess is a research officer with the Justice Health Research Group in the School of Population Health where she working on an MRFF funded project 'A whole-of-setting model of care for transgender people in prison. Jess completed her Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in 2019, and has since worked across a range of public health and mental health research projects with the University of Newcastle (NSW), Murdoch Children's Research Institute, La Trobe University, and The University of Tasmania. Jess's particular fields of interest are older adult mental health, telehealth and digital interventions, LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing. She is experienced across both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, including applied qualitative health research, participatory and co-design research, reflexive thematic analysis, and psychometric analysis. She is currently completing her PhD entitled 'Supporting the mental health of transgender and gender diverse young people in Australia: Developing guidance for mental health practitioners and services'.
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- Publications
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- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
Hunter New England Local Health District Advanced Out of Hospital Care (AOHC) Telehealth Research Initiative Part B—Barriers and Facilitators Assessment, Solutions Identified and Prioritisation Study (Hunter Medical Research Institute; $125,000) - Associate Investigator
Coast Shelter Outcome and Impact Evaluation (Coast Shelter, NSW; $45,000) - Associate Investigator
Enhancing engagement with eHealth approaches to prevent cardiovascular disease among adolescents: Triple E Project (MRFF; $933,682) - Associate Investigator
My Teaching
As a teaching associate, I have taught 1st and 3rd year, and graduate diploma psychology at the University of Newcastle and Monash University, including introduction to psychology, research methods, psychological ethics and psychometric testing, psychometric analysis, neuropsychology, and advanced perception and learning.