Dr Melanie Davern




Research Fellow
Child Public Health and Health Equality Research
McCaughey Centre: VicHealth Centre for the Promotion of Mental Health and Community Wellbeing
Melbourne School of Population Health
Level 5, 207 Bouverie Street
The University of Melbourne
VIC 3010
Tel:    +61 3 8344 3180
Fax:    +61 3 9348 2832
Email: mdavern@unimelb.edu.au

Biography

Research Fellow Melanie Davern is a registered psychologist with expertise in Subjective Wellbeing, life satisfaction and psychological health.  She has been involved in a number of research projects investigating the wellbeing of the Australian population and the concepts that underpin happiness in individuals and communities.  Melanie is currently managing a multidisciplinary project that is developing a new questionnaire for measuring Quality of Life in adolescents with cerebral palsy.  This follows the successful development of the CP QOL-Child which is a similar measure for children with cerebral palsy.  Her other research interests include temperament development, affective theory, questionnaire design, and family conflict.

For more information including Melanie’s qualifications, publications, research grants and classifications, visit Find an Expert.

 

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