Alicia Montgomerie

Alicia Montgomerie

Grant-Funded Researcher (B)

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Alicia Montgomerie is a senior research associate in the School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, South Australia, as a part of the BetterStart Child Health and Development research group. Alicia is an epidemiologist who specialises in manipulating and analysing large population-based linked administrative data. Over the last 5 years, Alicia has worked as lead analyst on the Better Evidence Better Outcomes Link Data (BEBOLD) platform, one of the most comprehensive population-based linked administrative research databases in Australia, that spans data from health, education, justice, child protection, homelessness, and welfare. She currently works with the South Australian and Victorian governments using linked administrative data to generate evidence to support the reform of the child and family systems.

Alicia works as a research associate in the School of Public Health, University of Adelaide as a part of the BetterStart Child Health and Development research group led by Professor John Lynch. She works on the Better Evidence Better Outcomes Linked Data (BEBOLD) platform, one of the most comprehensive population-based linked administrative research databases in Australia. Her research focuses on investigating children that come in contact with the child protection system and trying to identify children early that are at risk of maltreatment. As well as exploring their health, developmental, academic and behavioural outcomes by linking to other administrative datasets.

For more information about BetterStart and BEBOLD please click here

BetterStart Child Health and Development Research Group Student Projects

For information on available projects please view the following booklet: School of Public Health Student Projects

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2016 - ongoing Research Associate University of Adelaide
    2012 - 2016 Research Associate University of Adelaide

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Health Sciences
    University of Adelaide Australia Masters of Public Health

Competitive Research Funding

State Competitive Schemes
Date Project/No. Investigators Funding Body Amount
2020 Young parents and child protection: the intergenerational story Chittleborough C, Pilkington R, Montgomerie A, Grant J, Beall J, Lynch J. Channel 7 Children's Research Foundation AUD 96,571

 

Practical facilitator  
Date Course
2017 PUB HLTH 7106 - Epidemiological Research Methods
2017 - 2019 PUB HLTH 1001 - Health and Illness in Populations

 

Guest lecturer  
Date Course
2019

PUB HLTH 7075 - Introduction to Epidemiology (Masters of Public Health)

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2022 - ongoing Co-Supervisor The intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment, and health and developmental outcomes for children The University of Adelaide Masters of Public Health Master Part Time Meredith Forsyth
    2021 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Burden of emergency department presentations and hospitalisations amongst young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in South Australia – a whole of population data linkage study The University of Adelaide Honours in Public Health Honours Full Time Joshua Goddard
    2021 - 2021 Co-Supervisor The need for early intervention: costs associated with children with a prenatal child protection report transitioning into out-of-home care: population based linked data study The University of Adelaide Honours in Public Health Honours Full Time Ben Karnon
    2019 - ongoing Co-Supervisor The causal effect of early life socio-economic disadvantage and child maltreatment on children’s development outcomes at school entry: A flexible mediation analysi The Univesity of Adelaide Master of Public Health Master Full Time Luke Collier

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2012 - 2014 Member South Australian Physical Activity survey advisory committee SA Health Australia
    2009 - 2012 Member South Australia Gestational Diabetes Recall Register advisory committee SA Health Australia
  • Position: Grant-Funded Researcher (B)
  • Phone: 83130604
  • Email: alicia.montgomerie@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Rundle Mall Plaza, floor 4
  • Org Unit: Public Health
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