Alicia Montgomerie

Miss Alicia Montgomerie

Grant-Funded Research Fellow

School of Public Health

College of Health

Alicia is an epidemiologist within the BetterStart Group at Adelaide University, School of Public Health. She is the analytics lead for the Better Evidence Better Outcomes Linked Data (BEBOLD) platform, one of Australia’s most comprehensive linked administrative databases spanning health, education, justice, child protection, and welfare. She specialises in translating policy questions into actionable data insights and has led the analytics for quasi-experimental/observational data evaluations of government and not-for-profit programs to assess policy and program impacts.
 
Expertise

Advanced analysis of large-scale linked administrative data
Quasi-experimental methods for policy and program evaluation
Translating policy questions into actionable insights
Delivering high-impact research for government and community stakeholders

My research uses complex linked administrative data to translate nuanced and multifaceted policy questions into actionable data insights. I have particular expertise in the practical and methodological challenges of incorporating participant and service‑use data into large‑scale linked data platforms, ensuring analytical rigour while working within real‑world system constraints. I have led analytics for a range of causal evaluations using observational data of government and not‑for‑profit programs, supporting robust assessment of policy and program impacts and strengthening evidence‑informed decision‑making.

About BEBOLD

 

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

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

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

Year Citation
2025 Hunkin, H., Malvaso, C. G., Chittleborough, C. R., Gialamas, A., Montgomerie, A., Falster, K., . . . Pilkington, R. M. (2025). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Multisystemic Therapy and Functional Family Therapy Targeting Antisocial Behaviour in Adolescence. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 64(4), 427-446.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC1
2025 Falster, K., Pilkington, R. M., Ahmed, T., Montgomerie, A., Hanly, M., Newton, B. J., . . . Lynch, J. W. (2025). Re-envisaging child protection contacts as an early prevention opportunity to support child development and well-being: an Australian data linkage study.. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 79(7), jech-2024-223006.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Malvaso, C., Montgomerie, A., Santiago, P. E. R., Lynch, J., & Pilkington, R. (2025). Risk of transitioning from Out-Of-Home Care into Youth Justice: Can formal risk prediction inform prevention opportunities?. Journal of Criminology, 58(4), 662-688.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2025 Berry, J. G., Taranath, A., Goetti, R., Farrar, M. A., Fiori, S., Pham, H. -D., . . . van Eyk, C. L. (2025). Genetic diagnostic yield by MRI pattern in children with cerebral palsy: a population-based study.. EBioMedicine, 122, 106013.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Oberndorfer, M., Luukkonen, J., Remes, H., Waldhör, T., Burgos-Ochoa, L., Radó, M. K., . . . Martikainen, P. T. (2025). Parental socioeconomic composition of birth cohorts changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nature Communications, 16(1), 11477-1-11477-14.
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2024 Abdul Rahim, R., Pilkington, R., D'Onise, K., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. (2024). Counting culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) children in Australian health research: Does it matter how we count?. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48(2), 100129-1-100129-7.
DOI Scopus10 WoS8 Europe PMC5
2024 Judd, J., Pilkington, R. M., Malvaso, C., Procter, A. M., Montgomerie, A., Anderson, J. J., . . . Chittleborough, C. R. (2024). Mental health-related hospitalisations of adolescents and their contact with child protection services to age 11 years, South Australia: a whole-of-population descriptive study. Medical Journal of Australia, 221(10), 540-545.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2024 Malvaso, C., Magann, M., Ribeiro Santiago, P. H., Montgomerie, A., Delfabbro, P., Day, A., . . . Lynch, J. (2024). Early versus late contact with the youth justice system: opportunities for prevention and diversion. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 36(1), 16-41.
DOI Scopus10 WoS11
2023 Abdul Rahim, R., Pilkington, R., Procter, A. M., Montgomerie, A., Mittinty, M. N., D'Onise, K., & Lynch, J. (2023). Child protection contact among children of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: A South Australian linked data study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 59(4), 644-652.
DOI Scopus9 WoS6 Europe PMC4
2023 Goddard, J., Montgomerie, A., Gialamas, A., Haag, D., Anderson, J., & Lynch, J. (2023). Excess hospital burden amongst young people in contact with homelessness services in South Australia - a prospective linked data study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 73(3), 519-526.
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2022 Malvaso, C., Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R. M., Baker, E., & Lynch, J. W. (2022). Examining the intersection of child protection and public housing: development, health and justice outcomes using linked administrative data. BMJ Open, 12(6), 1-7.
DOI Scopus11 WoS8 Europe PMC5
2022 Procter, A. M., Chittleborough, C. R., Pilkington, R. M., Pearson, O., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. W. (2022). The Hospital Burden Associated With Intergenerational Contact With the Welfare System in Australia. JAMA Network Open, 5(8), 1-14.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC3
2021 Procter, A., Chittleborough, C., Pilkington, R., Pearson, O., Montgomerie, A., & Lynch, J. (2021). The hospital burden of intergenerational contact with the welfare system:<i>A whole-of-population liked data study</i>.
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2021 Procter, A. M., Gialamas, A., Pilkington, R. M., Montgomerie, A., Chittleborough, C. R., Smithers, L. G., & Lynch, J. W. (2021). Characteristics of paediatric frequent presenters at emergency departments: a whole-of-population study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 57(1), 64-72.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC6
2020 Malvaso, C., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., Delfabbro, P., & Lynch, J. (2020). A public health approach to preventing child maltreatment: an intelligent information infrastructure to help us know what works. Child Abuse and Neglect, 106, 104466-1-104466-9.
DOI Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC7
2018 Taylor, A., Dal Grande, E., Fateh-Moghadam, P., Montgomerie, A., Battisti, L., Barrie, H., . . . Campostrini, S. (2018). Comparison of health and risk factors of older, working-age Australians, Italians and Italian-born migrants to Australia, with data from an Italian (PASSI), and an Australian (SAMSS) risk factor surveillance system. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 20(5), 1190-1196.
DOI Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC8
2017 Stockley, C. S., Taylor, A. W., Montgomerie, A., & Dal Grande, E. (2017). Changes in wine consumption are influenced most by health: results from a population survey of South Australians in 2013. International Journal of Wine Research, 9(1), 13-22.
DOI Scopus8
2016 Taylor, A., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., & Feist, H. (2016). The role of business size in assessing the uptake of health promoting workplace initiatives in Australia. BMC Public Health, 16(1), 1-8.
DOI Scopus56 WoS50 Europe PMC37
2015 Taylor, A., Shi, Z., Montgomerie, A., Dal Grande, E., & Campostrini, S. (2015). The use of a chronic disease and risk factor surveillance system to determine the age, period and cohort effects on the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in South Australian adults - 2003-2013. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0125233-1-e0125233-11.
DOI Scopus9 WoS10 Europe PMC7
2014 Montgomerie, A., Chittleborough, C., & Taylor, A. (2014). Physical inactivity and incidence of obesity among South Australian adults. PLoS One, 9(11), e112693-1-e112693-7.
DOI Scopus12 WoS14 Europe PMC11
2013 Tideman, P., Taylor, A., Janus, E., Philpot, B., Clark, R., Peach, E., . . . Dunbar, J. (2013). A comparison of Australian rural and metropolitan cardiovascular risk and mortality: the Greater Green Triangle and North West Adelaide population surveys. BMJ Open, 3(8), 1-10.
DOI Scopus17 WoS20 Europe PMC13
2009 Grant, J., Taylor, A., Ruffin, R., Wilson, D., Phillips, P., Adams, R., & Price, K. (2009). Cohort Profile: The North West Adelaide Health Study (NWAHS). International Journal of Epidemiology, 38(6), 1479-1486.
DOI Scopus107 WoS107 Europe PMC98

Year Citation
2021 Chittleborough, C., Brown, T., Schuch, H., Kalamkarian, A., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., . . . Lynch, J. (2021). Thriving in adversity: positive child development despite early disadvantage in a whole-of-population data linkage study. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 1 page). ELECTR NETWORK: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
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2021 Chittleborough, C., Schuch, H., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., Grant, J., Petersen, J., & Lynch, J. (2021). Considering child maltreatment in social inequalities of educational achievement: a whole-of-population data linkage study. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 48). ELECTR NETWORK: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
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2018 Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R., Chittleborough, C., Petersen, J., & Lynch, J. (2018). Young maternal age as a predictor of children’s experience of out of home care. In XXII Congress of International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Abstract Book (pp. 315). Prague, Czech Republic.

Year Citation
2025 Montgomerie, A., Dobrovic, J., Lynch, J., & Pilkington, R. (2025). Uniting Communities Ruby's Reunification Service: Quasi-experimental investigation of long-term outcomes.
2025 Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R., & Lynch, J. (2025). Long-term outcomes for children in a family-led peer-to-peer support program: Quasi-experimental evaluation.
2017 Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R. M., & Lynch, J. (2017). Does an extra year of preschool matter? A research brief for the SA Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the SA Department for Education and Child Development..
2017 Gialamas, A., Montgomerie, A., Pilkington, R., & Lynch, J. (2017). Risk Factors for Child Protection Notification Under Age One: SA Birthing Hospitals 2010-2013.
2012 Bromfield, L. (2012). Child protection in Australia: Source details - Title: Child protection systems: an international comparison of "good practice examples" of five countries (Australia, Germany, Finland, Sweden, United Kingdom) with recommendations for Sweden. Switzerland: The Swiss Project Fund for Child Protection.
2010 Montgomerie, A. M., Tideman, P., Taylor, A. W., Janus, E., Philpot, B., Tirimacco, R., . . . Dunbar, J. (2010). An epidemiological analysis of risk factors: Rural versus metropolitan – are there differences?. Population Research & Outcome Studies Unit – SA Health, Adelaide; and Greater Green Triangle, University Department of Rural Health, Flinders University and Deakin University.

Year Citation
2023 Judd, J., Pilkington, R., Malvaso, C., Procter, A., Montgomerie, A., Anderson, J., . . . Chittleborough, C. (2023). Mental health-related hospitalisations among adolescents with previous child protection contact from birth to age 11.
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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)

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

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

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