Leah Maree Bromfield-Smith

Leah Maree Bromfield-Smith

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Child protection, including intake and assessment, national and international comparisons, and multiply referred families

Child abuse and neglect, including prevalence and incidence, chronic maltreatment and cumulative harm, and maltreatment definitions

Multiple and complex problems and child abuse and neglect

Research dissemination,knowledge translation and exchange, implementation science

Public health approaches and child protection systems design

  • Developing Standards to Address Secondary Institutional Betrayal, UniSA-Donation via Foundation, 26/01/2026 - 08/12/2028

  • Impact of the Barnahus model in Europe, Oak Foundation, 31/03/2025 - 31/03/2028

  • Violence Perpetration: Profiling, Prediction and Prevention, NHMRC - Centre of Research Excellence, 01/11/2022 - 31/10/2027

  • Enhancing responses to harmful sexual behaviours among teachers and parents: Co-developing training materials and resources, Daniel Morcombe Foundation, 01/04/2024 - 01/03/2027

  • WA Child Sexual Abuse Sector Capacity Building, WA Dept of Communities, 02/02/2025 - 02/02/2027

  • Development of a Child Safety Training Package, QLD Dept of Education, 27/10/2025 - 26/10/2026

  • Co-design implementation support and evaluation for the Specialist Harmful Sexual Behaviours Pilot Program, WA Dept of Communities, 08/01/2024 - 07/07/2026

  • ARL Renewal Program, Department for Education, Children and Young People, 08/08/2025 - 30/01/2026

  • Can administrative records inform estimates of the extent and nature of harmful sexual behaviours?, Daniel Morcombe Foundation, 09/06/2023 - 20/12/2025

  • Understanding the experiences of child sexual abuse disclosure in Australia in the wake of the Royal Commission, National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse - Competitive Grant, 23/11/2023 - 30/11/2025

  • Child Safety Training Development, QLD Dept of Education, 01/09/2025 - 24/10/2025

  • Child safety training initial scoping advice, QLD Dept of Education, 12/05/2025 - 31/07/2025

  • Enhancing responses to Children with Harmful Sexual Behaviours and Advocacy, Support and Therapeutic Treatment for Victims and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse in the Western Australian Service Context, WA Dept of Communities, 28/06/2021 - 30/06/2025

  • SA Dept of Human Services Scholarship, SA Dept of Human Services, 01/07/2019 - 31/12/2023

  • Prototyping of the evidence-informed co-designed therapeutic approach for Noongar children with abuse and neglect related trauma with Aboriginal healing practitioners , Breakthrough Mental Health Foundation/UniSA ¿ Seed Funding, 01/02/2022 - 30/06/2023

  • Parkerville – Responding Effectively to Child Sexual Abuse Research Program, Parkerville Children and Youth Care Inc., 01/03/2018 - 07/05/2023

  • SCHEDULE 5 OFFICIAL ORDER 90013947 - IMS Part A, Cwth Dept of Social Services, 16/12/2021 - 28/02/2023

  • Cumulative Harm: The Outcomes, Risk and protective Factors Associated with Chronic Maltreatment, SA Dept for Education and Children's Services, 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2019

  • EIRD Perpetrator Desktop Evaluation and Information, SA Dept of Premier & Cabinet, 28/03/2018 - 30/06/2018

  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Child Advocacy Centres, Parkerville Children and Youth Care Inc., 03/01/2014 - 31/05/2018

  • Harmful Sexual Behaviours Consultancy and Research Services, Commissioner for Children and Young People Western Australia, 03/10/2017 - 15/12/2017

  • Research support for the NSW Ombudsmans Review of the Joint Investigation Response Team, New South Wales Ombudsman, 07/10/2016 - 31/01/2017

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