Alyssa Clare Milton

To help people achieve optimal mental health and wellbeing across their lifespan, Dr Milton's focus is on working with communities to co-produce child, youth and adult mental health and wellbeing programs using participatory design and evaluation methodologies. The goal is to make face-to-face and digital programs more meaningful to the people who use them.

Dr Milton is a Psychologist, a Researcher Fellow at The University of Sydney’s Faculty of Medicine & Health and the Deputy Director of the People Program for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. Dr Milton is a scientific advisor for multiple non-government organisations such as SANE Australia and the Raise Foundation, has founded and directs an Australia-wide Qualitative Research Network. Dr Milton has worked for two decades across academic and senior management roles in the mental health sector in Australia and the UK. She was a Principal Research Associate/Senior Research Clinician and lecturer for University College London (UCL) where she advised on, and implemented, interventions delivered across NHS mental health services.