Cathy Bent

I am a Research Fellow at the Victorian Autism Specific Early Learning and Care Centre and Member of the Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre at La Trobe University. I completed a Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours in 2009 and was awarded a PhD in 2018, which identified barriers and enablers to the early diagnosis of Autism in Australia. Prior to commencing my Postdoctoral Fellowship at La Trobe University, I worked for several years in applied research roles, to support government departments and community agencies to use research evidence in practice.