Jacqui Cameron

Dr Jacqui Cameron is a social worker with over twenty years’ experience in practice, research, evaluation and training in a variety of settings including alcohol and drug, mental health and domestic violence.

Jacqui completed her PhD at The University of Melbourne which resulted in an adapted Integrated Knowledge Translation model for the translation of domestic violence research.

In 2004, she completed a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Social Science Research at the University of Glasgow. She has a Diploma in Project Management, combining her research and project management skills to maximise the successful completion of projects.

She is Co-Editor for Advances in Dual Diagnosis (ADD) an international journal that promotes submissions on co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders from academics, practitioners, educationalists as well as from lived experience of dual diagnosis.

Highlights of her research career include being awarded the inaugural Allens Arthur Robinson Research to Practice Fellowship and the publication of over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles. Jacqui has expertise in systematic reviews having completed two NHMRC systematic reviews, a Cochrane review and published over 20 systematic reviews in the peer review literature.

She was the lead author of Take Note! A practical guide to writing case notes, which she wrote and delivered as a training package. She has extensive experience in training and workshop facilitation in practice settings.

Jacqui is a mixed method researcher with extensive experience in qualitative data methods, collection and analysis. She has been a registered NVivo trainer with QSR International.

Jacqui is an experienced social work practitioner researcher with a passion for transforming research into practice. Her ability lies in engaging with practitioners with enthusiasm and credibility. Using a social work lens, she engages services and service users to use evidence to inform practice and manage complex issues including alcohol and drugs, mental health and domestic violence.