Stephanie Taplin

Associate Professor Stephanie Taplin has an Adjunct appointment in the School of Public Health.

She was most recently an Associate Professor at ACU's Institute of Child Protection Studies.

Stephanie has a multidisciplinary background with qualifications in psychology, criminology and public health. She is recognised for her research in the child protection field, in particular:

(i) parental substance-using and other at-risk mothers, and their involvement with the child protection system,
(ii) prenatal reporting and infant entries to out-of-home care (OOHC), and
(iii) parental contact with children in OOHC.

Stephanie's research focuses on contributing to the research evidence, and on improving policy and practice in child protection.