Background

Angela is a mixed methods researcher combining ethnographic and human centred design methods with social theory to develop innovative, deep and practical public health insights. With a background in Anthropology and International Development, she has over eight years of international experience designing and implementing mixed methods research across a variety of sectors to achieve high impact design research & evaluation.

During her career Angela has contributed to work across a diverse range of thematic areas including; maternal and child health, sexual health, mental health, eliminating violence against women, climate change, disaster risk preparedness and response and NCDs.

Recent design research projects include; digital health interventions, digital and communications products and service design. Rights based, innovative and collaborative principles inform her research practice. Angela complete a PhD in 2020 which focused on designing evidence-informed and needs-based sex education interventions for young people.

Qualifications

• 2020 PhD Public Health and Preventive Medicine- Burnet Institute/Monash University
• 2010: BA/International Development (Hons), Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Projects (7)

Current (7)

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  Breaking the cycle: supporting people with drug use histories to avoid reincarceration

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  Coping with COVID-19: Young people’s health and wellbeing in Australia

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  EVE-M

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  Optimising Quarantine Study

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  Pornography and Young People

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  Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n'Roll (Big Day Out Study)

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  The Optimise Study: Optimising Isolation, Quarantine and Distancing for COVID-19

Publications (9)

2020 (5)

• Sexual Behaviors and Violence in Pornography: Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Video Content Analyses.
  Carrotte ER, Davis AC, Lim MS
  J Med Internet Res. 2020 May; 22(5):e16702
• Non-consensual sharing of personal sexually explicit imagery among young people in Australia: results from an online survey.
  Douglass CH, Wright CJC, Davis AC, Lim MSC
  Sex Health. 2020 Apr; 17(2):182-186
• A digital pornography literacy resource co-designed with vulnerable young people: Development of "The Gist"
  Davis AC, Wright CC, Murphy S, Dietze P, Temple-Smith MJ, Hellard ME, Lim MS
  J Med Internet Res. 2020 Feb; 22(6):e15964
• ‘Not my child’: parenting, pornography, and views on education.
  Davis AC, Wright C, Curtis M, Hellard ME, Lim MSC, Temple-Smith MJ
  J Fam Studies. 2020 Jan; Epub ahead of print
• A descriptive analysis of young women.
  Davis AC, Temple-Smith MJ, Carrotte E, Hellard ME, Lim MSC
  Sex Health. 2020 Jan; 17:69-76

2019 (2)

• A Health Education Website Developed to Meet Young People's Information Needs About Web-Based Pornography and Sharing of Sexually Explicit Imagery (SCOPE): Usability Study.
  Davis AC, Wright CJC, Temple-Smith MJ, Hellard ME, Lim MSC
  JMIR Form Res. 2019 Aug; 3(3):e12824
• Personal and reported partner pornography viewing by Australian women, and association with mental health and body image.
  Laemmle-Ruff IL, Raggatt M, Wright CJC, Carrotte ER, Davis A, Jenkinson R, Lim MSC
  Sex Health. 2019 Jan; 16(1):75-79

2018 (2)

• Correlates of in-person and technology-facilitated sexual harassment from an online survey among young Australians.
  Douglass CH, Wright CJC, Davis AC, Lim MSC
  Sex Health. 2018 Jun; 15(4):361-365
• What Behaviors Do Young Heterosexual Australians See in Pornography? A Cross-Sectional Study.
  Davis AC, Carrotte ER, Hellard ME, Lim MSC
  J Sex Res. 2018 Jan; 55(3):310-319

News Articles (4)

2020 (3)

• Community rules on World Hepatitis Day
• Burnet's COVID-19 self-isolation study
• Burnet's EVE-M team celebrating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science

2018 (1)

• Sexting trends a feature of Sex, Drugs & Rock'n'Roll survey