Alyse Lennox

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is one of Alyse’s key focus areas and she has worked on multiple projects in this space, including exploring experiences with secondary complications following SCI and implementation of a new bladder management model in the rehabilitation setting. Alyse was a key team member on a two-year project funded by the Transport Accident Commission aiming to develop interventions to help young men living with spinal cord injury to lead their best life and she is currently leading a trial implementing co-facilitated therapy sessions with peer coaches and clinicians in SCI rehabilitation. Alyse is also currently working on scoping reviews of social participation following SCI and interventions to prevent SCI.

Alyse’s recent projects in other areas have focused on increasing recreational reading rates among Australian adults; interventions to improve communication of the needs and preferences of people living with dementia in acute care settings; and identity protection following data breaches. She was also involved in leading rapid evidence and practice reviews on the three-year, $1.5 million Victorian Managed Insurance Authority Research and Innovation Program, leading to the development and delivery of six behaviour change trials to improve patient safety.

Alyse has experience in teaching and delivering workshops in face-to-face and online delivery modes for a range of audiences in the higher education and government sectors. This involves strategies on how to use evidence to unpack a problem, encompassing asking appropriate questions, conducting rapid reviews and critical consumption of evidence. She currently teaches into the Masters Unit, 'Understanding human behaviour to influence change', recognised for excellence by Monash University.

Alyse is a Mental Health First Aid Ambassador and in her spare time, she is an avid reader and loves to bake.

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