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Sharon Lawn
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Professor Sharon Lawn
Executive Director of Lived Experience Australia
Professor Sharon Lawn is Executive Director of Lived Experience Australia, a national awarded mental health Lived Experience systemic advocacy, research and capacity building organisation. Prof Lawn is also a Professor in Public Health at Flinders University where she has undertaken a broad range of translational mental health research for almost 3 decades. Prof Lawn has more than 300 publications and has secured over $43 million in research funding. She is particularly passionate about addressing co-occurring physical health and mental health, stigma and coercion in care, and exploring the person’s and their family’s experiences of healthcare systems.
Professor Sharon Lawn is Executive Director of Lived Experience Australia, a national awarded mental health Lived Experience systemic advocacy, research and capacity building organisation. Prof Lawn is also a Professor in Public Health at Flinders University where she has undertaken a broad range of translational mental health research for almost 3 decades. Prof Lawn has more than 300 publications and has secured over $43 million in research funding. She is particularly passionate about addressing co-occurring physical health and mental health, stigma and coercion in care, and exploring the person’s and their family’s experiences of healthcare systems.
