Cat Lloyd-Johnsen

Cat Lloyd-Johnsen is a PhD scholar within the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Melbourne, and a Senior Research Officer in the Intergenerational Health group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. Cat's doctoral research, conducted in partnership with the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, investigated the feasibility, acceptability and potential utility of a longitudinal cohort study of young Aboriginal children in Alice Springs.

Cat is confident that the CRE will improve social and emotional wellbeing, family functioning and resilience in families and communities. She is passionate about community child health, having begun her journey at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute back in 2005. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Melbourne (2010), and a Master of Philosophy in Social Change from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway (2004). Cat has special interest in longitudinal research and is inspired to learn more about the social and emotional health of mothers and their young children from a trauma informed and holistic perspective.

Cat grew up on Wadawurrung Country along the surf coast. After spending a few years living in Naarm (Melbourne) and then abroad to Norway and back again, she feels most grounded and content back on Wadawurrung country again raising her two children with her husband in Geelong.

Cat is kept strong and resilient by the love of her family. She enjoys reading a good book, listening to music, yarning with close friends and visiting her favourite beach.