Dr Alyssa Morse is a lived experience researcher at the ANU’s Centre for Mental Health Research. She has a particular interest in youth mental health and improving lived experience involvement in research and policy.
Over the past several years, she has been closely involved with or connected to a range of youth mental health initiatives in the ACT. This includes the initial consultations to inform the development of MindMap, and working alongside the Youth Coalition when we delivered complementary consultation processes.
Recently she has led three significant pieces commissioned by the ACT Child and Youth Mental Health Sector Alliance focussed on centring youth perspectives in service design, delivery and evaluation. The reviews look into: best practice and principles for collecting feedback from young people; patient-reported experience measures for children and young people; and young people’s preferences for confidentiality and information sharing. All are freely available on the Alliance Working Group webpage.
Alyssa has advised the Youth Coalition’s work this year on improving ethical research practices in youth participation activities and codesign workshops. She is committed to working collaboratively with community and government partners to improve youth mental health outcomes, beyond her research projects.
