Trish Mackey is Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Course Director for the Bachelor of Social Work. She is also an occupational therapist. Dr Mackey’s PhD research explored the barriers, enablers, and ethical decision-making in family violence research with children. She interviewed 49 participants across five cohorts: mothers with experiences of domestic violence, domestic violence service providers, child clinicians, HREC members, and domestic violence researchers. Dr Mackey’s  research interests include sensitive social research and interdisciplinary research in areas such as family violence, mental health, child protection and with older Australians. Undertaking participatory action research and engaging participants in a co-led research process is a particular focus.