Associate Professor Amy McLennan

Dr McLennan is a social researcher, education innovator and systems thinker who’s all about improving human wellbeing. She is focusing on navigating complex societal transformations. In this context, she’s establishing a chronic health research cluster focused on forging new, cross-disciplinary futures for chronic illness and disease.

Her work on topics including chronic disease, women’s health, food and technology has reached audiences via a wide range of academic journals, government policy, and the global media, including The Guardian, ABC and BBC radio. She’s an Expert Advisor to SXSW Sydney, a lecturer and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Adelaide Medical School, and a John Monash Scholar.

Dr McLennan is skilled at ethnographic research and synthesising diverse perspectives. She has experience delivering cross-agency policy reform and professional education programs in the Australian Government’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and she has designed and facilitated high-profile cross-disciplinary workshops in Paris, Bremen, Canberra, Sydney, New York, London and Oxford.

Her work is also informed by her first-hand experience with endometriosis and cancer. She has navigated seven surgeries, at least nine specialists, countless scans, tests, emergency room admissions, pharmaceuticals and allied health interventions, and is an active member of a number of patient groups and studies.