DrTracy Evans-Whipp

Dr Tracy Evans-Whipp is a Senior Research Fellow at the Deakin Lifespan Institute whose research focuses on child and adolescent development, evidence synthesis, knowledge translation, prevention, and life course epidemiology. She has expertise in systematic reviews and living evidence methodologies, and her work aims to improve the use of evidence in decision making.

Tracy has a multidisciplinary background spanning biomedical science, public health, and developmental research. She trained in molecular virology and worked in cancer research and gene therapy before transitioning into public health. Over the past two decades, she has contributed to three major Australian and international longitudinal cohort studies of child and adolescent development and has developed expertise in prevention science, quantitative research and innovative approaches to evidence generation and translation. She currently co-leads the Deakin Lifespan Institute Evidence Innovation group, which develops and applies emerging technologies to support living evidence systems and strengthen the translation of research into policy, practice and community impact.