Associate ProfessorFiona McKay

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

A/Prof McKay is a qualitative researcher who works with human rights and vulnerable populations. She has a strong track record completing systematic and systematic like reviews. She has several years' experience exploring inequities and inequities experienced by groups whose lives are impacted by social and institutional policies and negative community perceptions.

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Review of quit-vaping apps.
    6 Apr 2023 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Institute NSW - $22,143.00
  • GRANT
    Precarious housing outcomes for women and children from refugee backgrounds with disability who have experienced domestic and family violence. Institute for Health Transformation
    IHT Cat 1 Seed Grant1 Jan 2023 - 1 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    $14000
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    BRaVe Preparation Study: Identifying barriers and enablers to engage vulnerable populations with perinatal healthcare services
    Institute for Health Transformation1 Jun 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evidence gaps advice on loneliness, social isolation and chronic conditions.
    1 Mar 2021 - 31 May 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    National Health and Medical Research Council - $32,128.90
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Documenting the food insecurity experiences and nutritional status of women in India
    1 Mar 2020 - 30 Jun 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fiona McKay
    Australian Academy of Science Australia-India Early Career Fellowships - $8,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Development of an apps scale (2017)
    29 Jun 2017 - 28 May 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fiona McKay
    VicHealth Grant - Research - $15,072.00
  • GRANT
    Food security for asylum seekers
    7 Dec 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    • Fiona McKay
    Pozible Pty Ltd - $5,584.75
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Review of health promoting apps (2016)
    30 May 2016 - 31 Aug 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth Grant - Research - $29,290.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Chasing the Luck Evaluation
    23 Apr 2015 - 20 Jul 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    Melbourne East General Practice Network Limited - $9,967.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Family Life - Evaluation of EYE Belong, a Southern Peninsula Festival for Healthy Living
    27 Apr 2014 - 5 Jun 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    Family Life - $7,921.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Engaging the community in prevention campaigns and programs
    31 Jan 2014 - 30 Apr 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    Aust Drug Foundation Grant - Research - $4,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Review of health promoting apps
    20 Dec 2013 - 5 Mar 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth Grant - Research - $43,688.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Review of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Foodbank
    1 Aug 2013 - 30 Jun 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    Asylum Seeker Resource Centre - $12,095.00