ProfessorJen Smith-Merry

PhD Social Policy (University of Queensland); BA(Hons); GCert App Law; GCert Ed Studies (Higher Ed)

Jen is Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow and Professor of Health and Social Policy in the Sydney School of Health Sciences. From 2018-2024 she was Director of the Centre for Disability Research and Policy. Her work focuses on creating practical, research-informed policy and practice development in partnership with government and non-government organisations.

Prior to joining the School in 2011 she was Research Fellow in mental health policy at the University of Edinburgh and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy.

Jen is a co-editor of Palgrave Studies in Disability in Asia and the Pacific.