Associate ProfessorKate O'Loughlin

A/ Prof Kate O'Loughlin is a health sociologist in the Faculty of Health Sciences and is a member of the Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit. She has collaborated on projects with Professor Hal Kendig and others analyzing longitudinal data related to life transitions and social pathways in later life and the effect of these on health, as well as national data on ageing and disability (hearing loss). These projects were based on data from the Melbourne Longitudinal Surveys of Healthy Ageing (MELSHA) and the ABS Disability and Carers Survey respectively. A/ Prof O'Loughlin has been involved in three ARC-funded projects: as a Chief Investigator on the ARC Linkages research project (2008-2011) Ageing Baby Boomers in Australia being conducted in collaboration with National Seniors Association, the US AARP, and La Trobe University; as a collaborator with Professors Hal Kendig, Julie Byles, and James Nazroo on the ARC Discovery project (2010-2012) Socio-economic Determinants and Health Inequalities over the Life Course: Australian and British experiences.These projects draw on large-scale longitudinal data sets including HILDA, the 45 and Up Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.