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Katherine Boydell
Katherine Boydell is a health sociologist, trained in community health and epidemiology and qualitative sociology. She is professor of mental health at The Black Dog Institute, University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Her research focuses on understanding complex pathways to care for young people experiencing first episode psychosis, use of new technologies in child and youth mental health, and the ‘science’ of knowledge translation. Methodologically, she centres on advancing qualitative inquiry, specifically, in the area of arts-based health research. She explores the use of art genres in the creation and dissemination of research – including documentary film, dance, digital storytelling, found poetry, installation art and body mapping. Her work takes a critical perspective and focuses on theoretical, methodological and ethical challenges of engaging in arts-based knowledge translation.
