Nina Van Dyke

My current work focuses on young people and the intersection between education and health. Current projects are broadly on the topics of: youth transitions from school to further education, employment or training social mobility and breaking cycles of disadvantage bullying and cyber bullying in schools place-based community change I also have particular interest and expertise in eating behaviours, and in survey research and methodology. I started my post-PhD career at the American Institutes for Research in California, working mainly in the area of education and children and young people, with a particular focus on those from vulnerable backgrounds. After moving to Melbourne, I conducted an evaluation of an education pilot program at the Brotherhood of St Laurence. I then moved to the topic of higher education at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. This was followed by a gradual shift to public health research, with positions at the Social Research Centre, headspace, Market Solutions, where I served as inaugural Director of the Social Research Group, and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (now Lifeblood), where I headed up the Donor Behaviour group.