Laura is an ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in the Department of General Practice. She is deputy lead of the Sexual Abuse and Family Violence (SAFE) program and a member of the Melbourne research Alliance to End ViolencE against women and their children (MAEVe).
She is also affiliated with the Centre for Family Violence Prevention at the Royal Women's Hospital and the NHMRC Safer Families Centre for Research Excellence. Laura has a background in sociology, with an emphasis on qualitative methodologies.
Laura's work focuses on sexual violence and intimate partner violence against women. Her main research areas include: 1. understanding the dynamics of sexual and intimate partner violence (particularly under-researched typologies and population groups) and 2. co-designing evidence-based interventions with survivors of sexual and intimate partner violence. She is currently leading the “Beyond Silence” project which aims to understand women's experiences of intimate partner sexual violence and develop a world-first trauma informed website for support. She also leads an ARC Discovery project on international students’ experiences of sexual and intimate partner violence (INVEST) in conjunction with Monash and Deakin Universities. She is currently developing a website for The University of Melbourne to support students experiencing or using violence (MySafety), and is undertaking novel work around defining and responding to reproductive coercion and abuse.Laura also works across a range of other projects with an emphasis on women's lived experience of violence, the prevalence and health effects of different types of sexual violence, and the health system response to women who have experienced violence. She is an investigator on the “Better Man” project (funded by a NAB Foundation Grant) which aims to develop and test an innovative early intervention app for men who use violence in relationships.
Laura is committed to highlighting survivor voices including through innovative mediums such as digital stories. Her work aims to promote evidence based outcomes for women and families experiencing violence.
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Laura Tarzia's highlights
FEATURED Journal article
Health Professionals' Experiences of Providing Trauma-Informed Care in Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Settings: A Scoping Review.
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Projects
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Project Types
9
Research Grant
3
Internal Research Grant
1
Research Contracts
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Kate Campbell Fellowship (MDHS Dean's Fellowship for Research Excellence)
Australian Postgraduate Award
Credentials
Positions
Senior Research Fellow-Domestic Violence Research
General Practice
Member
The Australian Sociological Association (TASA)
Education
Doctorate in Sociology
University of Melbourne
Post Graduate Diploma in Arts (Sociology)
University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma in Arts (Sociology)
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Creative Arts
University of Melbourne