Kathryn Meldrum

Dr Kathryn Meldrum is an interdisciplinary researcher and educational designer with over 25 years of experience in higher education across Australia, the UK, and Asia. Her research focuses on health, evaluation, and the scholarship of learning and teaching, with a strong emphasis on place-based, community-led, and applied research. She has led multi-site projects in First Nations social and emotional wellbeing, collaborated nationally and internationally—including with the University of Melbourne—and published in high-impact journals such as BMJ Open, Plos One, and Transcultural Psychiatry. Kathryn’s socholarship of learning and teaching work work bridges research and practice, supporting curriculum innovation, professional learning, and institutional transformation. She has collaboratively secured over $1M in competitive grant funding in projects ranging from First Nations health and wellbeing to the scholarship of learning and teaching.