Dr Lisa McKay-Brown is a senior lecturer in Learning Intervention at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne. She is an academic and classroom teacher with extensive experience in both the health and education sectors. Lisa has worked in primary, secondary and special education settings, and specialist alcohol and other drug services. She been involved with a range of research projects in the fields of health and education including projects focusing on helpseeking for alcohol and mental health in adolescence and In2School, a multidisciplinary program that uses evidence-based educational and therapeutic interventions for school refusal. Internationally Lisa is researching the implementation of inclusive education in Ecuador and Peru. She is particularly interested in how young people with mental health disorders and other disabilities are marginalised by education settings and how this can be challenged.
