Kate Filia

Associate Professor Kate Filia is Co-Head of the Social and Functional Recovery Research Program at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on the role of social inclusion and social determinants, with a particular interest in how social relationships, loneliness and experiences of exclusion influence mental health and wellbeing. Kate leads research examining social inclusion among young people, including the development of the Filia Social Inclusion Measure (F-SIM16), which is now used internationally. She is also Academic Lead for the Mission Australia Youth Survey, working with national data to better understand young people's experiences and the social circumstances that shape their mental health. Her work aims to translate this evidence into improvements in policy, services and practice.