I am an experienced mental health clinician and academic active in the development, delivery and evaluation of mental health programs within UniSA’s Clinical and Health Sciences. I have worked clinically as a Registered Nurse for over 30 years in general medical, developmental disability, but predominantly in mental health. I have extensive experience across a range of mental health settings including crisis intervention in suicide prevention, emergency mental health assessment, mental health inpatient and community care, and mental health and suicide prevention education. After completing a first-class honours degree in psychology in 2011, I graduated with a PhD in the School of Medicine at Flinders University in 2017. I worked closely with psychology, sociology, and public health to deliver a randomised control trial using an intervention motivating healthy lifestyle behaviours that reduce the incidence of certain cancers and chronic diseases, across three generational families with a cross-cultural comparison. Throughout my career I have demonstrated extensive understanding of community engagement in mixed methods research and evaluation, report writing and high-level reviews of evidence. I have contributed to new course design and development as a content expert and member of the Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Research and Education team. Contact by email Kate.Rhodes@unisa.edu.au or phone 8302 2102.