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Dr Eden Robertson is an experienced psychosocial researcher, with her research focus on exploring the unmet psychosocial needs of families impacted by a rare disease, and co-designing interventions with the community in response. Her academic journey includes a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from Macquarie University, a Graduate Certificate in Adolescent and Young Adult Health and Wellbeing from the University of Melbourne, and a PhD in childhood cancer from ���������¼� Sydney, for which she received the Dean's Award for Outstanding PhD Theses in 2019. 

Dr. Robertson has made significant contributions to her field including the development of the world’s first family decision-making resource for childhood cancer clinical trials during her PhD. Her work has since extended to the development and evaluation of a new model of care for Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy; and more recently to support people impacted by an Inherited Retinal Diseases better understand and engage with novel therapies. 

In 2022, Dr. Robertson was awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, which she undertook at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. During her tenure, she collaborated with the Quality of Life and Palliative Care team to better support children and their families at end-of-life and into bereavement. 

Despite being part-time in academic since her PhD conferral (2019-2024), Eden has an h-index of 15 and nearly 1,000 citations. She is an effective science communiator and frequently invited to speak and host workshops for students and ECRs. Complementing her academic career, Eden has held senior roles with national for-purpose organisations and is a Board Director for the Association for the Wellbeing of Children in Healthcare. 

Eden contributes to the broader research community as a grant reviewer, Executive Management Group member for the Kids Cancer Alliance, organising committee member for the Tow Research Awards, and supervisor for PhD Candidates and medical students for their fourth-year research projects. 

Driven by the need to improve the wellbeing of children with a serious illness and their families, Eden takes pride in conducting meaningful, consumer-driven research that can be implemented to bring about positive change.