Dr Connie Musolino

Connie Musolino is an early career researcher with qualifications in social science, gender studies and development studies.

Connie completed her PhD in 2016 working on an ARC Linkage project using anthropological and mixed research methods to examine why women with eating and body issues in South Australia were resistant to seek therapeutic help, and how they experienced their practices as a form of care and health. In her current position at the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Connie is working across a range of projects examining health inequities, the social determinants of health, health promotion and community health services, and civil society and social movements.

Connie has experience in a wide range of research methods including semi-structured interviewing, focus groups, community consultation, observations, diary writing, world cafe and surveying. She is also experienced in project managing complex and interdisciplinary teams, including organising project advisory committee's, and community and policy engagement to enhance evidence translation.

Connie is a member of the international research network, the Punching Above their Weight Research Network, formed to advance thinking and research about why some countries do much better in terms of health outcomes than would be predicted by economic status.

Much of this work is interdisciplinary and Connie has worked across social science, gender studies, anthropology, development studies, psychiatry and public health.