Pip Henderson

Pip works as a Research Officer within the FHMRI Trauma and Injury team and is a member of the Health Equity Impact Program (HEIP). She is currently working on the large, MRFF-funded, public health project  called DigitiSing InforMAtion for PRacTice in Public Health (also known as SMART-PH).

Pip has a proven track record of delivering high-quality reports for a range of local and national education, health and sporting organisations, including Tennis Australia, Volleyball Australia, the Department for Education, and the Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation (ACHPER).

Working directly with a range of participants (students, players, coaches, teachers, principals, sport and community leaders) across multiple projects has equipped Pip with deep understanding about the value and complexities of education, sport, and health across a variety of settings, as well as develop research and evaluation skills have also been demonstrated in international sport-for-development contexts. These are also evidenced through her work within an international sport-for-development project developed by Oceania Hockey Federation (funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade [DFAT]) as part of the Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Team. Here, she demonstrated here capacity to manage large, cross-cultural projects with multiple stakeholders across Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and Vanuatu.

As a non-Indigenous person, Pip is committed to decolonising education and antiracism within health and education settings. This commitment is illustrated through her PhD work (due for submission in 2025) where she is exploring the readiness of the educators to provide culturally responsive education. Pip has also worked on research projects exploring practitioner practice and education delivery at the interface of Western and Indigenous knowledge systems, which included presenting a co-designed framework at the 2023 LIME Conference on Ngambri and Ngunnawal Country.