Dr Heidi Merrington is a Postdoctoral Public Health Research Fellow with experience conducting qualitative, ethnographic, participatory and mixed methods research in a range of health and community settings. Her research interests include residential aged care, refugee and multicultural communities’ health and wellbeing, end-of-life care and developing models of health and community care that reflect the needs of diverse groups. Heidi has undertaken research with people from multicultural backgrounds, people who inject drugs, autistic people and health service providers. Currently, Heidi is working on an NHMRC-funded project, “Person-centred Infection Prevention and Control in Residential Aged Care”.

Heidi was originally an Occupational Therapist, predominantly in the areas of Paediatrics and Neurosciences. She has worked in hospital, community and school settings across public, private and non-government sectors.