Associate Professor Stephanie Taplin has an Adjunct appointment in the School of Public Health.
She was most recently an Associate Professor at ACU's Institute of Child Protection Studies.
Stephanie has a multidisciplinary background with qualifications in psychology, criminology and public health. She is recognised for her research in the child protection field, in particular:
(i) parental substance-using and other at-risk mothers, and their involvement with the child protection system,
(ii) prenatal reporting and infant entries to out-of-home care (OOHC), and
(iii) parental contact with children in OOHC.
Stephanie's research focuses on contributing to the research evidence, and on improving policy and practice in child protection.