Background
- Senior Global Adolescent Health and Communications Officer, Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- Commissioner, Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
- Emerging Professionals Network Co-chair
Molly O’Sullivan
MPH, BMedSci (Hons)
Molly O’Sullivan is an experienced research coordinator, health communicator, and program manager with an extensive and varied history of working in public health and clinical trials within the paediatric and adolescent research field. Molly has expertise in youth engagement, health and research communications with a focus on research impact to optimise the application of research into policy and practice as well as ensuring research is accessible and useful for the community.
Molly coordinated the 2016 Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, which innovatively engaged young people in its function, is a Commissioner (and coordinator) of the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing and coordinates many global adolescent projects as part of her role at the Centre for Adolescent Health. Her roles continue to prioritise novel ways of engaging young people. Molly has been actively involved in IAAH since 2018.