Carlyn is Associate Director (Education) and Associate Professor (Research) at Monash University Accident Research Centre.

With qualifications in psychology and public health, and holding Senior Fellowship for the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Carlyn leads MUARC’s education portfolio, and is an experienced safety researcher.

Carlyn leads a range of custom-designed safety science professional development courses for industry and government, and has also designed courses internationally, for example a World Health Organization course on Safe System and Roads Policing for Chiefs of Police in Pacific Island Countries. These courses focus on evidence-based practice and influencing change in complex systems.

Carlyn also leads the Emergency Services Research (ESR) team. This portfolio covers a diverse range of injury and violence prevention topics that focus on improving outcomes in complex safety-critical environments. The ESR team collaborates extensively with emergency service organisations and other stakeholders to ensure research is aligned with real-world needs and supports the development of effective, actionable strategies. Research areas include occupational safety and wellbeing of emergency service workers, emergency vehicle safety, the role of emergency services in improving public health outcomes, and community safety.