Alyssa Sawyer

Alyssa Sawyer is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide, affiliated with the School of Psychology under the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. As a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia, her work bridges clinical practice and population health research.

• Current position: Senior Lecturer in Psychology
• Primary affiliation: University of Adelaide
• Previous roles: Postdoctoral Researcher at Women’s and Children’s Hospital

Her research integrates clinical and epidemiological approaches to address:

• Children’s mental health interventions
• Postnatal depression support systems
• Self-regulation development in early childhood
• Population-level data analysis from longitudinal studies

The 15 most recent publications demonstrate expertise in:

• Migrant family mental health
• Telehealth assessment validation
• BPD perinatal interventions
• Fluoride exposure neurodevelopmental impacts
• Network modeling of adolescent behavioral patterns

She co-supervises research projects using datasets like:

• Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC)
• Young Minds Matter Survey
• ENDIA pregnancy-birth cohort

Key collaborative networks include:

• Helen Mayo House Mother-Infant DBT program
• Women’s and Children’s Hospital Research and Evaluation Unit
• 4D ultrasound perinatal intervention studies