GOLD Speakers

Katherine Carroll, PhD, BPhysiotherapy, BA (Hons)

• Country: Australia

Biography:

Katherine is an applied medical sociologist and qualitative methodologist who works with the health sector to examine and transform how perinatal health services are experienced and delivered. Her particular areas of interest include the sociology of reproduction and motherhood, perinatal medicine, and lactation sciences. Katherine has held several national research grants on the topic of human milk banking and lactation care after loss. Most recently Katherine and her team have focused on improving comprehensive lactation care for bereaved parents after stillbirth and infant death. She has worked with bereaved parents and the health professionals who provide parents with care to better understand what is needed in hospitals and beyond to improve lactation care. This research work has also transformed online lactation health information intended for bereaved parents in Australia.