Rate My Professor Michelle Kehoe

Dr. Michelle Kehoe is a Lecturer in the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University, having joined in 2022. She earned her PhD in Psychology from the Australian Catholic University in 2018, a Graduate Certificate in Evaluation from the University of Melbourne in 2020, and a Master of Public Health from Monash University in 2023. Her research centers on qualitative investigations into evidence-based interventions for improving well-being and mental health, utilizing co-design and co-production approaches, especially with vulnerable groups like children and adolescents. Core interests encompass mental health recovery, integrating lived-experience perspectives into education and research, and advancing Victorian mental health services following the Royal Commission into Mental Health. Expertise areas include child and adolescent mental health, service development and evaluation, recovery-oriented practices, positive psychology, restorative justice, forensic mental health nursing, policy, and epidemiology. She teaches courses such as OCC4020 – Humans as Occupational Beings, OCC4030 – Occupational Performance, OCC4040 – Enabling Occupation, UMH1202 – Recovery-orientation in Mental Health, MHS1101 – Introduction to Mental Health and Contemporary Mental Health Needs, and MMH5004 – Contemporary Mental Health Care.

Prior roles include Research and Evaluation Officer at Alfred Hospital since 2017, ALIVE co-chair at the University of Melbourne since 2021, and committee member for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Conference by the Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association since 2020. Kehoe has garnered awards like the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Industry Education Programs (2024), Dean's Awards for Excellence (2024), EMCR Award for Excellence in Consumer/Community Engagement (2025), and Most Promising Young Researcher (2014). She serves as a peer reviewer for BMC Health Services Research and has presented keynotes at the National Suicide Prevention Conference (2024) and spoken at the International Conference on Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health (2025). Notable publications comprise 'A systematic review of the facilitators and barriers for the implementation of co-designed youth suicide and self-harm interventions' (Children and Youth Services Review, 2025), 'Evaluating a Codesign Process in Mental Health: ‘Harnessing the Power of Together’' (Health Expectations, 2025), 'Integrated Aftercare Support for Parents and Carers Following a Child's Suicide Attempt: A Qualitative Study' (Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 2025), '“It Can Be Quite Daunting”: Promoting Mental Health Service Use for Vulnerable Young People' (Healthcare, 2025), and 'A qualitative evaluation of a co-design process involving young people at risk of suicide' (Health Expectations, 2024). Her work supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 16.