Dr Louise Thornton is a Senior Research Fellow working across the University of Newcastle and the University of Sydney. She is Deputy Director of the HMRI Healthy Minds Research Program and Program Lead for Digital Interventions and Engagement at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney.
She leads a program of research to identify and understand the most effective ways digital technologies can be leveraged to reduce chronic disease risk and improve people’s mental health. Her research primarily focusses on adolescents and young people, and people experiencing mental health problems.
Dr Thornton also leads a program of science communication and research that promotes the Matilda Centre’s research to a global audience.
Dr Thornton is the NSW representative on the executive committee for the Society for Mental Health Research (Australia’s peak body for mental health research). She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions since 2022.
