Allison Milner

Allison Joy Milner (1 May 1983 Melbourne, Australia - 12 August 2019 Melbourne, Australia) was a social epidemiologist specializing in workplace mental health.^[1] Milner was Deputy Head of the Disability and Health Unit at the Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health (MSPGH) at the University of Melbourne.

Education

Milner attended the Brisbane Girls' Grammar School, subsequently undertook her undergraduate study at the Griffith University, Queensland, studying a Bachelor of Psychology (Honours).
Following this, Milner achieved a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) at Griffith University within the Australian Institute of Suicide Research and Prevention Department, in the field of Globalisation and Suicide.
Post PhD, Allison did her Masters Degree in Epidemiology at the University of Melbourne.^[2]

Career

In 2012, Milner started her role as a postdoctoral research at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Milner continued this role for multiple years, before her employment at Deakin University between 2015 and 2016. In 2015, Milner also become the National Academic Director at MATES in Construction. She then returned to the University of Melbourne, however as a Senior Lecturer in 2016 before her promotion in 2018, with Milner becoming an Associate Professor.^[2] As of 2017, Allison received a State Government awarded fellowship, in the pursuit of tackling high incidence of suicide amongst working men.^[3] During her career, she was a monumental figure in establishing mentorship programs for early career researchers at multiple universities including Deakin University and the University of Melbourne as well as the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH)^[4]

At age 36, she was killed by a falling elm tree in Princes Park.^[3]