Kayla Elliott
Kayla Elliott
Details
Role
Research Assistant
Research area
The Centre for Community Child Health
Group
Prevention Innovation
Kayla completed her Bachelor of Biomedicine (Honours) in 2021 at the University of Melbourne. During her qualitative research project, she worked with the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening program to explore parent support needs following the newborn hearing screening. Since 2022, Kayla has been working as a Research Assistant with the Prevention Innovation Team at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). Currently, Kayla conducts the qualitative work in the Australian National Childhood Hearing Health Outcomes Registry (ANCHOR) program to understand what outcomes matter to children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and their families and professionals who support them. Kayla has also been involved in setting up the inaugural Australian Childhood Deafness Research Community Advisory Group (AusChildDeafness-CAG), which aims to strengthen partnerships between families and researchers working in childhood deafness around Australia and ensure the voices of those with lived experience are being valued and heard.
Kayla completed her Bachelor of Biomedicine (Honours) in 2021 at the University of Melbourne. During her qualitative research project, she worked with the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening program to explore parent support needs following the newborn...
Kayla completed her Bachelor of Biomedicine (Honours) in 2021 at the University of Melbourne. During her qualitative research project, she worked with the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening program to explore parent support needs following the newborn hearing screening. Since 2022, Kayla has been working as a Research Assistant with the Prevention Innovation Team at Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI). Currently, Kayla conducts the qualitative work in the Australian National Childhood Hearing Health Outcomes Registry (ANCHOR) program to understand what outcomes matter to children who are deaf or hard of hearing, and their families and professionals who support them. Kayla has also been involved in setting up the inaugural Australian Childhood Deafness Research Community Advisory Group (AusChildDeafness-CAG), which aims to strengthen partnerships between families and researchers working in childhood deafness around Australia and ensure the voices of those with lived experience are being valued and heard.
Top Publications
- Sung, V, Smith, L, Elliott, K, Wang, J, Beswick, R, Ching, TYC, Feller, H, Harkus, S, Kluk, K, Kong, K, et al. Study Protocol - The Australian National Child Hearing Health Outcomes Registry (ANCHOR): Collecting and connecting national data into a child deafness Learning Health System. 2026 view publication
- Macpherson, L, Elliott, K, Pang, J, Smith, L, Wong, H, Ching, TYC, Sung, V. What’s happening with my child’s data?: Perspectives from parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. 2026 view publication
- Wang, J, Qian, WZ-Y, Smith, L, Wang, Y, Bond, V, Deutscher, E, Elliott, K, Buynder, PV, Liddle, K, Mason, K, et al. Exploring the categorisation of Hearing Loss across Australia’s hearing health services. 2026 view publication
- Elliott, K, Vears, DF, Sung, V, Poulakis, Z, Sheehan, J. Exploring Parent Support Needs during the Newborn Hearing Diagnosis Pathway.. J Clin Med 11(5) : 2022 view publication
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