Dr Eden Robertson

Dr Eden Robertson is an experienced psychosocial researcher, with a special interest in supporting children with a serious illness and their families. Dr Robertson has completed a Bachelors of Psychology (Honours), Graduate Certificate in Adolescent and Young Adult Health and Wellbeing, and a PhD in childhood cancer (2019). She has worked as the Research and Evaluations Manager at the Starlight Children’s Foundation since June 2019, alongside her role as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the CoGENeS team (UNSW Sydney). In 2020, Dr Robertson received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship. Driven by the need to improve the wellbeing of children and young people with a serious illness, she takes pride in conducting meaningful research that can be implemented to bring about positive change.

Topic for Genetic Epilepsy Conference 2022:GenE Compass: an innovative information navigation service for genetic epilepsies