Alyssa works as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Population Health at the University of Adelaide under the supervision of Professor John Lynch. She also works as a Registered Psychologist in private practice, having completed a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Flinders University. Alyssa's postdoctoral research focuses on early childhood development and characteristics in early childhood that lead to good outcomes from a public health perspective (including academic achievement, mental and physical health).