Ingrid Wilson

Dr Ingrid WILSON is an Associate Professor at the Singapore Institute of Technology, Health and Social Sciences Cluster and Adjunct Research Fellow for La Trobe University. She has a PhD in Mother and Child Health from La Trobe University, a first-class Honours degree in Criminology from the University of Melbourne, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Law from the UK.

Dr Wilson is a social researcher with a strong interest in gender issues, preventing gender-based violence and improving women’s health. Her research skills include undertaking systematic reviews and conducting qualitative research and exploring sensitive issues with vulnerable groups in line with international best practice (WHO guidance). Her doctoral thesis, titled Fearing the “changed” man: Women’s experience of alcohol-related intimate partner violence. A constructivist grounded theory study provided the first in-depth insight into the dynamics of partner drinking and violence, and the complexity of women's relationships with a violent drinker.