Dr. Helen Lingard

Dr. Helen Lingard is Distinguished Professor in construction work health and safety at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Helen started her post-doctoral career working in large scale civil engineering infrastructure projects (including the Hong Kong International Airport and Tsing Ma Bridge). Since moving to Australia, Helen has worked with mining, telecommunications and construction organisations to develop, implement and evaluate initiatives to improve workers’ safety, health and wellbeing. Helen’s research has been funded by a wide variety of private and public sector organisations, industry associations and trade unions. In 2009 Helen was an inaugural recipient of a prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship which delivered a program of work focused on integrating health and safety into all aspects of construction project decision-making, from design, procurement and planning, through to construction, completion and handover. Helen also leads a wide-raning and industry-based program of work focused on preventing work-related mental ill-health in the Australian construction industry through the design of work that works for people. Helen leads the Construction Work Health and Safety Research @ RMIT group and is Executive Director of the Safety and Health Innovation Network (SHINe).