Focus areas
Disadvantage; quantitative and qualitative research methodologies; care; accessibility

Senior Research Fellow

Amber joined the Social Policy and Research Centre in August 2019. She holds a PhD in Developmental Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Sydney. Amber’s research interests are in improving access to and provision of care services. She has previously held research and project management roles in acute/hospital care and community nursing.

Amber's recent work focuses on access to care. Projects have included the evaluation of a pilot interim case management service, and a review of how people with disability but without NDIS funding are able to access support.

Contact amber.mills@bsl.org.au

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Selected BSL publications

Mills, A 2023  Critical Interim Support pilot provisional results  (snapshot)

Warr, D, Fallon, L, Thies, A & Mills, A 2022 Improving employment outcomes for young people with disability: insights from the P2E program trial

Olney, S, Mills, A & Fallon, L 2022, The Tier 2 tipping point: access to support for working-age Australians with disability without individual NDIS funding , Melbourne Disability Institute, University of Melbourne.

Olney, S, Mills, A & Fallon, L 2022, The Tier 2 tipping point: access to support for working-age Australians with disability without individual NDIS funding – executive summary , Melbourne Disability Institute, University of Melbourne.

Mills, A 2022, Critical Interim Support pilot year 1 results (Snapshot)

Mills, A & Finnis, J 2020, Older people and aged care (COVID-19 Insights)

Mills, A, Ng, S, Finnis, J, Grutzner, K & Raman, B 2020, Hidden in plain sight: the impact of the COVID-19 response on mature-age low-income people in Australia

Selected external publications

Olney, S, Mills, A & Fallon, L 2022, The Tier 2 tipping point: access to support for working-age Australians with disability without individual NDIS funding , Melbourne Disability Institute, University of Melbourne.

Olney, S, Mills, A & Fallon, L 2022, The Tier 2 tipping point: access to support for working-age Australians with disability without individual NDIS funding – executive summary , Melbourne Disability Institute, University of Melbourne.