Rate My Professor Erica Breuer

Breuer joined the University of Newcastle in 2018 as a Conjoint Lecturer, advancing to Post-doctoral Research Fellow from March 2020 to September 2021 under Professor Liz Sullivan, where she researched women in contact with the justice system. Projects included a rapid review on parental challenges in prison commissioned by Corrective Services New South Wales, evaluation of the Keeping Us Together parenting program funded by the Department of Child Safety, Youth, and Women in Queensland, and a Delphi study on throughcare provision in Australia. She has facilitated theory of change workshops across 18 countries, including for the STRiDE project on dementia care in low- and middle-income countries led by Professor Martin Knapp, the PROMISE project on psychosis recovery in Malawi led by Professor Stephen Lawrie, and the EMPOWER project led by Professor Vikram Patel. Her highly cited publications encompass 'Social determinants of mental disorders and the Sustainable Development Goals: a systematic review of reviews' (The Lancet Psychiatry, 2018), 'Theory of change: a theory-driven approach to enhance the Medical Research Council's framework for complex interventions' (Trials, 2014), and 'Using theory of change to design and evaluate public health interventions: a systematic review' (Implementation Science, 2015). Recent works include studies on stigma reduction towards incarcerated populations (BMJ Public Health, 2025) and best-practice principles for post-custody transitions (PLoS ONE, 2025). Her fields of research are implementation science and evaluation (70%) and mental health services (30%).