Tenille Moselen
Professional Background
Tenille is a highly adept practitioner with extensive experience across public health and health promotion, evaluation, and implementation science. She has a deep passion for facilitating change through stakeholder collaboration, participatory research methods, and innovative design approaches. Central to Tenille's practice is her intersectional approach, enabling her to sensitively and effectively design and lead research involving diverse and vulnerable populations.
She has particular expertise in applying systems thinking to complex social and health-related challenges and is co-host of The Systems Sandbox Podcast.
Career Journey
Throughout her career, Tenille has successfully led and contributed to evaluations and research projects across not-for-profit, academic, and government sectors. Her recent work has focused on significant social issues, including the evaluation of voluntary assisted dying implementation, strengthening health service responses to family violence, and evaluating complex public health and health promotion programs.
Approach and Expertise
Her approach consistently demonstrates her strength in qualitative research methods, stakeholder engagement, and translating findings into actionable recommendations for policy and practice improvements. Tenille is particularly passionate about elevating the voices of those less heard, using person-centred approaches to engage with diverse populations, including those with disability and those with disability in detention.
Specialisations
Tenille's specialty is the exploration of barriers and enablers to addressing complex social challenges through a socio-ecological lens. She is particularly interested in leveraging evaluation to shape and guide policy decisions, to enact meaningful and sustainable change. Her work demonstrates expertise in navigating complex and dynamic health and social justice systems, with a focus on empathetic and ethically driven approaches to collaboration and engagement with marginalised communities.
Areas of Expertise
Tenille's expertise spans public health, health promotion, evaluation, and implementation science, with a particular focus on complex social and health challenges requiring innovative and collaborative approaches.
Evaluation and Research
- Complex Program Evaluation: Leading evaluations across diverse contexts including health services, social justice initiatives, and prevention programs
- Implementation Science: Expertise in evaluating the implementation of interventions in oncology, palliative care, mental health, and alcohol and drug contexts
- Mixed-Methods Research: Advanced capability in designing and conducting comprehensive evaluations using both quantitative and qualitative approaches
- Meta-Evaluation: Experience in conducting large-scale meta-evaluations and systematic reviews of program effectiveness
Public Health Specialisations
- Health Promoting Policy: Developing and evaluating strategic initiatives that promote population health and wellbeing
- Primary and Secondary Prevention: Expertise in prevention approaches across health and social contexts
- Healthcare Systems: Understanding of primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare delivery and improvement
- Voluntary Assisted Dying: Specialist knowledge in evaluating VAD implementation in hospital settings
Community Engagement and Social Justice
- Intersectional Approaches: Sensitively designing research involving diverse and vulnerable populations
- Disability Justice: Experience working with people with disability, including those in detention settings
- LGBTIQ+ Health: Evaluating services and programs addressing unique needs of LGBTIQ+ communities
- Multicultural Engagement: Working with First Nations and multicultural communities on safety and prevention initiatives
Selected Projects
Tenille has led and contributed to evaluations and research projects that address significant social and health challenges, demonstrating expertise in complex evaluation design, stakeholder engagement, and translating findings into actionable recommendations.
Safer Cities Program Evaluation
Led comprehensive evaluation of two-year program investing in initiatives to improve safety in NSW cities for women and girls. Managed evaluation approach design, team implementation, and reporting process, working closely with program team to ensure relevance and impact.
Meta-Evaluation: Free from Violence Funding
Led large and complex meta-evaluation reviewing 36 evaluation and campaign reports covering 120+ programs funded under the Free from Violence First Action Plan. Developed intricate systems map and provided insights to inform future prevention work evaluations.
Disability Justice Strategy Evaluation
Co-led evaluation of First Action Plan, serving as primary interviewer of people with disability. Led process for accessing and interviewing people with disability in detention. Primary author ensuring appropriate emphasis on disability experiences with justice system.
Rainbow Recovery Program Evaluation
Co-led evaluation of innovative service delivery model addressing supply gaps and access barriers for LGBTIQ+ people with AOD and co-occurring issues. Conducted primary data collection with staff and clients to examine service access improvements.
Systems Mapping for Safe at Home
Engaged with organisations representing First Nations and multicultural women and children to understand unique barriers and enablers to remaining safe at home. Expertise crucial in informing second iteration of mapping process.
Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation Evaluation
Led research understanding experiences and perspectives of staff involved with VAD clinical intervention implementation at specialist oncology tertiary health service. Mixed-methods approach with 89 surveys and 18 interviews.
Education & Qualifications
Tenille's educational background in public health provides a strong foundation for her work in evaluation, implementation science, and collaborative approaches to complex health and social challenges.
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Master of Public Health
Griffith University, 2019
Advanced study in public health principles, policy analysis, and population health approaches. Developed expertise in evaluation methodologies and evidence-based practice for health promotion and disease prevention. -
Bachelor of Public Health & Public Health Nutrition
Griffith University, 2016
Comprehensive foundation in public health science, nutrition, and health promotion. Developed understanding of social determinants of health and community-based intervention approaches.
Professional Development
- Implementation Science: Advanced practitioner in evaluating implementation of complex interventions
- Systems Thinking: Expertise in applying systems approaches to health and social challenges
- Mixed-Methods Research: Specialist in combining quantitative and qualitative research approaches
- Participatory Research: Advanced skills in community-engaged research methodologies
Professional Affiliations
- Co-host, The Systems Sandbox Podcast
Awards and Recognition
- 2020 Annual Research Grant: Peter MacCallum Foundation - Evaluate the implementation of Voluntary Assisted Dying in a Victorian hospital setting
Previous Experience
- Manager Wellbeing and Evaluation - Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Department of Health Services Research
- National Program Manager - Health - Antipodeans
- Senior Project Officer - Odyssey House Victoria
- Researcher - Griffith University
