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Professor Andrew Lewis

Pro Vice-Chancellor, Co-operative Education and the Institute of Health and Wellbeing

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Professor Andrew J. Lewis is an accomplished university leader and internationally recognised researcher with extensive experience leading institutional transformation, academic innovation and strategic growth across the Australian higher education sector.

At Federation University Australia, Professor Lewis serves as Pro Vice-Chancellor, Co-operative Education and the Institute of Health and Wellbeing. As a member of the Vice-Chancellor’s Executive Team, he provides leadership across industry co-design of curriculum innovation, quality assurance, industry engagement, student success and workforce development.

Across a 25-year academic career, Professor Lewis has held senior leadership positions at Federation, Murdoch, Deakin and Monash Universities, and has undertaken research fellowships in the United Kingdom, France and Germany. He holds degrees in Philosophy from the University of Sydney and a PhD in Psychological Medicine from Monash University, and is an AHPRA-registered clinical psychologist with extensive experience working as a clinician in the mental health sector before entering academia.

He leads the University’s Co-operative Education Strategy, a major organisational change aligned closely with the Universities Accord’s emphasis on access and equity in Higher Education. Federation’s Co-op strategy strengthens pathways between vocational and higher education and helps position Federation as a leader in regional, first-in-family and graduate employment outcomes.

Professor Lewis also leads the Institute of Health and Wellbeing. Since its formation in 2022, IHW has become Federation’s largest academic Institute and has strengthened interdisciplinary collaboration, improved teaching and research performance, increased enrolments and retention, and enhanced its contribution to regional communities.

Professor Lewis is an active researcher in the area of child and adolescent mental health. He continues to supervise PhD students and is a highly cited researcher with more than 200 total publications, including 3 edited books, an h-index of 41 (Google Scholar) and more than $9 million in competitive research funding from the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council, government agencies and industry partners. His research has focused on developmental factors in mental health, including innovative family-based treatments that have influenced clinical practice nationally and internationally.

He is committed to universities as catalysts for social, economic and cultural development. He is a strong advocate for dual-sector education, workforce participation and lifelong learning, and is equally committed to Indigenous reconciliation and First Nations leadership. He believes Indigenous knowledges, partnerships and self-determination must be central to the future of Australian higher education.

Professor Lewis brings a deep understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing regional universities and is passionate about the role of regional higher education institutions in advancing regional Australia. He sees universities as powerful regional institutions that strengthen communities, drive regional development, support industry growth and deepen Australia’s engagement with Asia and the Indo-Pacific.

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  • Publications

Clinical Assessment of the Parent-Infant Relationship: A Global Survey of Clinician Attitudes and Practice

Comorbidities Among Mental Disorders in Preschool Children in the Mercy Pregnancy Emotional Wellbeing Study

Perceived Safety in Childbirth: Pregnancy Predictors of Women's Experiences During Childbirth

Sex-specific links between stress regulation in early life and anxiety in middle childhood

Sense of Coherence in the Perinatal Period: A Longitudinal Growth Mixture Modeling Analysis

Growing Up Rural: Rurality as a Predictor of Child Mental Health in an Australian Cohort