Kelly Moes recently completed her PhD in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. 

Grounded in Critical Disability Studies and Health Humanities, Kelly is passionate about building social capital and developing more inclusive and responsive approaches to chronic illness and disability research and care. Her work bridges academic scholarship with community knowledge, always centring the voices and experiences of people living with chronic conditions. 

Kelly's PhD research, "Doing, Being and Knowing Intracranial Hypertension: Exploring Facets of IH through Experiential Expertise" foregrounds the collective expertise of people living with this rare chronic illness-disability. As someone who lives with Intracranial Hypertension herself, Kelly brings both scholarly rigour and lived experience to her work, seeking to radically transform how uncommon chronic illness is understood, researched, and managed. 

Beyond her Intracranial Hypertension focus, Kelly's research spans broader questions of inclusion, access, and social capital within disability and chronic illness communities.  Her commitment to accessible scholarship means she actively shares her work through presentations, publications, and community engagement. 

Kelly currently works as a Research Associate in the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University and provides research assistance for neurological disability projects at Edith Cowan University's Centre for Precision Health. 

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