Michelle Villeneuve
Facilitator profile
A/Prof Michelle Villeneuve
Associate Professor Michelle Villeneuve (PhD, MSc, BSc) is Deputy Director at the University of Sydney impact Centre for Disability Research and Policy. She leads the Collaborating4Inclusion research program that advanced the Person-Centred Emergency Preparedness (P-CEP) framework and process tool and nurtured its uptake into policy and practice across Australia.
Michelle is recognised for her research that brings together health, community, disability, and emergency services sectors to establish cross-sector policy and practice on person-centred and capability-focused approaches to inclusive emergency planning. Her research informs both conceptual and practical dimensions of interprofessional collaboration and resource utilisation. She brings to this research over 20 years of experience working in regions of conflict and natural hazard disaster to develop community-led programs and services and re-build opportunities for people with disability.
Her partnership research and contributions to Disability Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (DIDRR) in Australia have impacted policy and practice to advance disability inclusive emergency management. Her co-produced research outputs have been recognised through 18 awards, including the 2023 National Resilient Australia Award for the P-CEP Certificate course. A/Prof Villeneuve’s contributions to transformational change in global health outcomes were recognised with the 2020 Canadian Women in Global Health Award and the 2025 Queen’s University Distinguished Alumni award.