Associate Professor Belinda Cash is a social worker with clinical and academic expertise in mental health and social gerontology. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing issues that impact the health and wellbeing of rural Australians, particularly older adults and caregivers.

Belinda’s collaborative approach to research involves working closely with lived experience and interdisciplinary experts across her strong network of academic, professional, and industry partners. She is an active leader of research initiatives focused on older people in rural and regional communities, reflected in her role as Chair of the Charles Sturt Ageing Well Research Group and as University Lead for Charles Sturt at the Manna Institute for rural mental health.

Belinda is a Fellow of the Australian Association of Gerontology, awarded for her extensive contributions to the field. She is an active supervisor of research students across multiple programs, has led several international programs exploring social welfare and wellbeing in the international context and continues to support students completing field-based learning in social work.