Dr Kylie McIntyre is a leading trauma researcher and Deputy Director of the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research where she contributes to advancing the Centre’s vision of eliminating disparities in rural health and wellbeing and mission to narrow the gap between rural and metropolitan health outcomes through high-impact, rurally focused, collaborative research. 

Dr McIntyre is also Discipline Lead and Course Advisor for the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) program at the La Trobe Rural Health School (LRHS), Research Integrity Advisor for LRHS, member of the La Trobe University Course Committee, and Co-Chair of the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Allied Health Special Interest Group.

Her professional interests include psychological/occupational trauma, military and first responder research, occupational science, and rural health and well-being.

Dr McIntyre previously worked as an occupational therapy clinician at Bendigo Health, specialising in enabling participation in meaningful occupations after spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, neurological conditions, and injury to the hand or upper limb. She has made significant contributions to the design of innovative, evidence-based subjects focused on occupational science, research, and physical and mental health and well-being. 

Dr McIntyre is an invited reviewer for national and international journals, including Military Psychology; Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health; Australian, British, Scandinavian, and American Occupational Therapy journals; and Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

She is a current member of the Australasian Military Medicine Association, Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Australasian College of Paramedicine, and Mental Health Practitioners Network. 

Dr McIntyre was a member of the La Trobe University Human Research Ethics Committee from 2015-2019 and has expertise in trauma informed qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.

Her innovative doctoral research explored the influence of meaningful activity on health and psychosocial adjustment during the transition from military service to civilian life.

Dr McIntyre' work is regularly featured in mainstream media.