Dr Jessica Ison (she/her) is a Senior Lecturer and the Deputy Director of the Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, at the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research in the La Trobe Rural Health School. Jess specialises in sexual violence prevention and is leading a body of research on "drink spiking" or alcohol and other drug-facilitated sexual violence. Ison's sexual violence research also includes a focus on LGBTQ+ sexual violence and safety on public transport and university campuses. She is currently Co-Lead of the Partners in Prevention of Sexual Violence project, which received $7.45mil funding from the Federal Government to evaluate community-led primary and secondary prevention of sexual violence interventions.