Explore our research
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Webinar series | COVID-19 and detention
Justice Health Unit convenes webinar series on Building a sustainable, comprehensive response to COVID-19 in relation to detention.
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Are all lockdowns equal?
Podcast featuring Professor Bec Bentley
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Overcrowding and affordability stress: Melbourne's COVID-19 hotspots are also housing crisis hotspots
Melbourne is once again grappling with increasing COVID-19 rates. Ten suburbs in Melbourne have been designated COVID-19 outbreak hotspots: Broadmeadows, Keilor Downs, Maidstone, Albanvale, Sunshine West, Hallam, Brunswick West, Fawkner, Reservoir and Pakenham. The outbreaks have sparked discussions about lockdowns and travel restrictions for people living in these parts of Melbourne and generated intensive suburb-specific testing. The outbreaks have been attributed to family gatherings in homes and people failing to self-isolate, even after positive test results. This has occurred alongside possible breaches of infection control protocols in hotels accommodating people in quarantine – with security guards from major hotels having contracted the virus.
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Better data required to understand the full scale of violence and abuse towards people with disability
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How does public health research conceive of disability?
It's time public health researchers step up and provide evidence that will improve the health of people with disability in Australia.
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Can COVID-19 lead to improved gender equality and health?
Dr Tania King writes that COVID-19 is an opportunity to advance gender equality and its many health benefits.
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What’s the impact of COVID-19 on pre-school kids?
A new survey is looking to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on younger kids – and why it’s important not to assume that they will simply bounce back
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Australia’s COVID-19 response and people with disability
Greater accountability of the health and disability service sectors needed during COVID-19.
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An ethical framework for decision-making about staff safety: balancing health professional wellbeing and duty to care
Dr Rosalind McDougall, Prof Lynn Gillam, Dr Danielle Ko, Ms Isabella Holmes, Prof Clare Delanyrmcdo@unimelb.edu.au
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Investing in social housing during a pandemic
Australia needs a National Housing Strategy, as well as consistent funding and policy mechanisms, to reverse our long-term declines in social housing
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Professor Marcia Langton - Officer of the Order of Australia
Distinguished service to tertiary education and advocacy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
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A Viral History of the World
The discussants areProf Per Axelsson of Umea University Sweden, who has worked on polio in Sweden and on Sami health and history.Prof Linda Bryder, who has written on TB in the UK, the Spanish Flu in New Zealand and in the PacificProf Janet McCalman who taught the interdisciplinary subject ‘An Ecological History of Humanity’ for sixteen years and works on historical population health.The host is Emma Dawson, director of Per Capita
Graduate Research at MDHS
A resource for students and supervisors seeking up to date information about policies and procedures
Our research uses advanced methods in epidemiology, biostatistics, health humanities and social sciences, and our findings seek to significantly influence global public health policy. We share this research and contribute to the community using a range of knowledge transfer activities.
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Our Research Priorities
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health research is encompassed within several broad Research Priorities. This multidisciplinary approach aims to increase the opportunities for researchers to collaborate on projects that span common themes.
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Centre & Institute Research
An overview of the research in our Centres & Institutes within the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and the project work being carried out by them.
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Human Ethics Advisory Group
The Human Ethics Advisory Group (HEAG) conducts ethical and technical reviews of human ethics applications (and in some cases, provides approval) before they are submitted to the University of Melbourne's Health Sciences Human Ethics Sub-Committee (HESC).
Research in the Faculty
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is Australia's largest biomedical research faculty. We employ more than 1500 academic staff, 4000 honorary staff and 1500 graduate researchers undertaking world class research across a wide range of health and social issues in a diverse range of research settings. Researchers are located at key sites across Victoria, with more conducting research around the world. These renowned experts from every field can be found in labs, hospitals, affiliated research institutes and all across the wider community.
Information and support tools for Faculty staff are available on the Faculty intranet.
Research in the School
The Melbourne School of Population and Global Health has a wide-array of Research Projects which fall under our specialist School Research Priorities.
Whether you're just starting out or a seasoned professional, we have something to suit your needs and schedule. With the highest teaching evaluations in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences we are proud to offer our coursework and short course programs to our leaders and future leaders.
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Degrees
Our degrees, taught by our world-renowned academics are the perfect way to begin in population and global health.
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Short Courses
Our short courses are designed to keep you up to date with the latest research and information.
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Scholarships, Bursaries and Prizes
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences offer an extensive range of scholarships and bursaries to undergraduate and postgraduate coursework students.
Student Placements
Work-integrated learning, including placement, provides career-defining experiences for students and is integral to many programs within
the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.
Thank you for engaging with the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences. As a friend and supporter of this faculty you will help create scholarships for our students, support groundbreaking research, and build important partnerships and support community engagement.
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Alumni
Our pride in our graduates and in their lives spent improving the health and well-being of others is matched by our desire to maintain strong connections with all who have passed through our doors.
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Support
We are grateful for the many ways in which our alumni and donors support our work.
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Partners
We recognise partnerships and collaborations are an integral facet of our development and a major strength of the school.
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Community
The School aims to be of value to the community through its teaching, research and program implementation.
Meet our Head of School
Professor Nancy Baxter
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences is delighted to announce Professor Nancy Baxter as the new Head of the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.
Centres & Institutes
Our academic centres, institutes and units make vital contributions to teaching, research and engagement across a number of important population and global health disciplines.
