Population and Global Health Projects by Research Priority

MSPGH Projects by Research Priority

Disparities, disadvantage and effective health care

Groups / Projects Research Lead Dept / Centre
Disability, social mobility and the well-being of people with disabilities Centre for Health Equity
Tackling the high incidence of suicide in working men Associate Professor Allison Milner Centre for Health Equity
'Man Up' Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis
Centre for Mental Health
A national study of healthcare complaints Project Leader Dr Marie Bismark Centre for Health Policy
A research study of people experiencing homelessness and social disadvantage using open access or “drop-in” services Project Leader Prof Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
Alcohol management in indigenous north Australia: policies and responses Professor Marcia Langton
Centre for Health Equity
Alcohol Management Plans in Aboriginal Communities: An ethnographic study Professor Marcia Langton
Centre for Health Equity
Alcohol Management Plans in indigenous Australia Professor Marcia Langton
Centre for Health Equity
Alcohol Management Plans: Innovation in Research and Evaluation Professor Marcia Langton
Centre for Health Equity
Analysing Safety and Place in Immigrant and Refugee Experience Project Leader - Dr Cathy Vaughan Centre for Health Equity
Beyond Bushfires: Community, Resilience and Recovery Centre for Health Equity
Building a simulation model to improve cardiovascular disease risk prediction and treatment for Indigenous Australians Project Leader Centre for Health Policy
Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) Professor Anne Kavanagh Centre for Health Equity
Children of Twins: The Effects Of Parental Mental Health On Child Mental Health Outcomes Project leader Doctor Katrina Scurrah Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Co designing evidence based resources for the twin and family community Unit Head Prof John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Survey of Community Attitudes towards People with a Disability Centre for Health Equity
Defying the Odds - Aboriginal early childhood health outcomes Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head, Associate Dean (Indigenous) for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Demography and Ageing Unit Head Associate Professor Jeromey Temple
Depression in people with Multiple Sclerosis Centre for Health Equity
Developing a safe and acceptable self-collection model for cervical cancer screening Professor Kerry Arabena
Centre for Health Equity
Development of a best practice guide to perpetrator program evaluation Project Leader Dr Angela Nicholas
Centre for Mental Health
Development of a framework for the evaluation of policies, programs and services that aim to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health and wellbeing Project Leader Prof Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
Development of New Strategies for Targeting Vaccine Hesitant Parents in Victoria – a Vaccine Education and Communication Training program for Paediatricians Project Leader Professor Terry Nolan
Diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease in Australia PhD student Jane Goller Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Diggers to Veterans: risk, recovery and reslience in the First AIF Project Leader Professor Janet McCalman McCalman Centre for Health Equity
Digitisation and Indigenous Communities: A study of the development of online Collections. The interface between international institutions and Australian Indigenous communities Centre for Health Equity
Disability and Health Unit Centre for Health Equity
Disability Docos: The stories behind the numbers Zoe Aitken Centre for Health Equity
Disability Inclusion for Health and Development HEAD OF UNIT Dr Alex Robinson
Nossal Institute for Global Health
Disability Prevalence and Inequality Measures in Australia Dr George Disney Centre for Health Equity
Discrimination and Bullying against Australians with Disability Centre for Health Equity
Disparities, disadvantage and effective health care
Employment for people with Multiple Sclerosis Centre for Health Equity
Ethics & equity: Implications for health systems research priority-setting Project Lead Dr Bridget Pratt
Centre for Health Equity
Ethics of personalised medicine to treat refactory childhood cancer Centre for Health Equity
Evaluating Health Literacy Professional Development Initiatives Project Leader Professor Gary Freed Centre for Health Policy
Evaluation of the after hours GP helpline for Healthdirect Australia 2013 Project Leader Professor Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
Exploring the NDIS and Disability Employment Services Ms Alex Devine
Exploring the NDIS and Disability Employment Services Alex Devine Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
First 1000 Days Australia Professor Kerry Arabena
Centre for Health Equity
FluMum: A cohort study to evaluate the benefits of flu vaccination in pregnancy Project Leader Professor Terry Nolan
Gender ideologies, gender equality and health in young people Dr Tania King Centre for Health Equity
Gender equality in Australia: the social, economic and health impacts Centre for Health Equity
Is Gender Equality Good for Your Health? Centre for Health Equity
Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit Head Associate Professor Harry Minas
Centre for Mental Health
Great expectations: Achieving the promise of public reporting of health service performance in Australia Project Leader Professor Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
Health and Community Service Agreements Professor Marcia Langton
Centre for Health Equity
Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire Research Assistant Tessa Cutler Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health behaviours and outcomes in people with Multiple Sclerosis Dr Claudia Marck Centre for Health Equity
Health effects of compensation systems Project Leader Dr Marie Bismark Centre for Health Policy
Health Star Rating (HSR) label impact on food formulation and consumer purchasing Professor Tony Blakely Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Systems and Workforce Unit Head Professor Gary Freed
Healthy Country, Health People Professor Kerry Arabena
Centre for Health Equity
Hidden in the margins: the lives and trajectories of young carers Dr Tania King
Hidden in the margins: the lives and trajectories of young carers Dr Tania King Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Hot Spot Quantitative Research Project Leader Dr Lay San (Tiffany) Too
Centre for Mental Health
I CaRe WA - Indigenous Child Removals WA Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head, Associate Dean (Indigenous) for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
IBES-Wadeye IPTV: Delivering significant and at risk audiovisual archives to remote Aboriginal Communities via IPTV and the NBN Lyndon Ormond-Parker Centre for Health Equity
Identifying Critical Success Factors for Mammographic Screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women Project Leader Prof Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
IDES: Improving Disability Employment Study Centre for Health Equity
Improving quality of maternity care for women globally Project Leader Dr Meghan Bohren Centre for Health Equity
Including young people with disabilities in City of Melbourne Centre for Health Equity
Indigenous Data Sovereignty Centre for Health Equity
Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Professor Sandra Eades
 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Indigenous Health Equity Unit Acting Unit Head - A/Professor Richard Chenhall
Centre for Health Equity
Indigenous Studies Unit Unit Head Professor Marcia Langton
Centre for Health Equity
Inter-rater reliability of assessments for triage severity classifications across Victorian emergency departments. Project Leader Professor Gary Freed Centre for Health Policy
kNOwVAWdata: Measuring Violence against Women in the Asia Pacific Project Leader - Dr Cathy Vaughan Centre for Health Equity
Law and Public Health Unit Head Associate Professor Marie Bismark
Listening for Change Project Leader - Dr Cathy Vaughan Centre for Health Equity
Local Aboriginal Community Archives: The use of information technology and the National Broadband Network in disaster preparedness and recovery Lyndon Ormond-Parker
Centre for Health Equity
Machine learning and neighbourhood design Centre for Health Equity
Making Melbourne inclusive for people with a disability Dr Jerome Rachele Centre for Health Equity
Mandatory reporting of performance, health and conduct concerns among health practitioners Project Leader Dr Marie Bismark Centre for Health Policy
Manufacturing consensus: Independence in consensus statements in health Centre for Health Equity
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health Head of Unit Dr Alison Morgan
Nossal Institute for Global Health
MatesMonitor Dr Tania King
Professor Tony Lamontagne 		Centre for Health Equity
Medically Unexplained Symptoms: Experiences of Paediatric Health Professionals Centre for Health Equity
Men's Health Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Men, sexuality and disability Centre for Health Equity
Mental Health Policy and Practice Unit Head Professor Jane Pirkis
Centre for Mental Health
Migration, work and gender: An exploratory study in Australia Dr Humaira Maheen Centre for Health Equity
Management of Chlamydia Cases in Australia (MoCCA) Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Modelling and Simulation Unit Head Professor Jodie McVernon
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Modelling the effectiveness of employment policies in reducing disability-related mental health inequalities Zoe Aitken Centre for Health Equity
Models and quality of genetic health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Project Leader Prof Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
More than the sum of my parts Project Leader - Dr Cathy Vaughan Centre for Health Equity
Multicultural and Settlement Services for Women Experiencing Violence Project Leader - Dr Cathy Vaughan Centre for Health Equity
National leadership in suicide prevention research Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis
Centre for Mental Health
National suicide prevention research and campaign project Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis
Centre for Mental Health
National Suicide Prevention Trial (NSPT) evaluation Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis
Centre for Mental Health
Next Generation - Aboriginal Youth Wellbeing Study Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head, Associate Dean (Indigenous) for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Northeast India Knowledge Network Head of Unit Nossal Institute for Global Health
Notifications to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: Identifying ‘hot spots' of risk Project Leader Dr Marie Bismark Centre for Health Policy
Understanding and addressing area- and individual-level social inequalities in oral health Project Leader: Dr Ankur Singh Centre for Health Equity
Access to Paid Parental Leave and the Health of Young Mothers Project Leader - Professor Anne Kavanagh Centre for Health Equity
Poverty in the Midst of Plenty: Economic Empowerment, Wealth Creation and Institutional Reform for Sustainable Indigenous and Local Communities Unit Head, Indigenous Studies Professor Marcia Langton
Centre for Health Equity
Psychosocial Disability and Employment Ms Alex Devine Centre for Health Equity
Rectal Treatment Study (RTS) Head, Sexual Health Unit Professor Jane Hocking Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Removal of Financial Incentives Trial: ACCEPt-able Unit Head Professor Jane Hocking Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Research Program Centre for Health Equity
Safety and immunogenicity of dTpa vaccine administered in pregnancy Project Leader Professor Terry Nolan
Sexual Health and Ageing, Perspectives and Education (SHAPE) Project Project Leader Professor Jane Hocking Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sexual and gender-based violence in the refugee crisis Lead Australian Researcher: Dr Cathy Vaughan Centre for Health Equity
Smoking and Multiple Sclerosis Centre for Health Equity
Smoking behaviours among people with intellectual disability Centre for Health Equity
Social Outcomes of School Leavers with Cerebral Palsy Centre for Health Equity
Theoretical explanations for socioeconomic inequalities in multi-morbidity among adults Centre for Health Equity
Stewarding Thin Markets: Improving NDIS market effectiveness and equity Centre for Health Equity
Strengthening health literacy among Indigenous people living with cardiovascular disease, their families, and health care providers Project Leader Professor Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
Suicide prevention public services announcements (PSAs) targeting adolescents: A randomised controlled trial Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis
Centre for Mental Health
Telling the truth to seriously ill children Professor Lynn Gillam Project Leader Centre for Health Equity
The After Hours Primary Health Care Program Project Leader Professor Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
The health and economic impacts of active travel Project Leader - A/Professor Rebecca Bentley Centre for Health Equity
The Parental ED Study: Presentation with children with non-urgent/low-severity conditions at Hospital Emergency Departments: Parental Decision Making Project Leader Professor Gary Freed Centre for Health Policy
The relationship between social media and suicide clusters Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis
Centre for Mental Health
The Secret Shopper Study: Addressing the Crisis in Availability of Paediatric Health Services: Increasing the Efficiency and Availability of General and Specialty Paediatric Care Project Leader Professor Gary Freed Centre for Health Policy
Outcomes Framework for the Victorian Disability Plan Centre for Health Equity
Theoretical explanations for socioeconomic inequalities in multimorbidity among adults Project Leader: Dr Ankur Singh Centre for Health Equity
Twin and Family Registry Management Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Unaffordable Housing: impacts on socio-economic conditions and wellbeing Project Leader: A/Professor Rebecca Bentley Centre for Health Equity
Vaccine and Immunisation group research Head of Unit Professor Terry Nolan
Violence against people with disabilities: Using existing data to inform submissions to the Royal Commission Centre for Health Equity
Vision Impairment and Employment Centre for Health Equity
Voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: ethical challenges in implementation Project Leader Ros McDougall Centre for Health Equity
W-DARE Project Lead: Dr Cathy Vaughan Centre for Health Equity
Wesley LifeForce Networks Evaluation Project Leader Dr Lennart Reifels
Centre for Mental Health
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Women's Health Project Lead: Dr Cathy Vaughan Centre for Health Equity
YES: Youth Employment Study Project Leader Allison Milner Centre for Health Equity

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Data science, health metrics and disease modeling

Groups / Projects Research Lead Dept / Centre
Disability, social mobility and the well-being of people with disabilities Centre for Health Equity
A novel approach to discovering genes associated with cancer risk from GWAS and EWAS data Project Leader Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Australia New Zealand Health Intervention League Table (ANZ-HILT) Professor Tony Blakely Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Biostatistics Unit Head Professor Julie Simpson
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative
Breast Cancer Unit Head Professor John Hopper
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Building the evidence base of Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) services in Victoria, Australia Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis
Project Leader A/Prof Lisa Brophy 		Centre for Mental Health
Centre for Health Policy
Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH) Professor Anne Kavanagh Centre for Health Equity
Characterising the host response to infectious diseases Project leader Professor James McCaw Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Children of Twins: The Effects Of Parental Mental Health On Child Mental Health Outcomes Project leader Doctor Katrina Scurrah Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Survey of Community Attitudes towards People with a Disability Centre for Health Equity
Data and methods in social and spatial epidemiology Project Leader: Associate Professor Rebecca Bentley Centre for Health Equity
Data science, health metrics and disease modeling
Defying the Odds - Aboriginal early childhood health outcomes Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head, Associate Dean (Indigenous) for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Demography and Ageing Unit Head Associate Professor Jeromey Temple
Developing a model for peer support in emergency departments Project Leader A/Prof Lisa Brophy Centre for Mental Health
Development and application of verbal autopsy methods
Development and validation of a health policy simulation model for cardiovascular disease Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke Centre for Health Policy
Development and validation of a health policy simulation model for type 1 diabetes Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke Centre for Health Policy
Disability Prevalence and Inequality Measures in Australia Dr George Disney Centre for Health Equity
Evaluation of 2014 Population Health Development Course Project Leader Professor Gary Freed Centre for Health Policy
Evaluation of APNA Nursing in General Practice Initiatives Project Leader Professor Gary Freed Centre for Health Policy
Expenditures and prices of antihyperglycemic medications in the United States Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke Centre for Health Policy
Genetic and Environmental Modifiers of Hereditary Haemochromatosis: The HealthIron Study Project Leader A/Prof Lyle Gurrin Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Global Burden of Disease Study
Harnessing the Potential of Regulatory Data to Improve the Regulation of Lawyers Project Leader Associate Professor Marie Bismark Centre for Health Policy
Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire Research Assistant Tessa Cutler Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Humanities and Social Sciences Unit Unit Head Richard Chenhall
Centre for Health Equity
Health Systems and Workforce Unit Head Professor Gary Freed
Health Systems Governance and Financing Acting Head of Unit Katherine Gilbert
Nossal Institute for Global Health
High Dimensional Analytics Unit Head Dr Enes Makalic Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
I CaRe WA - Indigenous Child Removals WA Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head, Associate Dean (Indigenous) for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Immunogenicity, persistence and safety study of meningococcal conjugate vaccine ACWY in toddlers Project Leader Professor Terry Nolan
Impact of Medicare Part D on income-related inequality in drug expenditure Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke Centre for Health Policy
Improving cost-effectiveness analysis of childhood vaccines Project Leader Dr Natalie Carvalho Centre for Health Policy
Independent evaluation of the Victorian Safewards trial Project Leader Justine Fletcher
Centre for Mental Health
Indigenous Health Equity Unit Acting Unit Head - A/Professor Richard Chenhall
Centre for Health Equity
Informing national policy for pandemic influenza preparedness and response Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Law and Public Health Unit Head Associate Professor Marie Bismark
Machine learning and neighbourhood design Centre for Health Equity
Making Melbourne inclusive for people with a disability Dr Jerome Rachele Centre for Health Equity
Manufacturing consensus: Independence in consensus statements in health Project Leader Prof Margaret Kelaher Centre for Health Policy
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health Head of Unit Dr Alison Morgan
Nossal Institute for Global Health
Men's Health Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Men, sexuality and disability Centre for Health Equity
Modelling and Simulation Unit Head Professor Jodie McVernon
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Modelling the effectiveness of employment policies in reducing disability-related mental health inequalities Zoe Aitken Centre for Health Equity
Novel statistical methodology for the analysis of medical data Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Optimising Early Respiratory Support for Preterm Infants: The HIPSTER Trial Project Leader Dr Kim Dalziel Centre for Health Policy
Paediatric specialist clinics: Parental perceptions, primary care referral patterns and determinants of periodicity of care Project Leader Professor Gary Freed Centre for Health Policy
Population Interventions Unit Head Professor Tony Blakely
 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Psychosocial Disability and Employment Ms Alex Devine Centre for Health Equity
Research capacity building at Mind Australia Project Leader A/Prof Lisa Brophy Centre for Mental Health
Serious adverse events notification Project Leader Justine Fletcher
Centre for Mental Health
Severe hypoglycaemia and Type 1 diabetes Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke Centre for Health Policy
Social connectedness and health Unit Head Professor Jodie McVernon Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Stewarding Thin Markets: Improving NDIS market effectiveness and equity Centre for Health Equity
The ABACUS group Project Leader Dr Carolyn Nickson Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
The Australian Housing Conditions Survey Associate Professor Rebecca Bentley Centre for Health Equity
Utilising event-based income support data to test its effect on health across the life-course of people with disabilities Centre for Health Equity
The growth of linked hospital data use in Australia: a systematic review Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke Centre for Health Policy
Outcomes Framework for the Victorian Disability Plan Centre for Health Equity
Tobacco and e-cigarette intervention modelling Professor Tony Blakely Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Tobacco-attributable mortality Project Leader Professor Alan Lopez
Twin and Family Registry Management Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Understanding the drivers of trial efficiency Project Leader Dr Kim Dalziel Centre for Health Policy
Vision Impairment and Employment Centre for Health Equity
VIVARIUM – next-generation multi-state life-table simulation model Professor Tony Blakely Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
WorkplaceAid: a trial on improving mental health and physical first aid skills in the workplace Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm Centre for Mental Health
YES: Youth Employment Study Project Leader Allison Milner Centre for Health Equity

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Screening and early detection of disease

Groups / Projects Research Lead Dept / Centre
A new automated measure of breast cancer risk from digital and film mammography (Cirrus) Project Leader Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Allergy and Lung Health Professor Shyamali Dharmage
 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Australian Chlamydia Control Effectiveness Pilot - ACCEPt Unit Head Professor Jane Hocking Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Australian Mammographic Density Research Facility (AMDRF) Project Leader Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Breast Cancer Unit Head Professor John Hopper
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Breast cancer follow-up and prospective analyses Project Leader Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Building a simulation model to improve cardiovascular disease risk prediction and treatment for Indigenous Australians Project Leader Centre for Health Policy
Colon Cancer Family Registry Cohort Project Leader Professor Mark Jenkins Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorectal Cancer Unit Head Professor Mark Jenkins
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorectal Cancer Screening Project Leader Professor Mark Jenkins Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Developing a safe and acceptable self-collection model for cervical cancer screening Professor Kerry Arabena
Centre for Health Equity
Development of an evidence based clinical care pathway for high risk women following risk reducing hysterectomy +/- bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (RRBSO) Centre for Health Equity
Development of automated measures from mammograms that predict masking and risk and pilot implementation into a BreastScreen service Centre for Health Equity
Development of automated measures from mammograms that predict masking and risk of breast cancer Centre for Health Equity
Diabetes Eye Care
Diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease in Australia PhD student Jane Goller Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire Research Assistant Tessa Cutler Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Humanities and Social Sciences Unit Unit Head Richard Chenhall
Centre for Health Equity
International Mismatch Repair Consortium Project Leader Professor Mark Jenkins Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Men's Health Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Management of Chlamydia Cases in Australia (MoCCA) Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Northeast India Knowledge Network Head of Unit Nossal Institute for Global Health
Rectal Treatment Study (RTS) Head, Sexual Health Unit Professor Jane Hocking Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Reducing the burden of colorectal cancer by optimising screening: evidence to clinical practice Project Leader Professor Mark Jenkins Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Removal of Financial Incentives Trial: ACCEPt-able Unit Head Professor Jane Hocking Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Screening and early detection of disease
Sexual Health Unit Head Professor Jane Hocking
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sexual Health and Ageing, Perspectives and Education (SHAPE) Project Project Leader Professor Jane Hocking Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The ABACUS group Project Leader Dr Carolyn Nickson Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
The Ark: Cloud-based bioinformatics tools Project leader Prof John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The PEBBLES study: A randomised controlled trial to prevent eczema, food allergy and sensitisation using a skin barrier improvement strategy Project Leader A/Prof Adrian Lowe Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Translating Evidence into Practice: Optimising and Facilitating Prevention and Screening in Women with a Strong Family History of Breast Cancer Centre for Health Equity
Twin and Family Registry Management Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twin pairs, brother, sisters and sibships: methods for the statistical analysis of family data Unit Head Professor Julie Simpson Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (including cancer), and promotion of mental health

Groups / Projects Research Lead Dept / Centre
'What Works for Depression' and 'What Works for Anxiety' Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley
Centre for Mental Health
A culturally appropriate approach to improve mental health outcomes in Sri Lanka and China: Mental Health First Aid Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley
Centre for Mental Health
A novel approach to discovering genes associated with cancer risk from GWAS and EWAS data Project Leader Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Allergy and Lung Health Professor Shyamali Dharmage
 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Australia New Zealand Health Intervention League Table (ANZ-HILT) Professor Tony Blakely Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Centre of Research Excellence in Childhood Adversity and Associated Depression and Anxiety Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm
Centre for Mental Health
Children of Twins: The Effects Of Parental Mental Health On Child Mental Health Outcomes Project leader Doctor Katrina Scurrah Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorectal Cancer Unit Head Professor Mark Jenkins
Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Depression in people with Multiple Sclerosis Centre for Health Equity
Diabetes Eye Care
Excellence in NonCOmmunicable disease REsearch (ENCORE) between Australian and India Project Leader Professor Brian Oldenburg Nossal Institute for Global Health
Family violence in newly-arrived migrant and refugee communities Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas Centre for Mental Health
First Aid Training for Parents of Teenagers: A Randomized Controlled Trial (TPOT Study) Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm
Centre for Mental Health
GACD - Leveraging India’s national NCD program Nossal Institute for Global Health
Giving an adult life after Fontan surgery to those with the most severe congenital heart conditions Project Leader Dr Kim Dalziel Centre for Health Policy
Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire Research Assistant Tessa Cutler Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health behaviours and outcomes in people with Multiple Sclerosis Dr Claudia Marck Centre for Health Equity
Health Star Rating (HSR) label impact on food formulation and consumer purchasing Professor Tony Blakely Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health Systems Governance and Financing Acting Head of Unit Katherine Gilbert
Nossal Institute for Global Health
Implementation research to improve scale-up of depression services in Vietnam (IRIS-DSV) Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas Centre for Mental Health
Improving skin cancer prevention: motivating preventive behaviours using knowledge of personalised genomic risk of melanoma Centre for Health Equity
Improving the Health of People With Type 2 Diabetes Using New Technologies to Optimise Self Management Project Leader Professor Brian Oldenburg Nossal Institute for Global Health
Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Professor Sandra Eades
 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kaat Koort - Aboriginal Brain Health Study Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head, Associate Dean (Indigenous) for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kerala Diabetes Prevention Program Nossal Institute for Global Health
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health Head of Unit Dr Alison Morgan
Nossal Institute for Global Health
MatesMonitor Dr Tania King
Professor Tony Lamontagne 		Centre for Health Equity
Men's Health Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Mental Health Policy and Practice Unit Head Professor Jane Pirkis
Centre for Mental Health
Mindwise: A multifaceted intervention to improve mental health literacy in staff and students of a multi-campus university Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley
Centre for Mental Health
MRFF Million Minds project - Bringing family, community, culture and country to indigenous youth mental health care Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head, Associate Dean (Indigenous) for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Nerve transfers for restoration of upper limb function in tetraplegia Project Leader Dr Arthur Hsueh Centre for Health Policy
Neuroepidemiology Unit Head Dr Sandra Neate Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Next Generation - Aboriginal Youth Wellbeing Study Indigenous Epidemiology and Health Unit Head, Associate Dean (Indigenous) for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Professor Sandra Eades Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence Nossal Institute for Global Health
Non Communicable Disease Unit Unit Head Professor Brian Oldenburg
Nossal Institute for Global Health
Patient reported outcomes: getting the timing right Project Leader Chris Schilling Centre for Health Policy
PhD Projects Nossal Institute for Global Health
Population Interventions Unit Head Professor Tony Blakely
 Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Population Mental Health Unit Head Associate Professor Nicola Reavley
Centre for Mental Health
Predictors and consequences of allergies that impact on children getting a healthy start to life Unit Head Prof Shyamali Dharmage Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (including cancer), and promotion of mental health
Regulation of personalised digital closed loop systems to manage diabetes in children Centre for Health Equity
STOP MS Study Unit Head A/Prof Tracey Weiland Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
teen Mental Health First Aid Project Leader Dr Laura Hart
Centre for Mental Health
The HOLISM Study Professor George Jelinek Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The MSOC Study PhD Candidate William Bevens Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The PEPP Study Unit Head Dr Sandra Neate Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The QUAL MS study Associate Professor Sandra Neate Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The role of masculinity in the suicidality of men aged 80 or more Centre for Health Equity
Tobacco and e-cigarette intervention modelling Professor Tony Blakely Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Toward the health promoting university: enhancing the student experience and academic outcomes Project Leader Prof Lena Sanci (Department of General Practice)
Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas 		Centre for Mental Health
Trainee Programs Nossal Institute for Global Health
Trans-generational effects: exposures before conception & offspring risk of asthma and allergies Unit Head Professor Shyamali Dharmage Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twin and Family Registry Management Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia Unit Head Professor John Hopper Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
VIVARIUM – next-generation multi-state life-table simulation model Professor Tony Blakely Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
What causes adult asthma, COPD and sleep disordered breathing Unit Head Professor Shyamali Dharmage Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
What workplaces can do to improve mental health Project Leader Associate Professor Nicola Reavley
Centre for Mental Health
When should health professionals override parents' decisions about a child's medical treatment? Centre for Health Equity
WHO Collaborating Centre Nossal Institute for Global Health
WorkplaceAid: a trial on improving mental health and physical first aid skills in the workplace Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm Centre for Mental Health

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