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
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
About		Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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
Demography and Ageing	Unit Head Associate Professor Jeromey Temple
Depression in people with Multiple Sclerosis
Developing a safe and acceptable self-collection model for cervical cancer screening	Professor Kerry Arabena	Centre for Health Equity
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
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
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
Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) program	Project Leader Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
Evaluation of the after hours GP helpline for Healthdirect Australia 2013	Project Leader Professor Margaret Kelaher	Centre for Health Policy
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	Associate Professor Allison Milner	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
Healthy Country, Health People	Professor Kerry Arabena	Centre for Health Equity
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
Identifying novel, health-related predictors of recidivism: Informing evidence-based throughcare		Centre for Mental Health
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
Improving the health of Indigenous and non-Indigenous ex-prisoners: A multi-jurisdictional, mixed-methods study		Centre for Mental Health
Strong Futures - Improving the understanding and treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder among incarcerated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women		Centre for Mental Health
Including young people with disabilities in City of Melbourne
Indigenous Data Sovereignty		Centre for Health Equity
Indigenous Epidemiology and Health		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
Indigenous Health Equity Unit	Professor Kerry Arabena	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	Associate Professor Allison Milner	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
Management of Chlamydia Cases in Australia (MoCCA)		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
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
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
Smoking behaviours among people with intellectual disability
Social Outcomes of School Leavers with Cerebral Palsy		Centre for Health Equity
Theoretical explanations for socioeconomic inequalities in multi-morbidity among adults
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
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 cost effectiveness of improving health and reducing offending among recently released prisoners in Australia		Centre for Mental Health
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 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 and abuse against people with disabilities: Using existing data to inform 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
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Women's Health	Project Lead: Dr Cathy Vaughan	Centre for Health Equity
YES: Youth Employment Study		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: Strengthening vital registration data on mortality and causes of death
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 Dr 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
Demography and Ageing	Unit Head Associate Professor Jeromey Temple
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 group research	Director Professor Alan Lopez
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 Governance and Financing	Head of Unit Professor Peter Annear	Nossal Institute for Global Health
High Dimensional Analytics	Unit Head Dr Enes Makalic	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
Indigenous Health Equity Unit	Professor Kerry Arabena	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
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 Australian Housing Conditions Survey	Associate Professor Rebecca Bentley	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	Global Burden of Disease group research
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
Utilizing event-based income support data to test its effect on health across the life-course of people with disabilities
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 Dr Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
YES: Youth Employment Study		Centre for Health Equity

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
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 Research
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 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 Doctor 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

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

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
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
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
Effective suicide prevention campaign material for young people: A randomised controlled trial	Project Leader Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
Excellence in NonCOmmunicable disease REsearch (ENCORE) between Australian and India	Project Leader Professor Brian Oldenburg	Centre for Health Equity
First Aid Training for Parents of Teenagers - a Randomized Controlled Trial (TPOT Study)	Project Coordinator Julie-Anne Fischer Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
Frequent and Continuing Contacts to Lifeline Crisis Support Services	Project Leader Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental 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
Global Burden of Disease group research	Director Professor Alan Lopez
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	Head of Unit Professor Peter Annear	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Indonesia	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	Centre for Health Equity
LEAP MS Study	Unit Head A/Prof Tracey Weiland	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health	Head of Unit Dr Alison Morgan	Nossal Institute for Global Health
MatesMonitor	Associate Professor Allison Milner	Centre for Health Equity
Melbourne Refugee Studies Program	Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Men's Health	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Mental health first aid training in the workplace: a randomized controlled trial of online and blended modes	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
Mental Health in Multicultural Australia Program	Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Mental Health Policy and Practice	Unit Head Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
National Taskforce for Mental Health System Development Vietnam	Project Leader Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Nerve transfers for restoration of upper limb function in tetraplegia	Project Leader Dr Arthur Hsueh	Centre for Health Policy
Neuroepidemiology	Unit Head A/Prof Tracey Weiland	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Non Communicable Disease Unit	Unit Head Professor Brian Oldenburg	Centre for Health Equity
Patient reported outcomes: getting the timing right	Project Leader Chris Schilling	Centre for Health Policy
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
Teen Mental Health First Aid training: A pilot cluster randomized controlled trial	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
The HOLISM Study	Professor George Jelinek	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The PEPP Study	Unit Head A/Prof Tracey Weiland	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The role of masculinity in the suicidality of men aged 80 or more		Centre for Health Equity
The Victorian Suicide Register Project	Project Leader Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
The WELL MS study	Unit Head A/Prof Tracey Weiland	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Tobacco and e-cigarette intervention modelling	Professor Tony Blakely	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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
Using lipidomics and proteomics to find biomarkers that predict progression of multiple sclerosis	Professor George Jelinek	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 Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
WhatWorks4u.org: Helping to improve mental health treatment for young people	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
When should health professionals override parents' decisions about a child's medical treatment?		Centre for Health Equity
WorkplaceAid: a trial on improving mental health and physical first aid skills in the workplace	Project Leader Dr Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health