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		Centre for Health Equity
'Man Up'	Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
A health systems approach to an economic evaluation of nurse mentoring models in India		Nossal Institute for Global 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
Analysing Safety and Place in Immigrant and Refugee Experience	Project Leader - Dr Cathy Vaughan	Centre for Health Equity
Building a simulation model to improve cardiovascular disease risk prediction and treatment for Indigenous Australians	Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
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	Professor Anne Kavanagh	Centre for Health Equity
Continuous Professional Development Strategy for Primary Health Care nurses - Kiribati		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Disability Support Workers during COVID-19		Centre for Health Equity
Disability Support Workers and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy		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 A/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
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
Disability and Health Unit
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
Disparities, disadvantage and effective health care
Early Childhood Identification in Fiji		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Economic Participation and Employment for People with Disability
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
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	Alexandra Devine
First 1000 Days Australia	Professor Kerry Arabena	Centre for Health Equity
Gender ideologies, gender equality and health in young people	Dr Tania King	Centre for Health Equity
Gender equality in Australia: An exploration of the impact on sleep and health	Anna Scovelle	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 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 seeking behaviour in four Indian States		Nossal Institute for Global Health
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
Healthy Housing	Unit Head Professor Rebecca Bentley	Centre for Health Policy
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
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
Impact of COVID-19 on Disability Support Workers		Centre for Health Equity
Impact of COVID-19 on the sexual & reproductive health of vulnerable communities in Indonesia		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Improving quality of maternity care for women globally	Project Leader Dr Meghan Bohren	Centre for Health Equity
Inclusive Preparedness For Humanitarian Response - PADIS		Nossal Institute for Global Health
India Health Policy and Systems Research Fellowship		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Indigenous Epidemiology and Health	Professor Sandra Eades	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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
Learning, Acting and Building for Rehabilitation in Health Systems - ReLAB-HS		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Listening for Change	Project Leader - Dr Cathy Vaughan	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 (Interim) Sumit Kane	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
Mental Health Epidemiology	Unit Head A/Professor Matthew Spittal	Centre for Mental Health
Mental health impacts of school to work transitions among young people with disabilities	Marissa Shields
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
Crisis resilience in people with multiple sclerosis (C-RIMS)	Dr Claudia Marck	Centre for Health Equity
Multicultural and Settlement Services for Women Experiencing Violence	Project Leader - Dr Cathy Vaughan	Centre for Health Equity
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
Nature and extent of violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability in Australia		Centre for Health Equity
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
Notifications to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: Identifying ‘hot spots' of risk	Project Leader Dr Marie Bismark	Centre for Health Policy
Optimisation of Treatments for STIs: Pharmacokinetics Study (STI-PK project)	Research Fellow, Sexual Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Dr Fabian Kong	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
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
Physical rehabilitation evidence, standards, and their impact on health and society		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Preventing suicide in India by improving media reporting of suicide		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Prevention of family violence for women with disability	Dr Georgina Sutherland	Centre for Health Equity
Primary health care service delivery redesign for the COVID 19 new normal		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Psychosocial Disability and Employment	Ms Alex Devine	Centre for Health Equity
rapid Assistive Technology Assessment: Training and implementation		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Rebate Adolescent Health (RAd Health)	Professor Jane Hocking	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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
Research Program		Centre for Health Equity
Building a framework for young people with disability who use violence at home	Dr Georgina Sutherland	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
RESPONSE		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Saving Lives at Birth (SLAB)		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Mental health impacts of school to work transitions among young people with disabilities		Centre for Health Equity
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 among people with intellectual disability	Dr George Disney	Centre for Health Equity
Smoking and Multiple Sclerosis		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 LIFEWAYS Project	Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
The Rapid Assessment of Disability (RAD)		Nossal Institute for Global Health
The relationship between social media and suicide clusters	Project Leader Prof Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
Reducing stigma towards people with mental illness among medical students (The SaMS Study)		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
Under-utilisation of NDIS Packages	Alexandra Devine	Centre for Health Equity
Understanding and Addressing Catastrophic Health Events in India		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Violence Against Women and Girls: Understanding the Indonesian health system response		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Violence against people with disability - Fact sheets	Dr Georgina Sutherland
Violence against people with disabilities: Using existing data to inform submissions to the Disability Royal Commission	Professor Anne Kavanagh	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
Who cares? Taking care of the carers	Jacqui Parncutt	Centre for Health Equity
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Women's Health	Project Lead: Dr Cathy Vaughan	Centre for Health Equity
WIN: Hospital Workforce Interfacing with the NDIS	Dr Ashley McAllister	Centre for Health Equity
YES: Youth Employment Study	Professor Anne Kavanagh	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 health systems approach to an economic evaluation of nurse mentoring models in India		Nossal Institute for Global 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
A novel strategy for the early diagnosis of COPD in middle-aged adults	Project leader Dr Jennifer Perret	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Australia New Zealand Health Intervention League Table (ANZ-HILT)	Professor Tony Blakely	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Biostatistics	Unit Head Professor Julie Simpson	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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
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	Professor Anne Kavanagh	Centre for Health Equity
Community energy resilience pilot project - Maldives		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Continuous Professional Development Strategy for Primary Health Care nurses - Kiribati		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Covid-19 Health Worker Voices		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Data and methods in social and spatial epidemiology	Project Leader: A/Prof 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 A/Professor Jeromey Temple
Developing a model for peer support in emergency departments	Project Leader A/Prof Lisa Brophy	Centre for Mental Health
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 RACS International Eye Health Programs		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Program Evaluation: Pacific Health and Nutrition		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Expenditures and prices of antihyperglycemic medications in the United States	Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
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 Professional Education Market Assessment		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Health seeking behaviour in four Indian States		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Health Systems Governance and Financing	Head of Unit Katherine Gilbert	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Health systems strengthening - global learning program		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Healthy Housing	Unit Head Professor Rebecca Bentley	Centre for Health Policy
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
Impact of COVID-19 on the sexual & reproductive health of vulnerable communities in Indonesia		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Impact of Medicare Part D on income-related inequality in drug expenditure	Project Leader Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
Improving child development outcomes: the role of WASH		Nossal Institute for Global Health
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
India Health Policy and Systems Research Fellowship		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Informing national policy for pandemic influenza preparedness and response		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Law and Public Health	Unit Head Associate Professor Marie Bismark
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 (Interim) Sumit Kane	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Men's Health	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	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
Novel statistical methodology for the analysis of medical data	Unit Head Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Optimisation of Treatments for STIs: Pharmacokinetics Study (STI-PK project)	Research Fellow, Sexual Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Dr Fabian Kong	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
Optimising Early Respiratory Support for Preterm Infants: The HIPSTER Trial	Project Leader Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Population Interventions	Unit Head Professor Tony Blakely	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
PRedicting the population health economic IMpact of current and new CAncer Treatments (PRIMCAT)	Project Leader Professor Maarten IJzerman	Centre for Health Policy
PRedicting the population health economic IMpact of current and new CAncer Treatments (PRIMCAT)		Centre for Health Policy
Primary health care service delivery redesign for the COVID 19 new normal		Nossal Institute for Global Health
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
RESPONSE		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Rethinking Malaria		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Saving Lives at Birth (SLAB)		Nossal Institute for Global 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
Sexual and Reproductive Health during COVID-19 (coronavirus)		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Social connectedness and health	Unit Head Professor Jodie McVernon	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The ABACUS group	Project Leader Dr Carolyn Nickson	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The DOMINO Dataset	Dr Sean Byars	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
Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Pro-Poor Policy—The Knowledge Sector Initiative (KSI)		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Tobacco intervention modelling	Professor Tony Blakely	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
Understanding and Addressing Catastrophic Health Events in India		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Understanding the drivers of trial efficiency	Project Leader Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Violence Against Women and Girls: Understanding the Indonesian health system response		Nossal Institute for Global Health
VIVARIUM – next-generation proportional 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	Professor Anne Kavanagh	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 Professor Philip Clarke	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
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
Optimisation of Treatments for STIs: Pharmacokinetics Study (STI-PK project)	Research Fellow, Sexual Health Unit, Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health Dr Fabian Kong	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
Rebate Adolescent Health (RAd Health)	Professor Jane Hocking	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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
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	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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
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
'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 health systems approach to an economic evaluation of nurse mentoring models in India		Nossal Institute for Global 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
A novel strategy for the early diagnosis of COPD in middle-aged adults	Project leader Dr Jennifer Perret	Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
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
Community energy resilience pilot project - Maldives		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Continuous Professional Development Strategy for Primary Health Care nurses - Kiribati		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Covid-19 Health Worker Voices		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Depression in people with Multiple Sclerosis		Centre for Health Equity
Diabetes Eye Care
Evaluation of RACS International Eye Health Programs		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Program Evaluation: Pacific Health and Nutrition		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
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 Professional Education Market Assessment		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Health seeking behaviour in four Indian States		Nossal Institute for Global Health
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 Katherine Gilbert	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Health systems strengthening - global learning program		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Impact of COVID-19 on the sexual & reproductive health of vulnerable communities in Indonesia		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 child development outcomes: the role of WASH		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Improving skin cancer prevention: motivating preventive behaviours using knowledge of personalised genomic risk of melanoma		Centre for Health Equity
India Health Policy and Systems Research Fellowship		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
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health	Head of Unit (Interim) Sumit Kane	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 Epidemiology	Unit Head A/Professor Matthew Spittal	Centre for Mental Health
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
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 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
Primary health care service delivery redesign for the COVID 19 new normal		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Regulation of personalised digital closed loop systems to manage diabetes in children		Centre for Health Equity
RESPONSE		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Rethinking Malaria		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Saving Lives at Birth (SLAB)		Nossal Institute for Global Health
STOP MS Study	Unit Head Dr Sandra Neate	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
Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Pro-Poor Policy—The Knowledge Sector Initiative (KSI)		Nossal Institute for Global Health
The Mental Health First Aid Conversations About Suicide Trial	Project Leader Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
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 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
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
Understanding and Addressing Catastrophic Health Events in India		Nossal Institute for Global Health
Violence Against Women and Girls: Understanding the Indonesian health system response		Nossal Institute for Global Health
VIVARIUM – next-generation proportional 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
WorkplaceAid: a trial on improving mental health and physical first aid skills in the workplace	Project Leader Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health