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
A national study of healthcare complaints	Dr Marie Bismark	Centre for Health Policy
A research study of people experiencing homelessness and social disadvantage using open access or “drop-in” services	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
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		Centre for Health Policy
Demography and Ageing	Associate Professor Jeromey Temple
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	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	Professor Terry Nolan
Diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease in Australia	Jane Goller	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
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 Inclusion for Health and Development	Dr Alex Robinson	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Disparities, disadvantage and effective health care
Evaluating Health Literacy Professional Development Initiatives	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
Evaluating the Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) program	Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
Evaluation and Implementation Science	Professor Margaret Kelaher
Evaluation of the after hours GP helpline for Healthdirect Australia 2013	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	Professor Terry Nolan
Global and Cultural Mental Health	Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Great expectations: Achieving the promise of public reporting of health service performance in Australia	Professor Margaret Kelaher	Centre for Health Policy
Health and Community Service Agreements	Professor Marcia Langton	Centre for Health Equity
Health effects of compensation systems	Dr Marie Bismark	Centre for Health Policy
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		Centre for Health Equity
Identifying Critical Success Factors for Mammographic Screening	Prof Margaret Kelaher	Centre for Health Policy
Identifying novel, health-related predictors of recidivism: Informing evidence-based throughcare		Centre for Mental Health
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
Indigenous Health Equity Unit	Professor Kerry Arabena	Centre for Health Equity
Indigenous Studies Unit	Professor Marcia Langton	Centre for Health Equity
Inter-rater reliability of assessments for triage severity classifications across Victorian emergency departments.	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
Law and Public Health	Associate Professor Marie Bismark
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
Mandatory reporting of performance, health and conduct concerns among health practitioners	Dr Marie Bismark	Centre for Health Policy
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health	Dr Alison Morgan	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Mental Health Policy and Practice	Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
Modelling and Simulation	Jodie McVernon	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Models and quality of genetic health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people	Prof Margaret Kelaher	Centre for Health Policy
Northeast India Knowledge Network	Associate Professor Michelle Kermode	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Notifications to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency: Identifying ‘hot spots' of risk	Dr Marie Bismark	Centre for Health Policy
Poverty in the Midst of Plenty: Economic Empowerment, Wealth Creation and Institutional Reform for Sustainable Indigenous and Local Communities	Professor Marcia Langton	Centre for Health Equity
Rectal Treatment Study (RTS)	Professor Jane Hocking	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
Removal of Financial Incentives Trial: ACCEPt-able	Jane Hocking	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
Safety and immunogenicity of dTpa vaccine administered in pregnancy	Professor Terry Nolan
Sexual Health and Ageing, Perspectives and Education (SHAPE) Project	Professor Jane Hocking
Strengthening health literacy among Indigenous people living with cardiovascular disease, their families and health care professionals.	Professor Margaret Kelaher	Centre for Health Policy
The After Hours Primary Health Care Program	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 Parental ED Study: Presentation with children with non-urgent/low-severity conditions at Hospital Emergency Departments: Parental Decision Making	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	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
Twins Research Australia	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Vaccine and Immunisation group research	Professor Terry Nolan

Data science, health metrics and disease modeling

Groups / Projects	Research Lead	Dept / Centre
A novel approach to discovering genes associated with cancer risk from GWAS and EWAS data	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Biostatistics	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	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Building the evidence base of Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) services in Victoria, Australia	Dr Lisa Brophy	Centre for Mental Health
Centre for Health Policy
Characterising the host response to infectious diseases		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Data science, health metrics and disease modeling
Demography and Ageing	Associate Professor Jeromey Temple
Development and application of verbal autopsy methods
Development and validation of a health policy simulation model for cardiovascular disease	Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
Development and validation of a health policy simulation model for type 1 diabetes	Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
Evaluation and Implementation Science	Professor Margaret Kelaher
Evaluation of 2014 Population Health Development Course	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
Evaluation of APNA Nursing in General Practice Initiatives	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
Expenditures and prices of antihyperglycemic medications in the United States	Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
Genetic and Environmental Modifiers of Hereditary Haemochromatosis: The HealthIron Study		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Global Burden of Disease group research	Professor Alan Lopez
Global Burden of Disease Study
Harnessing the Potential of Regulatory Data to Improve the Regulation of Lawyers	Associate Professor Marie Bismark	Centre for Health Policy
Health Humanities and Social Sciences Unit	Richard Chenhall	Centre for Health Equity
Health Systems Governance and Financing	Professor Peter Annear	Nossal Institute for Global Health
High Dimensional Analytics	Dr Enes Makalic	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Immunogenicity, persistence and safety study of meningococcal conjugate vaccine ACWY in toddlers	Professor Terry Nolan
Impact of Medicare Part D on income-related inequality in drug expenditure	Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
Improving cost-effectiveness analysis of childhood vaccines	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	Associate Professor Marie Bismark
Manufacturing consensus: Independence in consensus statements in health	Prof Margaret Kelaher	Centre for Health Policy
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health	Dr Alison Morgan	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Modelling and Simulation	Jodie McVernon	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Novel statistical methodology for the analysis of medical data		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Optimal design of antimalarial population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic studies		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Optimising antimalarial treatments using population pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modelling		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Optimising Early Respiratory Support for Preterm Infants: The HIPSTER Trial	Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Paediatric specialist clinics: Parental perceptions, primary care referral patterns and determinants of periodicity of care	Professor Gary Freed	Centre for Health Policy
Severe hypoglycaemia and Type 1 diabetes	Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
Social connectedness and health		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Ten to Men (The Australian Longitudinal Study on Male Health)	Professor Dallas English	Centre for Mental Health
The growth of linked hospital data use in Australia: a systematic review	Professor Philip Clarke	Centre for Health Policy
Tobacco-attributable mortality	Professor Alan Lopez	Global Burden of Disease group research
Twins Research Australia	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Understanding the drivers of trial efficiency	Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
WorkplaceAid: a trial on improving mental health and physical first aid skills in the workplace	Dr Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health

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)	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Allergy and Lung Health	Prof Shyamali Dharmage	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Australian Chlamydia Control Effectiveness Pilot - ACCEPt		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Australian Mammographic Density Research Facility (AMDRF)	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Breast Cancer	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Breast cancer follow-up and prospective analyses	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Building a simulation model to improve cardiovascular disease risk prediction and treatment for Indigenous Australians		Centre for Health Policy
Colon Cancer Family Registry Cohort	Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorectal Cancer	Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorectal Cancer Screening	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
Diagnosis and management of pelvic inflammatory disease in Australia	Jane Goller	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
Health Humanities and Social Sciences Unit	Richard Chenhall	Centre for Health Equity
International Mismatch Repair Consortium	Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Northeast India Knowledge Network	Associate Professor Michelle Kermode	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Rectal Treatment Study (RTS)	Professor Jane Hocking	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
Reducing the burden of colorectal cancer by optimising screening: evidence to clinical practice	Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Removal of Financial Incentives Trial: ACCEPt-able	Jane Hocking	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics Research
Screening and early detection of disease
Sexual Health	Professor Jane Hocking	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Sexual Health and Ageing, Perspectives and Education (SHAPE) Project	Professor Jane Hocking
The Ark: Cloud-based bioinformatics tools		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		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twin pairs, brother, sisters and sibships: methods for the statistical analysis of family data	Associate Professor Julie Simpson	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia	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	Professor John Hopper	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Allergy and Lung Health	Prof Shyamali Dharmage	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Colorectal Cancer	Professor Mark Jenkins	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Effective suicide prevention campaign material for young people: A randomised controlled trial	Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
First Aid Training for Parents of Teenagers - a Randomized Controlled Trial (TPOT Study)	Julie-Anne Fischer Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
Frequent and Continuing Contacts to Lifeline Crisis Support Services	Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
Giving an adult life after Fontan surgery to those with the most severe congenital heart conditions	Dr Kim Dalziel	Centre for Health Policy
Global Burden of Disease group research	Professor Alan Lopez
Health Systems Governance and Financing	Professor Peter Annear	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Indonesia	Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
LEAP MS Study		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Maternal, Sexual and Reproductive Health	Dr Alison Morgan	Nossal Institute for Global Health
Melbourne Refugee Studies Program	Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Mental health first aid training in the workplace: a randomized controlled trial of online and blended modes	Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
Mental Health in Multicultural Australia Program	Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Mental Health Policy and Practice	Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
National Taskforce for Mental Health System Development Vietnam	Associate Professor Harry Minas	Centre for Mental Health
Nerve transfers for restoration of upper limb function in tetraplegia	Dr Arthur Hsueh	Centre for Health Policy
Neuroepidemiology		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Patient reported outcomes: getting the timing right	Chris Schilling	Centre for Health Policy
Population Mental Health	Associate Professor Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health
Predictors and consequences of allergies that impact on children getting a healthy start to life		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Prevention and management of non-communicable diseases (including cancer), and promotion of mental health
Teen Mental Health First Aid training: A pilot cluster randomized controlled trial	Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
The HOLISM Study	Professor George Jelinek	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The PEPP Study		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
The Victorian Suicide Register Project	Professor Jane Pirkis	Centre for Mental Health
The WELL MS study	Doctor Claudia Marck	Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Trans-generational effects: exposures before conception & offspring risk of asthma and allergies		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Twins Research Australia	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
What causes adult asthma, COPD and sleep disordered breathing		Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
What workplaces can do to improve mental health	Professor Anthony Jorm	Centre for Mental Health
WhatWorks4u.org: Helping to improve mental health treatment for young people	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	Dr Nicola Reavley	Centre for Mental Health