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
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
Regulation of personalised digital closed loop systems to manage diabetes in children		Centre for Health Equity
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
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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