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Ethical Guidelines And Resources For E-health Research And Practice
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$417,075.00
Summary
I am a research methods expert with training and skills across the domains of psychology, public health and applied ethics. My work examines the ethical implications of using new online, mobile digital and electronic technologies in health research. It is the first empirical study of e-health ethics in Australia, and is also internationally unique. My aim is to enhance the science, practice and impact of new technologies in health through an understanding of associated ethical challenges.
Developing An Evidence-based Intervention And Tools To Assess And Predict Risk, Protective And Promotive Factors Of Psychosocial Resilience For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Adolescents: A Mixed Methods Program Of Research
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$419,180.00
Summary
Developed with Indigenous students and service providers, the research will maximise opportunities for Indigenous adolescents to engage in productive lives and meaningful futures by supporting their healthy psychosocial functioning. It will produce an evidence-based intervention and tools to assess and predict risk, protective and promotive factors of psychosocial resilience for students who face cumulative stressors in their transitions from remote communities to boarding schools.
Improving Access To Psychological Treatment And The Mental Health Of Australians With Chronic Physical Disease.
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$425,048.00
Summary
Most Australians will have to manage one or more chronic health conditions in their lifetime. Poor mental health is known to significantly compromise the medical treatment, self-management and, thus, the prognosis of adults with chronic physical disease. The proposed fellowship seeks to address three critical knowledge gaps limiting our ability to support the mental health of Australians with chronic physical diseases.
This fellowship aims to reduce youth suicide via an integrated research program delivered across North West Melbourne. It’s objectives are to: 1) Improve the care provided to young people who present to emergency departments with self-harm 2) Increase capacity of young people and school staff to recognise and respond to risk; and 3) Reduce suicidal behaviour among those at risk through delivering novel online interventions in specialist clinical settings.
Biological Sensitivity To Context: Risk And Resilience For Adolescent Depression
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$408,388.00
Summary
Depression is among the leading causes of disability and disease burden throughout the world. Little is known about how biological and environmental factors interact to cause adolescent depression; even less is known about what factors might help to prevent it. This project aims to investigate how the brain and the environment interact to predict risk and resilience for depression in adolescence. This research will ultimately help in the detection and treatment of adolescent depression.
Psychiatric research to date has predominantly focused on understanding mental illness and ways to treat it. This research program instead aims to understand the characteristics of those people who are 'resilient' and able to bounce back from trauma and adversity and thrive. For the first time, it will establish the biological brain markers that define resilience, and the impact of genetics and environment in these pathways. This study will also validate personalised solutions to e-health cognit ....Psychiatric research to date has predominantly focused on understanding mental illness and ways to treat it. This research program instead aims to understand the characteristics of those people who are 'resilient' and able to bounce back from trauma and adversity and thrive. For the first time, it will establish the biological brain markers that define resilience, and the impact of genetics and environment in these pathways. This study will also validate personalised solutions to e-health cognitive training tools that aim to boost resilience.Read moreRead less
Healthy Futures For Vulnerable Families: Addressing Inequalities In Maternal And Child Health Care For Refugee And Aboriginal Families
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$421,747.00
Summary
This proposal will help to determine organisational and service level factors leading to better health outcomes for Aboriginal and refugee women and their families during and after pregnancy; and develop and test interventions to reform maternity and early childhood health systems to reduce maternal and child health inequalities for vulnerable populations.
Novel Point-of-care Screening And Treatment Interventions To Improve Pregnancy Outcomes And To Prevent Cervical Cancer In High-burden, Low-income Settings
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$470,144.00
Summary
I lead newly-funded research grants worth nearly $10 million to conduct novel intervention trials in sexual and reproductive health. These projects build on the extensive collaborations and the robust nationwide network of clinical field sites that I have established in Papua New Guinea during the past five years. My research will lead to improved maternal and neonatal health outcomes, and prevent premature deaths due to cervical cancer, in high-burden, low-income settings worldwide.