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ProfessorLexine Stapinski

NHMRC Leadership Fellow

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • NHMRC Leadership Fellow
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Alcohol use disorders
  • Diagnostic Comorbidity
  • Treatment of mental health and substance use disorders
  • Development of prevention/early interventions
  • Cultural appropriate preventions resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    PRevention of Mental Illness and Substance usE (PREMISE) Next Generation: New Targets, New Interventions
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Feb 2025
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    Developing and trialling a targeted treatment to boost child and caregiver mental health by reducing maternal drinking in the first 1000 days postpartum
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Dec 2024 - 30 Nov 2027
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  • GRANT
    Continuing Investment in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)Prevention, Diagnosis and SupportActivity ID: 4-J2AKIFN
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2024
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  • GRANT
    Innovative solutions to prevent and treat the vicious cycle of anxiety and alcohol use
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Stapinski L
  • GRANT
    Rewarding Research 2024
    Faculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Stapinski L
  • GRANT
    A new scalable eHealth approach to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents: The OurFutures Vaping program
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
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    Making Inroads to interrupt the vicious cycle of co-occurring anxiety and hazardous alcohol use among young adults: Intervening early to prevent progression to chronic, entrenched disorders.
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Newton N,
    • Rapee R,
    • Kay-Lambkin F,
    • Deady M,
    • Lee YY
  • GRANT
    Positive Choices Program - 4-HPMTM8V
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2022
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  • GRANT
    Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder FASD Teacher and Educational Setting Rs - 4-EB1AY9G
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 May 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Stapinski L
  • GRANT
    Positive Choices 2020-2022 - NIAS Extension - 4-EAUABDC
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 May 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Stapinski L
  • GRANT
    Preventing adolescent mental illness and substance use through teacher-delivered interventions targeting personality risk factorsShort title: Targeting personality risk factors to prevent adolescent mental illness
    Australian Rotary Health1 Jul 2019
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    Empowering young people to make positive health choices: Translation of evidence-based drug and alcohol prevention to Australian adolescents
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Stapinski L
  • GRANT
    Strong and Deadly Futures: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a computerised school-based alcohol and drug prevention program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2019
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  • GRANT
    Positive Choices - An Integrated online intervention for students and parents to prevent alcohol and cannabis harms among adolescents. Phase 3: Evaluation
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2018
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  • GRANT
    Positive Choices - Development, maintenance and dissemination of online evidence-based substance use prevention resources for teachers, parents and students
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lynch S,
    • Teesson M,
    • Lawler S,
    • Stapinski L,
    • Kay-Lambkin F
  • GRANT
    Positive Choices - Positive Choices to prevent alcohol and drug-related harms among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: User testing and expansion
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lees B,
    • Stapinski L,
    • Snijder M,
    • Teesson M,
    • Newton N
  • GRANT
    Cracks in the ice - Development of resources to prevent methamphetamine ice related harms in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population Phase 2
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2017
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  • GRANT
    Making InRoADs: Trial of an innovative early intervention to Interrupt the cycle of Anxiety and Drinking in young Australians
    Australian Rotary Health1 Jan 2017
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  • GRANT
    Pathways to prevention: The effectiveness of universal and selective prevention in altering developmental pathways to alcohol and cannabis related harms in young adults
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019
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  • GRANT
    Positive Choices - to prevent alcohol and drug-related harms among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: Development and Implementation
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2017
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  • GRANT
    Positive Choices - Development, maintenance and dissemination of online prevention portal
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jul 2016
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  • GRANT
    Positive Choices: An integrated online intervention for students and parents to prevent alcohol and cannabis harms among adolescents (Climate Schools Plus)
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jul 2016
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  • GRANT
    Cracks in the Ice - community toolkit: Phase 2
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2016
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