Research projects & supervision summary

National Health & Medical Research Council

  • "Making Inroads":Early intervention for anxiety and alcohol use
  • 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.
  • "Healthy mum, Healthy bub": understanding and addressing drinking to cope among new mums
  • CAP Study:Pathways to prevention - The effectiveness of universal and selective prevention in altering the developmental pathways to alcohol and cannabis related harms in young adults
  • Empowering young people to make positive health choices: Translation of evidence-based drug and alcohol prevention to Australian adolescents
  • CRE in Prevention and Early Invervention for Mental Illness and Substance Use (Premise; Associate Investigator)

 

Australian Rotary Health

  • Preventing adolescent mental illness and substance use through teacher-delivered interventions targeting personality risk factors.

 

Australian Department of Health

  • Positive Choices:Drug and alcohol prevention for teachers, parents and students
  • Strong and Deadly Futures:Co-development of culturally appropriate drug prevention resources for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • Learning with FASD: National database of resources to support positive outcomes among children and adolescents with FASD
  • Cracks in the Ice: Community Toolkit providing information and resources about ice or crystal methamphetamine including where and when to get help
  • Climate Schools Plus: An Integrated online intervention for students and parents to prevent alcohol and cannabis harms among adolescents.
  • The development, testing and launch of a culturally appropriate online toolkit to provide evidence- based information about methamphetamines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
  • Concept testing of Preventure in Youth Services (NSW Health)
  • Neuroscience Animations:Respect your brainDrug Information from Inside the Brain (NSW Health)

 

Ramsey Foundation

  • Health4Life Initiative: aims to empower young people to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce the risk of chronic disease later in life (Associate Investigator)

 

Other

  • SocialDeviance1820- International study of pro/antisocial behaviour in young adults.
  • Anxiety and alcohol use during the transition to young adulthood: Can we re-train the brain?

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Alcohol, aggression and violence among young people: A volatile mix
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Co-occurring Anxiety and Alcohol Use: Advancing Prevention and Early Intervention
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Intervening on social determinants for youth experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage with internalising disorders
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Responding to a changing climate: Measuring and future-proofing against the impacts of climate disasters on youth mental health
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Responding to the Mental Health Effects of Climate Change Among Youth
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Risks and harms of binge drinking in young people: Bridging neurobiological, cognitive, and psychological perspectives
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Lived Experience of Stage Fright and Substance Use for Australian Stand-up Comedians: A Mixed-Method Stdy