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DrLouise Birrell

(She/ her)

Senior NHMRC Research Fellow

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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  • Senior NHMRC Research Fellow
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

RESEARCH INTERESTs

Dr Birrell's research interests include the prevention of mental health and substance use problems, particularly the role of social connection in mental health prevention, the use of online technologies for health prevention and the interaction between anxiety, depression and alcohol in youth.

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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  • GRANT
    Reducing alcohol intake and harm through individualised feedback
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Mar 2024 - 28 Feb 2027
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    CORE-DEP: Centre of Research Excellence in Depression Treatment Precision
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Mitchell BL,
    • Mouzakis K,
    • Venkatesh S,
    • Werner-Seidler A,
    • Christensen H
  • 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
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    STEMMING THE RISING TIDE OF YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS: PREVENTION THROUGH SOCIAL CONNECTION
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Birrell L
  • GRANT
    Mind your Mate. An online peer intervention to prevent mental health and substance use problems in adolescence.
    Brain and Mind Centre1 Jan 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Birrell L
  • GRANT
    Mind your Mate: An online peer intervention to prevent mental health and substance use problems in adolescence
    Australian Rotary Health1 Jul 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Birrell 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
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Cracks in the Ice Community Toolkit: Phase 3
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2018
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Healthy, wealthy and wise: The long-term effectiveness of an online universal program to prevent substance use and mental health problems among Australian youth
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
  • 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
    People funded by this grant: