ProfessorSusan Woolfenden
Professor of Community Paediatrics Central Clinical School
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Orcid identifier0000-0002-6954-5071 (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of Community Paediatrics Central Clinical SchoolFaculty of Medicine and Health
RESEARCH INTERESTs
Child health equity
Integrated Social - Health Care Models
Social prescribing in child and adolescent health
FUNDED RESEARCH
- GRANTFMH Large Grant Accelerator 2026Faculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S
- GRANTIntegrated Kids Hubs - Ensuring Equity of Access for ChildrenNSW Government Agency for Clinical Innovation1 Jul 2025 - 26 Feb 2028People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S
- GRANTDiagnosis4All: Co-designing Equitable and Sustainable Solutions to Reduce the Diagnostic OdysseyMedical Research Future Fund1 Jun 2025 - 31 Dec 2027People funded by this grant:
- Palmer E,
- Tehrani M,
- Ewans L,
- Harris-Roxas B,
- Hetherington K
- GRANTMy Health Care Choices My WayMedical Research Future Fund1 Jun 2025 - 31 Oct 2030People funded by this grant:
- Strnadova I,
- Ali R,
- Harrison R,
- Harris-Roxas B,
- Refalo J
- GRANTPatient-led identification of unmet health and psychosocial needs by people with intellectual disabilityMedical Research Future Fund1 Jun 2025 - 30 Sep 2030People funded by this grant:
- Harrison R,
- Ellis L,
- Li L,
- Manias E,
- Mimmo L
- GRANTChild and Adolescent Health Clinical Academic GroupSydney Health Partners (Sydney Local Health District)1 Apr 2025People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S,
- Mimmo LH,
- Kim S,
- Dale R,
- Griffiths M
- GRANTA Centre of Research Excellence in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD-CRE): Promoting prevention and improving health outcomesNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- GRANTEnhancing primary care workforce capacity and cultural competency to optimise early childhood growth: a co-design approachNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Baur L,
- Taki S,
- Denney-Wilson E,
- Wen LM,
- Phongsavan P
- GRANTIntegrated Kids Connect program: Addressing inequities in service access in the early years by going to where the children goNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S
- GRANTEquitable Pathways and Integrated Care in Cerebral PalsyDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Mar 2024 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S,
- Smithers-Sheedy HJ,
- Dale R,
- McIntyre S,
- Reedman S
- GRANTPioneering co-created patient-reported experience measures for people with intellectual disability to improve health outcomesMedical Research Future Fund1 Mar 2024 - 30 Sep 2027People funded by this grant:
- Harrison R,
- Woolfenden S,
- Bartindale T,
- Strnadova I,
- Westbrook J
- GRANTRewarding Research 2024Faculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2024People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S
- GRANTEPIC-CP: A pilot randomised controlled trial of the feasibility and acceptability of social prescribing for children and young people with cerebral palsy and their familiesUniversity of New South Wales (UNSW)1 Sep 2023People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S
- GRANTFMH Start-up SchemeFaculty of Medicine and Health1 Sep 2023People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S
- GRANTPsychosocial Enabling PlatformLuminesce Alliance1 Sep 2023People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S,
- Hetherington K
- GRANTTransition Compass - Optimising transition from paediatric to adult healthcare services: A randomised controlled trialMedical Research Future Fund1 Feb 2023 - 30 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- McLoone J,
- Gialamas A,
- Lain S,
- Smithers-Sheedy H,
- Bailey C
- GRANTIntegrated Kids Hubs - Ensuring Equity of Access for ChildrenAustralian Research Council (ARC)1 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S,
- Schmied V,
- Goldfeld S,
- Brennan C,
- Kemp L
- GRANTUsing technological innovations to provide equitable access to early identification of child developmental needs and integrated health and social care using a blended service delivery frameworkMedical Research Future Fund1 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2027People funded by this grant:
- Eapen V,
- Page A,
- Kohlhoff J,
- Lingam R,
- Downs J
- GRANTChild health and developmental inequities: Evidence for precision policyAustralian Research Council (ARC)20 Apr 2021 - 19 Apr 2024People funded by this grant:
- O'Connor M,
- Badland H,
- Goldfield S,
- Moreno-Betancur M,
- Williams K
- GRANTACCESS: Aboriginal Community Controlled Ear health Surveillance System: developing, embedding and evaluating best practice models of careDepartment of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- Craig J,
- Teixeira-Pinto AR,
- Bailey S,
- Banks E,
- Falster K
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2019People funded by this grant:
- Woolfenden S
- GRANTEvidence for action to improve the health of urban Aboriginal children and adolescents: The SEARCH StudyNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Gunasekera H,
- Banks E
- GRANTAustralian Research Council15 Jun 2016 - 14 Jun 2020People funded by this grant:
- Goldfeld S,
- Williams K,
- Redmond G,
- Badland H,
- Oberklaid F
- GRANTNational Health and Medical Research Council1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2014People funded by this grant:
- Eapen V,
- Woolfenden S,
- Jalaludin B,
- Dissanayake C,
- Williams K
- GRANTEar health, hearing, speech and language development in urban Aboriginal childrenNational Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2010People funded by this grant:
- Daniels J,
- Eades S,
- McIntyre P,
- Oates K,
- Woolfenden S
