ProfessorSusan Woolfenden
Professor of Community Paediatrics Central Clinical School
Faculty of Medicine and Health
- Professor of Community Paediatrics Central Clinical SchoolFaculty of Medicine and Health
Research projects & supervision summary
Current Research Projects
2026-2030 NSW Health Prevention Research Support Program (PRSP) Round 7 grant Stream 3: $4,000,000 Maternity and the first 2000 days: Led by Professor Dharmintra Pasupathy . Susan Woolfenden Child Health First 2000 lead
2024-2027 NHMRC 2024 Partnership Projects PRC1 $698 ,393.60 Grant Integrated Kids Connect program: Addressing inequities in service access in the early years by “going to where the children go” CIA V Eapen, CIB Sue Woolfenden ($144,215.00 coming to USYD)
2024-2029 MRFF – EPCDRI –Improving the Health Outcomes of People with Intellectual Disability Grant Opportunity Stream 3 $1,993,889 Reema Harrison, Sue Woolfenden ($169,760 coming to SLHD/USYD); Elizabeth Manias; Iva Strnadova; Johanna Westbrook; Bronwyn Newman; Julian Trollor; Dr Laurel Mimmo; Virginia Mumford; Louise Ellis; Rebecca Mitchell; Patrick Olivier; Ling Li; Melissa Nott; Pandora Patterson
2024-2027 2040703 NHMRC Partnership Projects PR2 $492,908.96 Stacking interventions for equitable child health and development: building evidence to support precision policy Sharon Goldfeld, Dr Meredith O'Connor, Prof Naomi Priest, Prof Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Dr Marnie Downes, Prof Hannah Badland, Prof Susan Woolfenden, Dr Amanda Alderton, Dr Sarah Gray, Dr Andi Camden
2024-2027 2044337 2024 NHMRC Partnership Projects PRC3 $897,402.20 : Enhancing primary care workforce capacity and cultural competency to optimise early childhood growth: a co-design approach;: Li Ming Wen; Louise Baur; Sarah Marshall; Elizabeth Denney-Wilson; Sue Woolfenden; Jane Kohlhoff ; Philayrath Phongsavan; Eve House; Valsamma Eapen; Sarah Taki.
2025-2030 NHMRC A Centre of Research Excellence in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD-CRE) $3,000,000 : Promoting prevention and improving health outcomes; CIA Prof Elizabeth Elliott AI Sue Woolfenden
2023-2027 2023/MRF2026313 $ 996820.4. Pioneering co-created patient-reported experience measures for people with intellectual disability to improve health outcomes. Harrison R CIA, Woolfenden CI
2023- 2027 MRF2031513 $1,455,274.53 MRFF Clinician Researchers - Applied Research in Health Application Improving Paediatric Trauma Care: SWAPT Adams S CI Woolfenden AI
2023 CRE Health Service $2.5 M Centre of Research Excellence in supporting child and family health for priority populations: Addressing inequity and supporting positive life trajectories through strengths-based tiered access and resources (STAR-CRE) CID ($126,000 to USYD)
2022-2027 MRFF early to mid career research Grant $ 4704635.53 (2022/MRF2022788)- Transition Compass - Optimising transition from paediatric to adult healthcare services: A randomised controlled trial CIH
.2023-2027 Luminesce Alliance Psychosocial Platform Grant- NSW Health $2,109,000.CIA Psychosocial lead Kate Hetherington/ Clare Wakefield Equity Lead. Sue Woolfenden
2022-2026 NHMRC Targeted Research $ 1155685 (2022/GNT2015793) Pathways For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Hearing Health: The PATHWAY Project. CIG
2022-2026 MRFF (Stream 2) $854636.3 (2022/MRF2022422) 'Escape the vape': Designing health communications for prevention of e-cigarette use in young people. CIG
2022-2026 ARC Linkage Grant $1,558,443.00 (LP210300558) CIA Integrated Kids Hubs - Ensuring Equity of Access for Children Susan Woolfenden, Jane Kohlhoff, Kerrie Doyle, Lynn Kemp, Valsamma Eapen, Sharon Goldfeld, Ann Dadich, Virginia Schmied , Penny Dakin, Bree Katsamangos, Clare Brennan, Rebecca Goodhue, Grainne O'Loughlin
2022-2025 MRFF Chronic Neurological Conditions Grant Opportunity$1,900,000 (2017709) Children responsive, equitable and sustainable health pathway (CRESH-P) Prof Valsamma Eapen, Assoc Prof Susan Woolfenden, Prof Desiree Silva, Dr Amy Finlay-Jones, Prof Virginia Schmied, Assoc Prof Ann Dadich, Prof Raghu Lingam, Assoc Prof Jane Kohlhoff, Dr Daniel Lin, Prof Ilan Katz, Assoc Prof Kenny Lawson, Prof Andrew Page, Assoc Prof Jenny Downs, Assoc Prof Shanti Raman, and Dr Adam Walker.
2020-2023 MRFF grant. $887,186 ACCESS: Aboriginal Community Controlled Ear health Support Systems: developing, embedding and evaluating best practice models of care. Gunasekera H, Wright D, Woolfenden S, Bailey S, Falster K, Banks E, Craig J, Sherwood J, Teixeira-Pinto A.
RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONCo-creating a Health Navigator model of care to address social determinants of ear health among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: addressing upstream drivers rather than downstream symptoms
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONEmbedding the HOPE framework within place-based and community settings: Promoting PCEs to mitigate the intergenerational transmission of ACEs
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONExamining workforce capacity building for healthcare professionals and services supporting children from CALD backgrounds in the first 2000 days.
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONInvestigating the aetiology, classification and trends of post-neonatally acquired cerebral palsy
- RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISIONOptimising the diagnostic and therapeutic journey of children with neurodevelopmental concerns and/or diagnosis from multicultural migrant background families within the Australian healthcare system.