DrVeronica Matthews

(She/Her)

NHMRC Principal Research Fellow

Faculty of Medicine and Health

  • NHMRC Principal Research Fellow
    Faculty of Medicine and Health

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • GRANT
    Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) – National Research Network on Human Health and Environmental Change, Healing with Country: connecting caring for Country and Community Well-being
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jul 2026
    People funded by this grant:
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    Healing People, Country and Climate - Cultural pathways for Change
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jul 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Matthews V,
    • Vine K,
    • Ford LP,
    • Poelina A,
    • Farrant B
  • GRANT
    Australian Research Council1 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    • Saunders V,
    • McCalman J,
    • Woodland S,
    • Barclay L,
    • Matthews V
  • GRANT
    Climate Attribution of Wildfire Smoke Impacts on Priority Population Health in Southeast Asia and Australia (CANBREATHE) reference: 310797/Z/24/Z
    Wellcome Trust (UK)1 Mar 2025 - 29 Feb 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    • Matthews V,
    • Vardoulakis S
  • GRANT
    A health and wellbeing evidence-base for Aboriginal cultural and climate appropriate community-designed homes
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
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    Culturally Responsive Assessment of Food security for Trauma-informed Strategies
    NHMRC via HIF1 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
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    Strengthening primary health systems through Australian Indigenous paradigms: self-governance for healthy Country and community wellbeing
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Matthews V
  • GRANT
    Stronger Together As Unified Nations for Community-led Health (STAUNCH)
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2025
    People funded by this grant:
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    Counting what counts: using a national cohort study to develop, validate and apply an Indigenous Quality of Wellbeing Utility Index and quantifying key determinants of health
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jul 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Chamberlain C,
    • Matthews V,
    • Chen G,
    • Bourke S,
    • Eades S
  • GRANT
    AusEnHealth: managing place-based health in the context of our environment
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)30 Jun 2024 - 30 May 2027
    People funded by this grant:
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    Changes to Country: The role of Aboriginal cultural practices in mitigating the impact of, and adapting to, climate change to enhance Social and Emotional Wellbeing
    Medical Research Future Fund1 Jun 2024 - 31 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Whyman T,
    • Barrow J,
    • Farrant B,
    • Godden N,
    • Matthews V
  • GRANT
    After the Floods: Evaluated a Stepped Care Model to treat chronic disaster-related PTSD
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)1 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Morley K,
    • Baillie A,
    • Atkinson C,
    • Laukkonen R,
    • Wardle J
  • GRANT
    Extreme heat and pregnancy complications: harnessing the diverse Australian climate and population for global answers
    Wellcome Trust Ltd1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    • Wyrwoll C,
    • Pillow JJ,
    • Farrant BM,
    • Unger HW,
    • Le Souef PN
  • GRANT
    Rewarding Research 2024
    Faculty of Medicine and Health1 Jan 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Matthews V
  • GRANT
    A preference-informed model to improve access and equity in bowel screening for Australias First Nations people through home care services
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Sep 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Harvey G,
    • Ivers R,
    • Matthews V,
    • Currow D,
    • Cunningham J
  • GRANT
    Healing Country: integrating knowledge systems to meet climate challenges
    Australian Research Council (ARC)8 Aug 2022 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
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    Replanting the Birthing Trees to Support First Nations Parents and Babies
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Matthews V
  • GRANT
    Clean Energy for Healthy Environments and Lives (CE4HEAL)
    Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Federal)1 Sep 2021
    People funded by this grant:
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    Working it Out Together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led co-design for a strong and deadly health workforce
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Sep 2021
    People funded by this grant:
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    "10 things we can do" developing air pollution exposure reduction and lung health advice for people with asthma
    Asthma Australia Limited3 Jun 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Matthews V
  • GRANT
    VOICE -Validating Outcomes by Including Consumer Experience. Developing a Patient Reported Experience Measure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people accessing primary health care
    Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)1 Jun 2021 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Silver B,
    • Burgess P,
    • Passey M,
    • Bainbridge R,
    • Bailie R
  • GRANT
    Healthy Environments And Lives (HEAL) - National Research Network on Human Health and Environmental Change
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2021
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    National First Nations Research Network
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2021
    People funded by this grant:
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    Australian Research Council1 Jul 2020 - 1 Nov 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bainbridge R,
    • McCalman J,
    • Cadet-James Y,
    • Tsey K,
    • McGorry P
  • GRANT
    Centre for Research Excellence - STRengthening systems for InDigenous healthcare Equity CRE-STRIDE
    National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)1 Jan 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Felton-Busch C,
    • Bainbridge RG,
    • McCalman J,
    • Bailie R,
    • Larkins S