Leadership Team
Professor Susan Sawyer
Director
E: susan.sawyer@rch.org.au
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Laura Griffith
Department Coordinator
E: laura.griffith@rch.org.au
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Associate Professor Jess Heerde
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Dr Anitra Wierenga
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Dr Carolina Murphy
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Dr Jennifer Dam
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Dr Jessica Kerr
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Dr Monika Raniti
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Dr Nandi Vijayakumar
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Dr Susan Paudel
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Education and training
The Centre for Adolescent Health, through the Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne, offers a range of online postgraduate courses. Visit the page for further information.
Subject coordinators
- Andrea Krelle
- Bern Murphy
- Hillary Field
- Kristina Bennett
- Louise Boucher
- Lucy Holland
- Phillipa Bellemore
- Toni Lindsay
- Dr Jennifer Dam
- Michael Cameron
- Cristina de Nicolás Izquierdo
- Dr Ellen Pittman
Communications
Adolescent Responsive Health Systems
As part of the UN’s agenda to make 'every school a health promoting school', CAH contributed to developing the first ever Global Standards for HPS and an accompanying Implementation Guidance. Visit the Health Promoting Schools page to learn more.
Prof Susan Sawyer
Director, Centre for Adolescent Health
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Dr Monika Raniti
Senior Research Fellow
Healthy Learning Systems Team Leader
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Dr Jennifer Dam
Senior Project Coordinator
Healthy Learning Systems
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Marginalised Adolescents
Justice Health
Young people and adults who come into contact with the criminal justice system are among society’s most vulnerable. They are distinguished by a high prevalence of complex, co-occurring health problems, typically set against a backdrop of entrenched disadvantage. Visit the Justice Health page to learn more.
Prof Stuart Kinner
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Alex Campbell
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Clare Chiminchello
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Lindsay Pearce
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Dr Lucas Calais Ferreira
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Dr Rohan Borschmann
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Darcy Coulter
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Sarah Brick
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Gustavo Soares
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Population Studies of adolescents
2000 stories
The 2000 Stories project is a landmark longitudinal study spanning almost 30 years. It is comprised of two studies, the original Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort (VAHCS) Study – which recruited 2000 year 9 students in 1992; and the Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS) study, which recruited children from the original participants.
Prof Craig Olsson
Study Director
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Dr Caroline Murphy
Project Manager
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Hanafi Mohamad Husin
Biostatistician
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Dr Jessica Kerr
Senior Research Fellow
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Ari Graf
Project Assistant
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The Child to Adult Transition Study (CATS)
Sir CATS is a unique longitudinal study following over 1200 children as they transition through puberty to adolescence and from primary school to secondary.
Prof Susan Sawyer
Study Director
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Dr Carolina Murphy
Project Manager
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Louise Canterford
Biostatistician
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Dr Nandi Vijayakumar
Senior Researcher
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Dr Ghazaleh Dashsti
Senior Biostatistician
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Dr Ellie May Robson
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Hanafi Mohamad Husin
Biostatistician
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Anthony Parissi
Biostatistician
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The Connected Minds Study
The Connected Minds Study aims to understand the impact of Australia's social media ban on adolescent wellbeing and development.
Prof Susan Sawyer
Principal Investigator
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Dr Nandi Vijayakumar
Principal Investigator
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Sylvia Lin
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Postdoctoral Researcher
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Dr Jennifer Dam
Associate Investigator
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Monika Raniti
Associate Investigator
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Collaborators
- Hannah Jarman (Deakin University) - Associate Investigator
- Sharon Horwood (Deakin University) - Associate Investigator
Honorary staff
- Belinda Tomic
- Bruce Rasmussen
- Dot Dumuid
- Holly Erskine
- Jennifer Marino
- John Symons
- John Toumbourou
- Kajal Hirani
- Katina Tan
- Leelarapin Chongwatansawat
- Lindsey Hines
- Liz Spry
- Margaretha Margaretha
- Melissa Whitelaw
- Nicola Reavley
- Rohan Borschmann
- Ruth Aston
- Sam Van Staalduuinen
- Shilpa Aggarwal
- Sue Williams
Visiting scholars
To see the full list, please visit the CAH International Fellows page.
Students
- Dongmei Luo
- Ebony Biden
- Heidi Renner
- Jackson Newberry-Dupe
- Karly Cini
- Luo Li
To see the full list, please visit the CAH Student Project page.
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