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.
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Dr Anitra Wierenga
Academic Convenor
E: wierenga@unimelb.com.au
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Helen D’Cruz
Academic Programs Officer
E: hdcruz@unimelb.com.au
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Kristina Bennett
Masters Coordinator
E: kbe@unimelb.edu.au
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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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Socially Excluded 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.
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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 |
Gustavo Soares |
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.
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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)
CATS is a unique longitudinal study following over 1200 children as they transition through puberty to adolescence and from primary school to secondary.
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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 |
Dr Nandi Vijayakumar Principal Investigator | .jpg "Sylvia")
Sylvia Lin Postdoctoral Researcher |
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
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Melissa Whitelaw
- Nicola Reavley
- Rohan Borschmann
- Ruth Aston
- Sam Van Staalduuinen
- Shilpa Aggarwal
- Sue William
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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