Future Earth Health Knowledge-Action Network
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In acknowledgement that the health of people around the world is tightly linked to the health of the places we inhabit, Monash University has joined the Future Earth Health Knowledge-Action Network to find a better, integrated understanding of the complex interactions between a changing global environment (such as pollution, disease pathogens and vectors, and ecosystem services) and the health of human beings (including livelihoods, nutrition, and well-being). Improved population health and more resilient health systems are attainable in the face of global environmental changes by an integrated understanding of how interactions among human and natural systems determine our health and wellbeing.
Institute for Safety Compensation and Recovery Research
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The Institute for Safety Compensation and Recovery Research (ISCRR), is a joint initiative of WorkSafe Victoria and Monash University. ISCRR aims to develop, conduct and translate research that has an impact and leads to positive change in practice or policy. It works across five broad areas: safe and healthy workplaces, evidence-informed claims management, primary health care, smart independent living environments and improving trauma care.
2021 was a full year for ISCRR: The knowledge building Thought Leadership series and Program Logic workshops for WorkSafe staff commenced, the Research Insights Library was launched, 50 presentations were delivered to stakeholders, and the Learning Series webinars for all stakeholders began, with the inaugural session centred on systems-thinking to prevent workplace injuries.
Lancet COVID-19 Commission
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Monash is contributing to the Lancet COVID-19 Commission – a group of eminent global scholars, public health professionals, economists, and policymakers convened in 2020 by the world’s most prestigious global medical journal. The Commission is dedicated to speeding up equitable and lasting solutions as part of the global response to the pandemic. Among Monash’s contributions, we hosted a roundtable discussion on strategies to manage the impacts of COVID with leaders from the Australian Department of Health, State and Territory Chief Health Officers, and key health experts from leading medical research institutes.
Monash FODMAP Hub
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Discovered by Monash researchers in 2005, FODMAPs are a group of short-chain carbohydrates found in food that are either poorly absorbed in the small intestine or impossible to digest; research since has shown that a low FODMAP diet reduces symptoms in people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The Monash FODMAP Hub provides a wide range of FODMAP resources and information, including a food database and recipes, to help patients and clinicians manage the symptoms of IBS.
Survey of COVID-19 Responses to Understand Behaviour (SCRUB)
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BehaviourWorks Australia is a leading behaviour change research enterprise within the Monash Sustainable Development Institute. It brings leading behaviour change researchers and practitioners together to find behavioural solutions to social, environmental and organisational problems, with a strong focus on improving health and wellbeing. In 2020 and 2021, BehaviourWorks set up the Survey of COVID-19 Responses to Understand Behaviour (SCRUB), to measure Australians’ behaviours and attitudes during the pandemic. Findings from each survey wave attracted national media attention, and were disseminated throughout the Victorian Government, to support evidence-informed policy responses.