Monash University Accident Research Centre
The Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC) is Australia's largest and most respected accident and injury prevention research organisation. MUARC is a multi-disciplinary organisation, undertaking research into accident and injury causes and prevention across all modes of transport, in the workplace, in the community and the home.
Their goal is simple but profound: to prevent injury, save lives, and build futures.
| Prof Jennifer Oxley is a leading internationally renowned academic in injury prevention research, having made a significant contribution to the reduction of injuries and overall safe mobility of vulnerable populations. Her main research interests are in the roles of health promotion, education and behaviour in injury prevention and trauma and investigating the role of human behaviour and performance in injury occurrence, focusing on the assessment and management of risk and a human factors approach to understanding the human machine interface in safety systems. Jennie also has a keen research interests in promoting healthy lifestyles, assessment of performance, examining injury and health outcomes following crashes, as well as evaluations of educational, training, behavioural and technological interventions. |
 | A/Prof Janneke Berecki-Gisolf is an Associate Professor at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), and Director of the Victorian Injury Surveillance Unit (VISU). Janneke's research interests include injury surveillance, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, injury outcomes and chronic disease. A/Prof Berceki-Gisolf currently collaborates with MARC members on projects including: Development of NORTISS: The National Occupational Road Transport Injury Surveillance System |
 | A/Prof Michael Fitzharris is the Associate Director of Regulation and In-depth Crash Investigations at the Accident Research Centre and Mental Health, Impairment and Injury. He also holds a Honorary staff position at the National Trauma Research Institute at The Alfred. Michael's research program covers the entire crash-continuum (pre-crash, crash, post-crash) and is centred on measures that prevent crashes, mitigate injury, and improve post-crash health outcomes. He has a strong interest in psychological safety and how mental health influences injury. |
 | Dr Jane Hayman is a Data Analyst at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC). Dr Hayman has twenty years of experience in behavioural research, including extensive work on surveying Australian school students about their alcohol and other drug use, and pharmaceutical opioid-related emergency department presentations and hospitalisations. |
 | Dr Sara Liu is a Research Fellow at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC). She has a background in Clinical Psychology that supports her main research area of interest, which surrounds mental health outcomes post-injury trauma. Her current research focuses mainly on psychological outcomes experienced by clients within a compensable injury setting. In addition, she also researches a range of road safety domains such as drink- and drug-driving. |