About us
We are a multi-disciplinary group with expertise in biostatistics, epidemiology, health promotion, medicine, nursing, and psychology.
Through our Global Health research, we seek to promote health for all and to reduce health inequalities. In our Women’s Health research, we aim to understand the effects of gender on health and to reduce the health inequalities experienced by women and girls. We encourage and participate in research with other countries and with non-university groups and organisations. With our partners and collaborators we develop ways of using the results of research to inform policy and practice. Our research methods include those that encompass whole populations and those designed to understand the perspectives and experiences of individual people.
We collaborate with partners in universities, research institutes, government, the private sector, civil society, health services, and health professionals in Australia and globally. These partnerships enable our research to be informed by community perspectives, translated to inform policy and practice, and accessible to individuals, their families, and their healthcare providers.
Meet the team
Executive Assistant
Ms Karin Smith BPsychSc, GradCertHRMgt, DipHRMgt, DipBus
Senior Program Manager
Ms Mellissa Kavenagh BA
Research Officer and Data Manager
Ms Hau Nguyen BA(Hons)
Research Assistant
Ms Neve Davison BBiomedSc(Hons)
Research Affiliates
Dr Josefine Antoniades PhD, BSc(Hons)
Dr Faye Forbes PhD, BAPsych(Hons)
Dr Rosamond Dwyer MBBS BMedSci (Hons) PhD FACEM
Ms Mengshi Li MPublicHlth, BNurs
Dr Maryam Moradi PhD, MSc(Mid/Edu), BSc(Mid), Dip(SRH)
Dr Ruby Stocker MD, BBiomedSc(Hons)
Dr Karan Varshney MD, MPublicHlth(Analytics), BAAnthropology
PhD Students
Main supervisor from Global and Women's Health unit
Ms Sally Popplestone MIPH, GradDip(PR), BSc(Biochemistry)
Ms Medhavi Weerasinghe MIR, BA
Ms Sethini Wickramasinghe BBiomedSc(Hons)
Dr Yadanar Yadanar MBBS, MPH, MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing
Contact us
Global and Women's Health
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Monash University
Level 4, 553 St Kilda Road
Melbourne VIC 3004
Email: karin.smith@monash.edu