Our research

We’ve got a track-record of successful, high-impact projects, are continuing to work on current projects and have a number in the pipeline.

Recent and current flagship projects and research themes include:

Research profiles

• Colleen Kelly: Birthing on Country Project
• Ahlia Griffiths: Involving Lived Experience – Strengthening implEMentation Practice and Research with Equity (SEMPRE)
• Haimanot Hailu: Weight stigma towards preconception, pregnant and postpartum women: A societal perspective
• Pragya Kandel: Women’s preconception diet and physical activity behaviours: Unpacking barriers and enablers to facilitate behaviour change
• Michelle Dever: Weight stigma in preconception, pregnancy and postpartum women: A socioecological perspective
• Dr Heather Morris: Treating the symptoms of trauma among residential out-of-home care workers
• Dr Marta Woolford: Expert Panel Recommendations for the prevention of deaths among nursing home residents with unexplained absences
• Angie Jaman: Have a PIE and eat it too! Evaluation of a Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) within youth refuge
• Yihan Sun: Towards a trauma-informed early childhood education and care
• Dr Claire Blewitt: Capturing the voice of young children in early childhood education and care
• Dr Briony Hill: Challenging weight stigma in the reproductive years
• Dr Mandy O’Connor: Victoria’s Early Parenting Centres Outcomes Framework
• Kostas Hatzikiriakidis: Starting a PhD in Health and Social Care