About us

Established in 2011, The Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation (MCHRI) builds on a highly successful partnership between Australia’s largest health service, Monash Health and one of our largest Universities, Monash University. It brings national and international leadership and reach in women’s health, public health and wellbeing.

More about MCHRI's research, platforms, news and resources for consumers, health professionals and policy makers is on our consumer website at www.mchri.org.au.

This collaborative implementation centre is unique – it enables clinicians, researchers and the community to work together, to improve public health, and provide better health and wellbeing outcomes for the community.

Working with consumers and the community our researchers find and solve, clinical, health service and public health problems. They are research translators – they create evidence to implement change in clinical practice and public health systems for better outcomes. Our research improves outcomes for patients, and delivers health impact both nationally and internationally.

Our core themes of research include:

  • Public health in preconception, pregnancy & postpartum
  • Reproductive women’s health (incl PCOS)
  • Healthy lifestyle
  • Cardiovascular health & diabetes
  • Public health across mental health, climate & COVID-19.
  • Advancing women’s leadership & careers

Our platforms cut across our research themes and include:

  • Big data and the Learning Health System
  • Clinical and public health interventions and trials
  • Community and stakeholder partnership
  • Digital health
  • Education and workforce capacity building
  • Health economics
  • Implementation, healthcare improvement
  • Research translation and guidelines

MCHRI's work is underpinned by an iterative Knowledge to Action Framework for research and evidence-driven impact. The framework for impact has been adapted from multiple sources and from internal learnings and is underpinned by the Canadian knowledge to action process. Read more about MCHRI's Knowledge to Action Framework.

We are leaders in PCOS and early menopause research. Our researchers have updated PCOS guidelines, created resources that are used in 195 countries, and developed the Ask PCOS App. The Ask Early Menopause App was launched in 2022 to help women and health professionals manage early menopause.

Our  leadership team:

  • Prof Helena Teede (Director)
  • Prof Kirsten Palmer (Deputy Director)
  • Prof Emily Callander
  • Prof Cassandra Szoeke
  • Prof Lisa Moran
  • Clin. Prof Amanda Vincent
  • A/Prof Joanne Enticott
  • A/Prof Cheryce Harrison
  • A/Prof Anju Joham
  • Dr Aya Mousa
  • Dr Rui Wang
  • A/Prof Sandy  Reeder