Latest COVID-19 research
Health and medical
Monash is driving key health and medical research in the global race to crack COVID-19.
Leading the way in the fight against COVID-19
The Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute is at the forefront of COVID-19 medical research, working to better understand the coronavirus, how to stop it, inform our response to it, and investigate co-morbidities and complications.
Bedside trial of COVID-19 ICU patients helping doctors pinpoint best treatment
Monash University is a major player in global human trials of a suite of repurposed drugs in critically ill patients from intensive care units – in a bid to outsmart pandemics such as COVID-19.
Monash researchers find key to blocking replication of COVID virus
Monash researchers have conducted extensive modelling of a new antiviral drug to show it has significant blocking ability against the virus that causes COVID-19.
Selected experts
Professor Stephen Turner
A health expert who specialises in virus-specific T cell recruitment and differentiation after infection.
Professor Kim Cornish
The founding director of The Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health and a world-leading expert in developmental cognitive neuroscience.
Professor Allen Cheng
World-renowned epidemiologist and infectious diseases expert
Society and governance
Monash draws on interdisciplinary research strengths to support our community.
The importance of good governance in responding to a crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown where the cracks lie in the inter-related levels of global, national and local governance. Good governance is crucial in responding to a crisis, but it’s also a precious commodity.
The COVIDSafe tracing app, your privacy, and the role of law
The role of law in this health emergency has been central: the COVID-19 emergency represents a new challenge, which human rights law must meet.
Making sense of the social responses to COVID-19
Over the past four decades, governments have sought to prune the welfare state and shift responsibility for services and care onto individuals and families. The pursuit of neoliberal policies has served to undermine civil society and the social bonds upon which this is founded.
Selected experts
Professor Rod Glover
Specialist in large-scale innovation, at the levels of systems and societies
Professor Sharon Pickering
Highly-regarded leader in Australia’s education sector and Professor of Criminology
Professor Lucas Walsh
Education specialist in globalisation, leadership and policy.
Technology
Monash is at the forefront of AI and Data science research as technology takes on a new significance in the COVID-19 era
The new transparency: smartphones, data tracking, and COVID-19
The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is revealing the extent to which new control mechanisms enabled by digital technologies are becoming an integral part of modern life - and what that means for you.
Online learning: Rethinking teachers’ digital competence in COVID-19
Global school shutdowns in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed online education and virtual schooling to the forefront of the political agenda.
AI & Data Science is speed and algorithms, not magic
As digital infrastructure collects information at a rate that has enabled the growth of institutions on a scale unprecedented in human history, AI is the technology needed to keep up with the magnitude of the society we’re building.
Selected experts
Professor Ann Nicholson
An expert in artificial intelligence and a leading researcher in bayesian networks.
Professor Neil Selwyn
Technology and digital media in education An expert in digital media in education and the sociology of technology in educational settings.
Professor Mark Andrejevic
A leading contributor to research on the social and cultural implications of data mining and online monitoring.
Business and Economy
Supporting workers during the coronavirus crisis
How can companies support the health of their employees – many of whom have never before worked from home for a significant amount of time?
Four things to consider before accessing your super early
The move to allow people facing financial stress due to COVID-19 to access their superannuation before retirement could backfire.
Why have ‘safe haven’ cryptocurrencies sunk with the markets?
Cryptocurrencies have followed volatile global markets. This was not supposed to happen
Selected experts
Professor Simon Wilkie
Dean of Business and Economics, and an expert in game theory and the economics of communications industries.
Professor Asadul Islam
A developmental economist who specialises in the economics of health, food security, energy, gender, social networks and corruption.
Professor Helen De Cieri
An established researcher in the fields of human resource management and employee wellbeing.
Sustainability
As a leader in sustainability, our research examines how COVID-19 and planetary health are deeply integrated.
Coronavirus is a wake-up call: our war with the environment is leading to pandemics
The COVID-19 crisis and the climate and biodiversity crises are deeply connected. Each arises from our seeming unwillingness to respect the interdependence between ourselves, other animal species and the natural world more generally.
Ignoring the natural world is leading to viral outbreaks
The vast majority of new infectious diseases in people - including COVID-19 - come from animals. They arise from our unwillingness to respect the interdependence between ourselves, other animal species and the natural world more generally.
Coronavirus stimulus spending creates golden opportunity for low-carbon transition
ClimateWorks Australia, which works within the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, has released a report that argues there’s a golden opportunity to cut carbon emissions across the entire economy.
Selected experts
Professor Tony Capon
Director of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, a public health physician and authority in environmental health and health promotion.
Professor John Thwaites
Chair of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute and ClimateWorks Australia, and a leading expert in climate change and sustainability.
Professor Moira O’Bryan
A leading expert in sperm development and function, and the causes of human male infertility.