Directors end of year note 2024
Read Prof Susan Sawyer, Director of the Centre for Adolescent Health end of year note 2024
Latest Posts
Youth Homelessness Matters
No child or adolescent should experience homelessness. Any child or adolescent who is at risk of or experiencing homelessness is one too many.
Investing in Health-Promoting School Systems
Informed by the Global Standards for health-promoting schools – ‘How school systems can improve health and wellbeing’ topic briefs: Mental health, Substance use, WASH, Nutrition, Physical activity and Sexual reproductive health and gender
Building Capacity for Health-Promoting Schools
Read about how the Centre for Adolescent Health developed and piloted a training program to build capacity for whole-school approaches to health and wellbeing in Secondary Schools.
Global Leadership in Adolescent Health Scholarship
As part of launching the new Leadership Specialisation of the master’s program, the Centre for Adolescent Health is proud to announce a scholarship that will provide 50% of the fees for one professional to undertake the Master of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing (Leadership Specialisation).
2023 CRE Publication Awards
The Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health is pleased to announce and congratulate the following early career researchers on their award-winning publications. The CRE Emerging Leaders Publications Award recognises an exceptional peer review publication (published in 2023) that aligns with the goals of the CRE. Warmest congratulsation to Dr … Continued
New partnership to improve child and adolescent health in the Asia-Pacific
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute will partner with 12 countries in the Pacific and Southeast Asia under a $10 million initiative to improve child and adolescent health across the region.
Highly cited 2024
The late Professor George C Patton has been named among the most highly cited researchers in the world in 2024.
Recent International Visitors
The Centre for Adolescent Health hosts international visitors for bespoke learning programs in adolescent health. We work with visitors to develop tailored learning programs, providing access to world leaders in adolescent health research for learning and relationship building.
Anxiety and depression across adolescence: insights from a longitudinal study of contemporary Australian youth
Amid growing concerns about a youth ‘mental health crisis,’ understanding of how common mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, evolve across adolescence is crucial to inform contemporary responses.