Celebrate International Youth Day with us!
We invite you to attend a special seminar to celebrate International Youth Day for 2025, co-hosted by the Burnet Institute and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI).
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Dr Farnaz Sabet Awarded the Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence, The University of Melbourne
We would like to warmly congratulate Dr. Farnaz Sabet on receiving the Chancellor’s Prize for Excellence at the University of Melbourne.
Melbourne Children’s Campus – Grand Rounds – hosted by the Centre for Adolescent Health
A call to action: the second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health
Impact of Studying Adolescent Health and Wellbeing – Masters
In this conversation our master’s coordinator Kristina spoke with Nicole one of our fabulous Master’s graduates.
Seminar Series: Can whole-school approaches support adolescent mental health? Current evidence and future directions
Synopsis: Schools are an important and often underutilised setting for promoting adolescent health and wellbeing. This 2-part series will explore whole-school approaches to health promotion, using the first Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools (developed by our team for the WHO and UNESCO) and showcase recent research on the effectiveness and implementation of health-promoting schools … Continued
Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Online Information Session: 2025 Mid Year Intake
Join us at our next Adolescent Health and Wellbeing postgraduate course information night on July 7th from 5:30pm AEST.
Seminar Series: Advancing the Global Standards for Health-Promoting Schools
This 2-part series will explore whole-school approaches to health promotion, using the first Global Standards for Health Promoting Schools (developed by our team for the WHO and UNESCO) and showcase recent research on the effectiveness and implementation of health-promoting schools with a focus on youth engagement and mental health in the Asia Pacific region.
The Lancet: Globally the health of adolescents is at a tipping point; action needed to tackle rising threats to young people’s health and wellbeing
By 2030, there will still be over 1 billion of the world’s adolescents (aged 10-24 years) living in countries where preventable and treatable health problems like HIV/AIDS, early pregnancy, unsafe sex, depression, poor nutrition and injury collectively threaten the health and wellbeing of adolescents, suggests a new analysis from the second Lancet Commission on adolescent health and wellbeing.
Build your expertise in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing – graduate study midyear intake, now open!
Did you know our course is open to students from all over the globe, as the course is delivered fully online?
Seminar Series: Strengthening action on the social determinants of adolescent mental health
In this session, Professor Nicola Reavley will outline the global context for adolescent mental health, with a focus on actions outside the health system, including those relevant to social determinants of mental health. She will also present data from some recent projects and discuss the implications for future action on prevention and promotion.