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 Jess Kerr and Kate Francis, Dongmei Luo, Dr Patricia Cullen, Dr Lucas Calais Ferreira and Dr Farnaz Sabet on the following publications:
Kerr, J.A., Francis, K.L., Azzopardi, P.S., Sawyer, S.M., … & Patton, G. C. (2023). The unfinished agenda of communicable diseases among children and adolescents before the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, Volume 402, Issue 10398, 313 – 335 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00860-7
Luo, D., Ma, N., Liu, Y., Yan, X., Ma, J., Song, Y., … & Sawyer, S. M. (2023). Long-term trends and urban–rural disparities in the physical growth of children and adolescents in China: an analysis of five national school surveys over three decades. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 7(11), 762-772. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(23)00175-X
Cullen, P., Peden, A. E., Francis, K. L., Cini, K. I., Azzopardi, P., Möller, H., … & Ivers, R. Q. (2023). Interpersonal violence and gender inequality in adolescents: a systematic analysis of Global Burden of Disease data from 1990 to 2019. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74(2), 232-245. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.044
Calais-Ferreira, L., Young, J.T., Francis, K., Willoughby, M., Pearce, L., … & Kinner, S.A. (2023). Non-communicable disease mortality in young people with a history of contact with the youth justice system in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective, population-based cohort study. The Lancet Public Health, 8(8), e600-e609. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(23)00144-5
Sabet, F., Prost, A., Rahmanian, S., Carlin, J. B., … & Patton, G. C. (2023). The forgotten girls: the state of evidence for health interventions for pregnant adolescents and their newborns in low-income and middle-income countries. The Lancet, 402(10412), 1580-1596. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01682-3
ELN background
In 2020 the Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute was awarded a five-year Centres of Research Excellence grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Led by Prof. Susan Sawyer and the late Prof. George Patton, the grant focused on defining the health needs of adolescents in neglected areas of adolescent health including mental health, non-communicable diseases, injury and violence to deliver research that drives investment in adolescent health.
The CRE scheme supports capacity building of the next generation of researchers, from this the Emerging Leaders Network (ELN) of the Centre of Research Excellence for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health was established. The ELN includes PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and professionals working in adolescent health, based locally, interstate, and internationally. The ELN is a mechanism to encourage professional development via peer-to-peer learning and mentoring and further develop research skills with a goal of fostering emerging researchers and professionals in adolescent health to achieve independent funding and high-level outputs.
The ELN is a mechanism to encourage professional development via peer-to-peer learning and mentoring with a goal to develop the next generation of leaders in adolescent health and wellbeing.
About the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health
The ELN is supported by the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health. Funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council, the CRE is focused on defining the health needs of adolescents to deliver research that drives investment in neglected areas of adolescent health including mental health, non-communicable disease risk, injury and violence and substance use. Led by a team at the Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute this CRE brings together leading Australian research groups including the University of Melbourne, Burnet Institute, University of New South Wales, University of South Australia, University of Queensland, and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. These researchers have multiple relationships with academics, policy makers, clinicians and advocates across the Asia Pacific region. Learn more about the CRE here.