Congratulations to Dr Patricia Cullen and her coauthors from the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health, and Professor Pete Azzopardi for the selection of their papers in the Journal of Adolescent Health’s “Distinguished Dozen” papers for 2024.
Cullen, P., Peden, A. E., Francis, K. L., Cini, K. I., Azzopardi, P., Möller, H., Peden, M., Sawyer, S. M., Nathan, S., Joshi, R., Patton, G. C. & 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
Newby, H., Massaquoi, L., Guthold, R., Saewyc, E., Abduvahobov, P., Azzopardi, P., … & Marsh, A. D. (2024). Towards harmonized adolescent health measurement: assessing alignment between current recommendations and the Global Action for Measurement of Adolescent Health–recommended indicators. Journal of Adolescent Health, 74(6), S56-S65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.01.018
The Journal of Adolescent Health (JAH) is the official publication of the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (website). One of the primary goals of the Society is the development, synthesis, and dissemination of scientific and scholarly knowledge unique to the health needs of young people.
The JAH Distinguished Dozen initiative (in its fifth year) aims to amplify important contributions to the field of adolescent and young adult health. The selection of articles is based on scientific peer reviews.
Collectively, these articles examine a wide range of social, economic, educational, political, and cultural forces impacting the biological and emotional well-being of adolescents and young adults. Collectively, these articles examine a wide range of social, economic, educational, political, and cultural forces impacting the biological and emotional wellbeing of adolescents and young adults.
For more information and to see the complete list, read the accompanying editorial here: The Distinguished Dozen: 2024 Journal of Adolescent Health Articles Making Distinguished Contributions to Adolescent and Young Adult Health https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(24)00559-7/fulltext
About the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health
Funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council to December 2025, the Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health 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.