Hosted by the Department of Paediatrics at The University of Melbourne, this series brings recognised leaders to share their personal and professional journey and provide insights into ‘what’ and ‘who’ influenced their lives and careers. Professor Susan Sawyer AM MBBS MD, Director of the RCH Centre for Adolescent Health, recently shared some of the influences on her early career.
The Centre of Research Excellence (CRE), led by MCRI Professor Peter Azzopardi, has secured $3 million from the National Health and Medical Research Centre (NHMRC) over the next five years.
This landmark longitudinal study, officially known as the Victorian Adolescent Health Cohort Study (VAHCS), has been tracking the lives of young Victorians for over 30 years. In 2006, the intergenerational component of the project was created: the Victorian Intergenerational Health Cohort Study (VIHCS).
The Child to Adult Transition Study (CATS) is a unique longitudinal study that has been following over 1200 children yearly as they transition through adolescence and into adulthood. This year, we undertook the 14th wave of CATS data collection when our participants were 21-22 years of age.
Adolescence has long been seen as a challenging time. New views embrace young people as one of society’s greatest assets and we need to take a systems approach to supporting them.
Homelessness poses a grave and largely preventable challenge. Children and adolescents who are at risk of or who experience homelessness face major adversities that place their safety, health, and opportunities for growth and development at risk across the life course.
Congratulations to Professor Susan Sawyer on her election as a new Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
We are thrilled to introduce Dasha Uy as our inaugural Knowledge Exchange Resident at the Centre for Adolescent Health!
Interested in improving adolescent health and wellbeing in schools? Keen to learn about whole-school approaches to health promotion? Eager to engage in meaningful two-way knowledge exchange with like-minded peers?
The Connected Minds Study is an important research study on Australia’s upcoming social media ban for young people under 16. We are inviting 13-16-year-olds and their parents to take part in the study, and would greatly appreciate it if you could share the study with your networks!
