Introducing Our First Knowledge Exchange Resident: Dasha Uy
We are thrilled to introduce Dasha Uy as our inaugural Knowledge Exchange Resident at the Centre for Adolescent Health!
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Expression of Interest: Healthy Learning Systems Knowledge Exchange Residency
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?
Calling all parents and teens in Australia!
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!
Impact of Studying Adolescent Health and Wellbeing – Graduate Certificate in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
In the first of a new series of interviews with our 2025 graduates, our Master’s Coordinator Kristina Bennett speaks with Jordanna Hall.
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.
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.
A third of children worldwide forecast to be obese or overweight by 2050
Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study.
Almost three quarters of adolescents experience depression or anxiety
Almost three quarters of adolescents in Australia experience clinically significant depression or anxiety symptoms, with most being chronic, according to a new study.
The George C. Patton Fellowship in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
The George C. Patton Fellowship in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing honours and extends the legacy of Professor George C. Patton AO MBBS MD FRANZCP FRCPsych.
2024 JAH Distinguished Dozen
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.