{"id":5528,"date":"2025-12-03T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/?p=5528"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:10:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:10:54","slug":"seminar-series-reflections-from-the-centre-of-research-excellence-for-driving-global-investment-in-adolescent-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/2025\/12\/03\/seminar-series-reflections-from-the-centre-of-research-excellence-for-driving-global-investment-in-adolescent-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar Series: Reflections from the Centre of Research Excellence for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><b>Synopsis: <\/b>Over the duration of the CRE, the Early Leaders Network (ELN) has played a central role in shaping capacity-building, strengthening national and global collaborations, and supporting the next generation of adolescent health researchers.<\/p>\n<p>As we close the year, this final seminar offers an opportunity to reflect on the next generation of researchers who have been engaged in our CRE. In this session, we will hear from four members of the CRE Early Leaders Network\u2014Dr Monika Raniti, Luo Li, Dr Patricia Cullen and Professor Dot Dumid\u2014who will share insights into their professional journeys and their contributions to the CRE. Each presenter will reflect on their career stage and research trajectory, their specific roles within the CRE and the professional and personal benefits they gained from being part of the network.<\/p>\n<p>This is the last seminar series of our current CRE. To conclude the seminar, Professor Susan Sawyer will provide an update on the continuation of the seminar series as part of the new CRE led by Professor Pete Azzopardi.<\/p>\n<p><b>Questions this seminar will address:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What have Early Leaders Network members learned through their involvement in the CRE, and how has it shaped their career trajectories?<\/li>\n<li>In what ways did the CRE create opportunities for leadership, collaboration, and capacity-building among early career researchers?<\/li>\n<li>What value did early leaders gain from their participation in the CRE?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Speakers: <\/b>Professor Susan Sawyer, Professor Dorothea Dumuid, Dr Patricia Cullen, Dr Monika Raniti, Luo Li.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><b>Professor Susan Sawyer AM<\/b>\u00a0holds the Geoff and Helen Handbury Chair of Adolescent Health at the University of Melbourne and is Director of the Centre for Adolescent Health at The Royal Children\u2019s Hospital. A paediatrician by training, she is internationally recognised for her leadership in adolescent health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><b>Professor Dorothea Dumuid\u00a0<\/b>is a behavioural epidemiologist at the University of South Australia and an Honorary Research Fellow at Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute. Her research focuses on the behavioural factors influencing non-communicable diseases, with particular emphasis on how people spend their time.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><b>Dr Patricia Cullen<\/b>\u00a0is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Population Health. Patricia\u2019s research spans public health, psychology and implementation science. Much of her research centers on implementation and evaluation of optimal care for women and young people, with a focus on integrating trauma and violence-informed care in health settings.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><b>Dr Monika Raniti<\/b>\u00a0is a research fellow and team leader at the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne. A psychologist by training, Monika conducts research at the intersection of mental health, prevention, and school communities, both in Australia and overseas. Since 2019, she has led a series of projects related to whole-school approaches to health and wellbeing, including as the lead author of WHO and UNESCO\u2019s global standards for health-promoting schools and systems.<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><b>Luo Li\u00a0<\/b>is a PhD candidate at the Centre of Adolescent Health and the University of Melbourne. Her primary research interest is looking at existing measures of wellbeing for adolescents and understanding how these measures are applied in global population surveys. Luo is a youth advocate with the Centre of Research Excellence for driving global investment in adolescent health.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">aa<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Time:<\/b> 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><b>Date: <\/b>Thursday, December 11<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>To register &amp; join:\u00a0<\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CRECOP\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CRECOP\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/CRECOP<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"center\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5546 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2025\/12\/Seminar-Series-25-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2025\/12\/Seminar-Series-25-14.png 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2025\/12\/Seminar-Series-25-14-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2025\/12\/Seminar-Series-25-14-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2025\/12\/Seminar-Series-25-14-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2025\/12\/Seminar-Series-25-14-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Advancing Adolescent Health in the Asia Pacific: A virtual community to share knowledge and support collaboration<\/h2>\n<p>Despite one in two of the world\u2019s adolescents living in the Asia-Pacific region, adolescent health is a relatively new field of endeavour in Australia as well as the region. It is a field that spans policy makers from multiple sectors, researchers from different disciplines, and practitioners working in health services, schools and communities and encompasses a multitude of health topics and concerns. Despite this, there are few opportunities to come together to share, showcase and build capacity to improve adolescent health and wellbeing in the region.This seminar series aims to provide opportunities for researchers, policy makers, practitioners, implementers, young advocates \u2013 indeed, anyone interested in the health and wellbeing of adolescents \u2013 to enhance their understanding of adolescent health and wellbeing, with a focus on research.This series is supported by the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/cre-in-global-adolescent-health\/\">Centre of Research Excellence for Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>Led by a team at the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/adolescentsourfuture.com\/centre-for-adolescent-health\/\">Centre for Adolescent Health<\/a>, Murdoch Children\u2019s Research Institute, it brings together leading Australian research groups including the University of Melbourne, Burnet Institute, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, University of South Australia, and the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/2024\/01\/15\/advancing-adolescent-health-in-the-asia-pacific-a-virtual-community-to-share-knowledge-and-support-collaboration\/\">Read more about the series here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4556 size-medium img-responsive alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2024\/01\/new-SS-1-1-400x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2024\/01\/new-SS-1-1-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2024\/01\/new-SS-1-1-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2024\/01\/new-SS-1-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2024\/01\/new-SS-1-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/files\/2024\/01\/new-SS-1-1.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we close the year, this final seminar offers an opportunity to reflect on the next generation of researchers who have been engaged in our CRE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6637,"featured_media":5546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6637"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5551,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions\/5551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rch.org.au\/cah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}