Research Projects
The lack of comprehensive sexuality education in schools and the stigma around adolescents' sexual activity prevents adolescents from accessing...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Vaping is common among young adults, and university students who vape experience higher levels of psychological distress and report worse academic...
Supervisor: A/Prof Chris Barton
This project will explore adolescent’s and young people’s lived experiences of reproductive coercion (RC) through in-depth qualitative interviews....
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
Many pregnancies in the first year after a birth are unintended, and can place significant physical, social and financial strain on women and their...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
To support pregnancy planning, all women should receive information and resources regarding fertility return and available contraceptive options as...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
The CREATE project (Collaborative Registrar Education and Training Enhancement) is an innovative collaboration between The Royal Australian College...
Supervisor: Elsa D. Ibanez Prada
Preconception care is essential for optimising reproductive and pregnancy outcomes, yet many people of reproductive age do not access or receive...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
HealthPathways is a free, online portal that has been established in different regions in each state and territory in Australia to provide evidence-...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
A process of primary care renewal is evolving across the developed world. It is increasingly recognised that high performing primary care that has a...
Supervisor: Professor Grant Russell
Uptake of reliable and cost-effective long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), such as intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants, is lower in...
Supervisor: Dr Nadia Lusis
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common—and potentially curable—cause of hypertension. It affects up to one in seven patients with high blood...
Supervisor: Professor Grant Russell
Trans and gender diverse (TGD) people have a gender identity that varies from that usually associated with their sex assigned at birth. Many seek to...
Supervisor: Dr Riki Lane
Primary care clinicians including general practitioners, nurse practitioners and practice nurses have a key role in meeting the needs of women’s...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon James
Women are recommended to have a 6-8 postnatal check after having a baby, usually with their general practitioner (GP). Whilst there is an expectation...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
In Australia, 20% of pregnancies occur within the first year of a birth and most are unintended. Unintended pregnancies and short interpregnancy...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
Women require access to postpartum contraception information to enable them to plan for and access contraception after having a baby. Early access to...
Supervisor: Dr Jessica Botfield
This project will use cognitive interviews with adolescents and young people to refine a scale designed to measure reproductive coercion (RC). The...
Supervisor: Dr Anisa Assifi
General practice is pivotal in the management of care for patients across the lifespan. General practice represents an ideal setting where...
Supervisor: Dr Sharon James
TRANSFORM is an innovative, new, 5 year venture aiming to find effective, and sustainable pathways to health care integration. It brings together...
Supervisor: Professor Grant Russell
One in five Australian women experience sexual violence, while one in three Australian girls experience childhood sexual abuse. Women and girls who...
Supervisor: Dr Noushin Arefadib