Research Findings

A recent study by ARH scholar, Dr Laura Hart, found a correlation between people at risk of developing an eating disorder (ED) and our increased use of video conferencing software.  The COVID-19 pandemic brought about many changes in everyday living, one including the increased use [...]

Australian Rotary Health has partially funded research in the Bigiswun Kid Project, a longitudinal study that analysed the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous adolescents living in the remote Fitzroy Valley Aboriginal communities. In 2018, Professor Elizabeth Elliot from the University of Sydney was awarded [...]

The new year is here and Australian Rotary Health (ARH) selected the projects that will receive grants to conduct research on the mental health of children 0-12 years old. Each grant is worth up to $70,000 for a year, with all thirteen projects totalling to [...]

A Queensland teacher and PhD student is hoping to uncover some of the factors associated with educational disengagement, to help improve outcomes for young people living in regional and rural communities. Michelle Gossner is a primary school teacher in the Bundaberg region of Queensland and [...]

A new Australian Rotary Health (ARH) funded PhD project has looked at how a plant-based therapeutic may be used against the most lethal form of brain cancer. Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive type of cancer that can occur in the brain or spinal cord. [...]

Australian Rotary Health/Rotary Club of Spring Bay Funding Partner PhD Scholarship recipient Dr Anjan Bhattarai has recently published a new paper that brings us one step closer in helping diagnosing the early stages of Motor Neuron Disease. Motor Neuron Disease (MND) affects around 1,400 [...]

Many young people feel inadequately prepared to help their peers with a mental health problem or crisis, according to a recent review of the research literature. With the peak onset for mental health problems estimated to be 14.5 years, and 20% of young people experiencing [...]

A community rugby league program has been found to improve mental health and behavioural outcomes in young men, according to new research supported by Australian Rotary Health (ARH). Professor Allison Waters and a team of youth mental health experts at Griffith University developed a [...]

ARH Scholar Dr Natasha Krishnadas has recently completed a PhD, revealing new insights that could prevent neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer’s, from emerging. In 2022, over a quarter of a million Australians were estimated to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Accounting for about two thirds of [...]

In commemoration of Pride Month this year, Australian Rotary Health are highlighting a research publication they funded that has designed an intervention that hopes to improve the mental health of young LGBTIQ+ Australians. With 63.8% of LGBTIQ+ individuals aged 14 to 21 having been diagnosed [...]

In commemoration of NAIDOC Week, Australian Rotary Health is highlighting one of our PhD Scholars, Mandy Gibson, who published her PhD research last year on the importance of cultural connectedness for Indigenous people’s social and emotional wellbeing. Dr Gibson has proven herself as an advocate [...]

Australian Rotary Health has partially funded research in a recent journal article that analyses the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders since the introduction of the Federal Government’s Closing the Gap scheme in 2008. The narrative review was led by Dr Michelle Kennedy [...]