Research Findings

Dr Michelle Tye A new smartphone app has been found to reduce the severity of suicidal thoughts in young people, following a research study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH). The LifeBuoy app is the first smartphone app that uses dialectical behavioural therapy [...]

A new study funded by Australian Rotary Health has found an agent that could potentially be used to treat bowel cancer patients who have had the tumour spread to their liver. The liver is the most common site for colorectal cancer metastases, which occurs in [...]

Funding from Australian Rotary Health has supported the development and validation of a new screening tool to help professionals identify psychosocial risk during the perinatal period. The Antenatal Risk Questionnaire-Revised (ANRQ-R) was developed by ARH Geoffrey Betts Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient [...]

Australian Rotary Health (ARH) has funded the first study to examine the mental health of asylum seeker children and their caregivers, who are living in the community following resettlement. ARH Mental Health Research Grant recipient Professor Zachary Steel from the University of New South [...]

For Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week (5-11 September), Australian Rotary Health is highlighting the work of past Mental Health Grant recipient, Dr Siân McLean. Dr McLean received funding for the Lorraine and Bruce McKenzie PhD scholarship 2013-2016 (supported by  Rotary Club of [...]

Australian Rotary Health (ARH) funding has supported the development of a new mental health smartphone app for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. PhD candidate Josie Povey from the Menzies School of Health Research (NT) has engaged over 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young [...]

Using a stepped care approach shows promise as a cost-effective treatment option for adolescents with anxiety, according to new research funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH). ARH Mental Health Research Grant recipient Professor Viviana Wuthrich and her team at Macquarie University conducted a pilot trial [...]

A new smartphone app that helps young people to recall positive memories has been found to reduce the severity of depression, according to a study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH). ARH Mental Health Research Grant recipient Dr David Hallford from Deakin University lead a [...]

A "world-first” study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH), has found differences in iron levels in the brain in Motor Neurone Disease (MND). ARH/Rotary Club of Spring Bay Funding Partner PhD Scholarship recipient Anjan Bhattarai and a team of researchers from Monash University used an [...]

A PhD research project funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) may help in breaking down stigma surrounding mental illness, by providing resources to improve the quality of media reporting. Anna Ross from the University of Melbourne was awarded an Ian Scott PhD Scholarship by ARH [...]

Almost one in two traffic injury survivors experience elevated risk of psychological distress, according to new research funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH). Dr Ilaria Pozzato from the University of Sydney received an ARH Ian Scott PhD Scholarship between 2018 and 2021 to conduct research [...]

Fifteen years after Australian Rotary Health (ARH) funded research into a Lung Transplant Program, lead researcher Professor Gregory Snell has told us "Literally now thousands of life years have been gained" as a result. Prof Snell was awarded a Funding Partner Grant in 2005, supported [...]