Research Findings

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 [...]

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 [...]

Results from a study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) suggests that patients with Parkinson’s disease have a unique blood signature compared to those without the disease. Such a discovery could further be investigated to better understand and develop treatments for Parkinson’s disease (PD). Parkinson’s [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

New research funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) reveals that there may be a critical period of 90 days to prevent suicide clusters in young people, after someone they know has ended their life. PhD Scholarship recipient Dr Nicole Hill was awarded funding by ARH [...]

A new research study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) suggests that increasing cultural connectedness at the community level may help to reduce suicide rates in First Nations youth. PhD Scholar Mandy Gibson from Griffith University recently published a paper in The Medical Journal of [...]

A suicide public health intervention has been found to increase help-seeking from friends in teenaged boys, according to a new study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH). ARH Mental Health Research Grant recipient Professor Alison Calear and her colleagues at the Australian National University recently [...]