Research Findings

The overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics can result in antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Resistant organisms are developing rapidly in local communities and the need for increased public awareness and ways to control AMR is highly necessary to prevent this threat to modern medicine from growing [...]

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 [...]

Associate Professor Judith Proudfoot For National Diabetes Week, Australian Rotary Health (ARH) throws back to a research project that has contributed to a successful program used now, called myCompass. This program also contains a module to help young people with Type 1 Diabetes [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]