Research Findings

A PhD Scholar funded by Australian Rotary Health has researched how genetic mutations may lead to the development of blood cancer and what makes this type of cancer more aggressive. Erin Lawrence from the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research was awarded a [...]

The findings from a PhD research project that received funding from Australian Rotary Health have been used to inform national social media suicide prevention campaign #YouCanTalk. Ian Scott PhD Scholarship recipient Dr Angela Nicholas from the University of Melbourne conducted five studies to better understand [...]

A sleep program for parents of pre-schoolers may prevent mental health problems in their child occurring later in life, according to new Australian Rotary Health (ARH) funded research. In a study funded by an ARH Mental Health Research Grant, Associate Professor Caroline Donovan from Griffith [...]

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 [...]

Thanks to Australian Rotary Health and its funding, teens are being given the tools they need to navigate their way through the sometimes rocky and turbulent adolescent years. Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA) launched in Australia in 2014, and has so far taught skills, [...]

A study funded by Australian Rotary Health has highlighted the importance of targeting youth for suicide cluster prevention, after it was found suicides in young people were three times more likely to occur in a cluster than suicides by adults. Lead researcher and ARH Mental [...]

A research trial funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) shows that a new family-based intervention is successful in treating children with depression and anxiety. With an ARH Funding Partner Scholarship co-funded by Motto Fashions, the Rotary Club of Richmond and Deakin University, Michelle Benstead developed [...]

Parents taking part in a recent study funded by Australian Rotary Health (ARH) have said that a new parenting program has helped to improve their teenager’s mood. Lead investigator of the study Associate Professor Marie Yap from Monash University, was awarded an ARH Mental Health [...]

A new study by researchers at Macquarie University shows that a brief psychotherapy program is effective in treating highly distressed youth with both somatic health symptoms and anxiety and/or depression. Associate Professor Maria Kangas was awarded an Australian Rotary Health Mental Health Research Grant from [...]