The key focus of CHS is the inter-disciplinary study of health, illness and health care in local, national and international settings, which brings perspectives from the humanities and social sciences to the study of medical science, clinical and public health practice and health policy.
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Research Units
Centre for International Mental Health
The Centre for International Mental Health (CIMH) is dedicated to research, teaching and health system in the field of mental health, in Australia and the broader international community.
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic (MEGA) Epidemiology
MEGA Epidemiology aims to develop, promote and consolidate epidemiologic research and teaching.
Centre for Women's Health, Gender and Society
The World Health Organization Gender policy (2002) explicitly acknowledges that sex - the biological facts of being female and male - and gender - the cultural norms that determine femininity and masculinity - have an important impact on health and wellbeing.
Diabetes Consortium
The overall aim of the Diabetes Consortium is to co-ordinate the efforts of the University and affiliated institutions to tackle diabetes using state of the art basic and clinical science and evidence-based individual therapy and public health measures.
Obesity Consortium
The Obesity Consortium aims to foster new research, education and knowledge exchange around the care and prevention of obesity with state of the art and scientifically driven focus.
Lowitja Institute: CRC for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
The Lowitja Institute is an innovative research body that brings together Aboriginal organisations, academic institutions and government agencies to facilitate collaborative, evidence-based research into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Murrup Barak- Melbourne Institute for Indigenous Development
This Institute was established in 2009 to increase the impact of the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous programs and maximise the University’s contribution to Indigenous development.
Nossal Institute for Global Health
The Nossal Institute works in partnership with other organisations who share its vision of improving health where health is at its poorest. It strongly endorses the global responsibility to work together to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Disease Prevention
Sustainable Disease Prevention is an approach that recognises the interaction between the environment and the development of the high prevalence diseases. For example it includes the non communicable diseases (e.g. Obesity Consortium, Diabetes Consortium and Mental Illnesses) and communicable diseases (e.g. malaria, influenza and a range of vaccine preventable diseases- see the Nossal Institute for Global Health).
Research Funding
ARC Discovery Grant: Development of an 'ageing household' model for assessing medium to long-term vaccine impact in populations
Researchers: Dr Jodie McVernon, Dr Kevin B Korb, Dr Kathryn Glass, Dr James McCaw, Dr Emma McBryde
ARC Discovery Grant: Music as bridge between strengths and difficulties: preventing mental ill-health through early identification and early intervention in adolescence
Researchers: Dr Katrina L McFerran, Prof Denise E Grocke, Prof Tony Wigram, Prof Christian Gold, Miss Lucy O'Grady
ARC Linkage Grant: Addressing race-based discrimination in Australia: a cost-benefit analysis
Researcher: Dr Yin C Paradies, A/Prof Margaret Kelaher, Prof Alan Shiell, Prof Eric T Vos, A/Prof Anthony D LaMontagne, Dr Marion Frere
ARC Linkage Grant: The importance of gender and socio-economic disadvantage for the mental health of people living with disabilities
Researchers: Prof Anne M Kavanagh, Dr Rebecca Bentley, A/Prof Anthony D LaMontagne, Dr Emma Baker, Prof Andrew P Beer, Dr Shelley Mallett, Ms Anne E Pate
ARC Linkage: A collaborative approach to designing regulatory measures on tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy diet: public health, international trade and investment law
Researchers: Voon, A/Prof Tania S; Mitchell, A/Prof Andrew D; Liberman, Mr Jonathan D
NHMRC Grant: Building Community Capacity to Prevent and Intervene Early with Mental Disorders
Researcher: Prof Anthony Jorm, Centre for Youth Mental Health, Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences