Spanning a broad range of global and local health priorities, our research improves the health and wellbeing of people across the life course and intergenerationally. We focus on creating a world where everyone can have a healthy start to life, with optimal growth and development, enabling people to live and age well.
Our goals
Our equity-oriented approach recognises聽 that health and wellbeing are interconnected聽 with identity, opportunity and the social circumstances in which we live, grow, work and age.
Our team brings together diverse expertise, with researchers from specialist areas including epidemiology, advocacy, consumer and community-led approaches, health systems and implementation science.
Research strengths
- Urban Health and environment
- Active transport and road safety
- Non-communicable diseases
- Injury, violence, mental health
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing
- Child and adolescent health
- Maternal and neonatal health
- Primary health care
- Infectious disease and immunisation
- Nutrition and physical activity
- Older people and ageing well
- Intergenerational health and wellbeing
- Patient safety
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights
Our impact
Through our advocacy and extensive partnerships with consumers, communities, governments, health and social care services, our research is delivering innovative policy, community and health systems solutions that improve the current, future and intergenerational health of families, communities and societies.聽聽
