Molly O'Sullivan

5 Dec, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT

Amid growing concerns about a youth ‘mental health crisis,’ understanding of how common mental disorders, such as depression and anxiety, evolve across adolescence is crucial to inform contemporary responses. This seminar will present findings from the Child to Adult Transition Study (CATS), a Melbourne-based longitudinal cohort study.

7 Nov, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT

Have you ever wondered about the journey of youth advocacy from inception to impact? In this session, we will delve into the essential phases of becoming a youth advocate, emphasizing the importance of collaboration with young people in research initiatives.

3 Oct, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST

This webinar will briefly explain what cross-sectoral data linkage is, consider its advantages and disadvantages, and briefly describe two cross-sectoral data linkage studies of justice-involved adolescents in Australia.

4 July, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST

Join us for our online seminar as we explain why economic analyses are useful and how they can be included in research to increase the impact of the work.

1 August, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST

This seminar will discuss the global movement from surviving to thriving, emphasizing the need to measure adolescent wellbeing and enable the understanding of current gaps and progress made.

6 June, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEST

This seminar will examine the work of the injury stream of the CRE to quantify the global burden of injury and interpersonal violence experienced by adolescents, uncover the evidence to support investment in effective interventions, as well as the gaps.

2 May, 1:00 to 2:00 pm AEDT

Dr Farnaz Sabet and Ms Suchitra Rath will speak about the state of evidence for adolescent maternal health care in the Asia Pacific region, and some of the reasons why pregnant girls have been excluded from the research and policy space.

4 April, 1:00 pm AEDT

Adolescent health needs vary substantially across our region, but also within countries by age, gender, ethnicity, remoteness and other factors. For health actions to be responsive to need, we need good quality data that defines these needs.

7 March, 1:00 pm AEDT

The National Adolescent Mental Health Surveys (NAMHS) were nationally representative household surveys of mental disorders among adolescents aged 10-17 years in Kenya, Indonesia, and Vietnam. This session will focus on the why, how, and what of the NAMHS.

1 February, 1:00 pm AEDT

This session will provide the background of why adolescent health matters, describe the rationale for an expanded definition of adolescence, and provide the context for why adolescent health matters in our region.