News

WHO Youth Council
Youth Commissioners, Dr. David Imbago-Jácome and Surabhi Dogra join the WHO Youth Council.

Understanding meaningful youth engagement
We are looking for current and past members of youth advisory councils/ boards/ groups, committees, or youth leadership groups to understand youth perspectives on engagement in research, programs, policy and practice.

What is the evidence to prevent injury among adolescents?
Injury is a leading cause of death and disability among adolescents, yet investment in these preventable harms lag behind that of other issues and investments made in younger children.

Vale Professor George C Patton
It is with great sadness that we advise that Professor George Patton passed away on the 7th December 2022.

Congratulations Prof Degenhardt
Congratulations Professor Louisa Degenhardt on making the top 100 in the list of the world’s best female scientists.

A second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
This Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing seeks to ensure that today’s adolescents have the means to address the unique challenges of their generation.

Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries
Research led by colleagues from UNSW Sydney reveals traffic-related fatalities and injuries are the biggest killers of young people worldwide.

Investment case to reduce road traffic injuries among adolescents
Millions of young lives lost without global road safety investment, warns new study.

About our adolescent CRE
Our CRE aims to generate research to drive investment in neglected areas of adolescent health (mental health, non-communicable disease risk, injury and violence) including groups experiencing significant discrimination or disadvantage specifically, Indigenous young people and young people in contact with the justice system.

How to stay safe from drowning
The 8 deadly days of Christmas: how to stay safe from drowning in Australia this summer. By Amy Peden.

Drowning on the rise
With over half of all global drowning deaths occur among children and young people under the age of 25, something needs to be done.
