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Dr Katrina Champion

Senior Research Fellow, The Matilda Centre / Faculties of Health

katrina.champion@sydney.edu.au

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Member of the Brain and Mind Centre

Dr Katrina Champion is a Senior Research Fellow at The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use and Sydney School of Public Health. She is Program Lead of Healthy Lifestyles Research at the Matilda Centre and holds a prestigious Sydney Horizon Fellowship focusing on innovative approaches to improve the physical and mental health of Australian adolescents.

Research interests

Digital interventions to improve the physical and mental health of Australians
Preventing risk behaviours in young people (including substance use, smoking/vaping, poor diet, physical inactivity, sleep and screen time)
Clustering of risk behaviours and multiple health behaviour change
Development of eHealth interventions
Substance use prevention and drug education

Teaching and supervision

Potential topics for research supervision:

Co-design of a parent-based healthy lifestyles intervention for low SES adolescents;
Applying the Multiphase Optimisation Strategy to build efficient and effective interventions
Establishing infrastructure to improve the uptake of evidence-based prevention practice

Current projects

Medical Research Futures Fund:

Reducing modifiable cancer risk factors among socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents
A new scalable eHealth approach to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents: The OurFutures Vaping program,
Adolescent-led transformation of preventive and public health research using citizen science
Enhancing engagement with eHealth approaches to prevent cardiovascular disease among adolescents

NHMRC:

Strong and Deadly Futures: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a computerised school-based alcohol and drug prevention program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Paul Ramsay Foundation:

Upscaling of the OurFutures health and wellbeing courses.
Health4Life: An innovative online to improve health in adolescence and beyond

Australian Government Department of Health:

An online toolkit to provide evidence-based information about methamphetamine (Cracks in the Ice).
The development, testing and launch of a culturally appropriate online toolkit to provide evidence- based information about methamphetamines for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Associations

Katrina is an Executive Committee member for the Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine and the Early-Mid Career Researcher Representative for the Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders.

Awards and honours

Matilda Centre Research Excellence Established Leader Award, 2021
Best Oral Presentation, Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine Annual Conference, Feb 2020
Finalist, BUPA Health Foundation Emerging Health Researcher Award, Dec 2018
The Australian Rotary Health and the Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders for Research Excellence Award for Early Career Researchers, Dec 2018
The Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD) Early Career Researcher Award for most cited paper inDrug and Alcohol Review, 2018
2018 Outstanding Paper Award, “Psychosocial factors associated with binge drinking and cannabis use among Australian adolescents: A longitudinal investigation”.Advances in Dual Diagnosis, Emerald Publishing, 2018.
Top Abstract,Sleep Special Interest Group, Society of Behavioral Medicine 39^thAnnual Meeting, 2018
Finalist,National Institutes of Health (NIH)Office of Disease Prevention(ODP)Early-Stage Investigator Lecture award, 2018
Outstanding Research Poster Award, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre Annual Symposium, 2017
Chapman, C., Birrell, L.,Champion, K.,Stapinski, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., Deen, H., Brierley, M.E., Teesson, M., Newton, N.(2017) Cracks in the Ice Online Toolkit. Australian Rotary Health Knowledge Dissemination Award (Team Award).
National Alcohol and Other Drug Excellence Awards, ‘Award for Innovation in Prevention and Education’ for Climate Schools, June 2017 (Team Award)
PhD Candidate Award, Australian Rotary Health and Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders Awards for Research Excellence, December 2015
UNSW Medicine Dean’s List, UNSW Australia 2014
Top Ranked Abstract 2014 Postgraduate Research Symposium: Clinical Research.Inaugural Postgraduate Research Symposium, University of NSW, 29^thAugust 2014.
Best Student Oral Presentation,Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine 10^thAnnual Scientific Conference,Newcastle, Australia, February 2013.

Themes

Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Neurosciences and Mental Health, Lifespan

Keywords

Adolescent health, Alcohol, Public health, Substance abuse and addiction

Approaches

Adolescent, Clinical Trials, Translational Research

International links

United States

(Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago) Dr Champion spent two years (2017-2019) at Northwestern University in Chicago as part of a four-year NHMRC early career fellowship.

Publications

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Book Chapters

Debenham, J., Newton, N., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2022). Substance Use in Older Adolescence - Overcoming the Prevention Paradox. In Vinood B. Patel, Victor R. Preedy (Eds.), Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions, (pp. 365-388). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Birrell, L., Teesson, M. (2017). Primary prevention for alcohol and other drug use for Australian adolescents. In Alison Ritter, Trevor King, Nicole Lee (Eds.), Drug Use in Australian Society. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. [More Information]

Journals

Rowe, A., O'Dean, S., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Grummitt, L., Mills, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Gardner, L. (2025). Childhood traumatic experiences and vaping among Australian adolescents: A prospective investigation. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 267-272. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Stockings, E., Champion, K., Rowe, A., Newton, N., Egan, L., Hunter, E., Devine, E., Aitken, T., Thornton, L., Teesson, M. (2024). A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of School-Based Preventive Interventions Targeting E-Cigarette Use Among Adolescents. Prevention Science. [More Information]
Raeside, R., Todd, A., Sim, K., Kang, M., Mihrshahi, S., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Skinner, J., Laranjo, L., Steinbeck, K., Redfern, J., Partridge, S. (2024). Accelerating implementation of adolescent digital health prevention programs: analysis of insights from Australian stakeholders. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. [More Information]
Smout, S., Champion, K., Oâ™Dean, S., Halladay, J., Gardner, L., Newton, N. (2024). Adolescent Lifestyle Behaviour Modification and Mental Health: Longitudinal Changes in Diet, Physical Activity, Sleep, Screen Time, Smoking, and Alcohol Use and Associations with Psychological Distress. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N. (2024). An on-line school-based substance use harm reduction programme: The Illicit Project randomized controlled trial results. Addiction, 119(4), 741-752. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Stockings, E., Birrell, L., Newton, N., Devine, E., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Kershaw, S., Arunogiri, S., Teesson, M. (2024). Co-design of digital public health substance use resources: A collaboration between young people and experts. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(1), e874. [More Information]
Osman, B., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Thornton, L., Burrows, T., Smout, S., Hunter, E., Sunderland, M., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2024). Exploring the association between adolescent-perceived parental monitoring on dietary intake. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 20(3), e13650. [More Information]
Kershaw, S., Sunderland, M., Grager, A., Birrell, L., Deen, H., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Champion, K., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Chapman, C. (2024). Perceived barriers to help-seeking for people who use crystal methamphetamine: Perspectives of people with lived experience, family members and health workers. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43(7), 1929-1939. [More Information]
Grummitt, L., Bailey, S., Kelly, E., Birrell, L., Gardner, L., Halladay, J., Chapman, C., Andrews, J., Champion, K., Hunter, E., Egan, L., Conroy, C., Tiko, R., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Barrett, E., et al (2024). Refining the universal, school-based OurFutures Mental Health program to be trauma-informed, gender and sexuality diversity affirmative, and adhere to proportionate universalism: a mixed methods participatory design process. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 7, e54637. [More Information]
Gardner, L., O'Dean, S., Rowe, A., Hawkins, A., Egan, L., Stockings, E., Teesson, M., Hides, L., Catakovic, A., Ellem, R., Stapinski, L., Freeman, B., Thornton, L., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N., et al (2024). Research Letter: E-cigarette use and mental health during early adolescence: An Australian survey among over 5000 young people. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(12), 1103-1106. [More Information]
Slade, T., Chapman, C., Conroy, C., Thornton, L., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Koning, I., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2023). 24-month outcomes of an eHealth universal program for students and parents to prevent adolescent alcohol use: A cluster randomized controlled trial in schools. Internet Interventions, 33. [More Information]
Egan, L., Gardner, L., Newton, N., Champion, K. (2023). A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions Among Adolescents of Low Socioeconomic and Geographically Remote Backgrounds in Preventing Poor Diet, Alcohol Use, Tobacco Smoking and Vaping. Adolescent Research Review. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Stockings, E., Champion, K., Mather, M., Newton, N. (2023). Alcohol initiation before age 15 predicts earlier hazardous drinking: A survival analysis of a 7-year prospective longitudinal cohort of Australian adolescents. Addiction. [More Information]
Raeside, R., Jia, S., Todd, A., Hyun, K., Singleton, A., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Redfern, J., Partridge, S. (2023). Are Digital Health Interventions That Target Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Effective for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adolescents? A Systematic Review with Meta-analyses. Adolescent Research Review. [More Information]
Champion, K., Chapman, C., Sunderland, M., Slade, T., Barrett, E., Kelly, E., Stapinski, L., Gardner, L., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2023). Associations Between Personality Traits and Energy Balance Behaviors in Emerging Adulthood: Cross-Sectional Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 9. [More Information]
Smout, S., Gardner, L., Newton, N., Champion, K. (2023). Dose–response associations between modifiable lifestyle behaviours and anxiety, depression and psychological distress symptoms in early adolescence. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(1). [More Information]
Grummitt, L., Barrett, E., Halladay, J., Bailey, S., Birrell, L., Hunter, E., Kelly, E., Champion, K., Gardner, L., Nguyen, A., Chapman, C., Newton, N., Teesson, M. (2023). Embedding action on social and structural determinants of mental health into a national framework: An “Immunisation schedule” for the prevention of common mental disorders. Mental Health & Prevention, 32, 200308. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Gardner, L., Chapman, C., Thornton, L., Slade, T., Sunderland, M., Hides, L., McBride, N., O'Dean, S., Mills, K., Osman, B., Smout, S., McCann, K., Hunter, E., Teesson, M., et al (2023). Health4Life eHealth intervention to modify multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescent students in Australia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Digital Health, 5(5), e276-e287. [More Information]
Bauducco, S., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Newton, N., Gradisar, M. (2023). It's past your bedtime, but does it matter anymore? How longitudinal changes in bedtime rules relate to adolescents’ sleep. Journal of Sleep Research. [More Information]
Mewton, L., Davies, S., Sunderland, M., Champion, K., Hoy, N., Newton, N., Teesson, M., Squeglia, L. (2023). Longitudinal Relationships Between Lifestyle Risk Factors and Neurodevelopment in Early Adolescence. Health Psychology, 42(12), 904-912. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Newton, N., Slade, T., Smout, S., Teesson, M., Sunderland, M. (2023). Multiple lifestyle risk behaviours and hierarchical dimensions of psychopathology in 6640 Australian adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(2), 241-251. [More Information]
Grummitt, L., Bailey, S., Birrell, L., Kelly, E., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Andrews, J., Halladay, J., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Barrett, E. (2023). OurFutures Mental Health: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a school-based, universal mental ill-health prevention program. Mental Health & Prevention, 30, 200277. [More Information]
Champion, K., Hunter, E., Gardner, L., Thornton, L., Chapman, C., McCann, K., Spring, B., Slade, T., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2023). Parental Information Needs and Intervention Preferences for Preventing Multiple Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents: Cross-sectional Survey Among Parents. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 6. [More Information]
Hunter, E., Egan, L., Teesson, M., Champion, K., Gardner, L., Oâ™Dean, S., Newton, N., Thornton, L., Rowe, A., Slade, T., Devine, E., et al (2023). Peer-Related Correlates of e-Cigarette Use in Australian Adolescents: a Cross-sectional Examination. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. [More Information]
Oâ™Dean, S., Champion, K., Sunderland, M., Smout, S., Slade, T., Chapman, C., Gardner, L., Thornton, L., Newton, N., Teesson, M. (2023). Potential Mediators of a School-Based Digital Intervention Targeting Six Lifestyle Risk Behaviours in a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of Australian Adolescents. Prevention Science. [More Information]
Smout, S., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Osman, B., Kihas, I., Thornton, L., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Burrows, T. (2023). Prevalence and correlates of addictive eating behaviours in a large cohort of Australian adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Rowe, A., Stockings, E., Champion, K., Hides, L., McBride, N., Allsop, S., Oâ™Dean, S., Sunderland, M., Lee, Y., Freeman, B., Stapinski, L., Thornton, L., Debenham, J., Teesson, M., Newton, N., et al (2023). Study protocol of the Our Futures Vaping Trial: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based eHealth intervention to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents. BMC Public Health, 23(1). [More Information]
Peters, L., Grummitt, L., Birrell, L., Kelly, E., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Teesson, M., Barrett, E., Newton, N. (2023). Young people's evaluation of an online mental health prevention program for secondary school students: A mixed-methods formative study. Mental Health & Prevention, 30, 200263. [More Information]
Stapinski, L., Routledge, K., Snijder, M., Doyle, M., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Ward, J., Baumgart, A., Lee, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2022). A Web-Based Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Program (Strong & Deadly Futures) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School Students: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(1), e34530. [More Information]
Routledge, K., Snijder, M., Newton, N., Ward, J., Doyle, M., Chapman, C., Champion, K., Lees, B., Garlick Bock, S., Wang, Y., Lee, K., Teesson, M., Stapinski, L., et al (2022). Acceptability and feasibility of Strong & Deadly Futures, a culturally-inclusive alcohol and drug prevention program for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander secondary students. SSM Mental Health, 2, 100073. [More Information]
Newton, N., Debenham, J., Slade, T., Smout, A., Grummitt, L., Sunderland, M., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Kelly, E., Lawler, S., Teesson, M., Stapinski, L., et al (2022). Effect of Selective Personality-Targeted Alcohol Use Prevention on 7-Year Alcohol-Related Outcomes among High-risk Adolescents: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 5(11), E2242544. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Champion, K., Birrell, L., Newton, N. (2022). Effectiveness of a neuroscience-based, harm reduction program for older adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial of the Illicit Project. Preventive Medicine Reports, 26, 101706. [More Information]
Egan, L., Gardner, L., Newton, N., Champion, K. (2022). eHealth Interventions Targeting Poor Diet, Alcohol Use, Tobacco Smoking, and Vaping Among Disadvantaged Youth: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(5), e35408. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Debenham, J., Newton, N., Chapman, C., Wylie, F., Osman, B., Teesson, M., Champion, K. (2022). Lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescents: a two-year longitudinal study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open, 12(6). [More Information]
Champion, K., Chapman, C., Gardner, L., Sunderland, M., Newton, N. (2022). Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross-sectional survey. Medical Journal of Australia, 216(3), 156-157. [More Information]
Thornton, L., Osman, B., Champion, K., Green, O., Wescott, A., Gardner, L., Stewart, C., Visontay, R., Whife, J., Parmenter, B., Birrell, L., Bryant, Z., Chapman, C., Slade, T., Teesson, M., et al (2022). Measurement Properties of Smartphone Approaches to Assess Diet, Alcohol Use, and Tobacco Use: Systematic Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10(2), e27337. [More Information]
Parmenter, B., Burley, C., Stewart, C., Whife, J., Champion, K., Osman, B., Newton, N., Green, O., Wescott, A., Gardner, L., Visontay, R., Birrell, L., Bryant, Z., Chapman, C., Sunderland, M., Slade, T., Thornton, L., et al (2022). Measurement Properties of Smartphone Approaches to Assess Physical Activity in Healthy Young People: Systematic Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10(10). [More Information]
Debenham, J., Newton, N., Champion, K., Lawler, S., Lees, B., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M., Birrell, L. (2022). Neuroscience literacy and substance use prevention: How well do young people understand their brain? Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(2), 395-402. [More Information]
Champion, K., Gardner, L., McCann, K., Hunter, E., Parmenter, B., Aitken, T., Chapman, C., Spring, B., Thornton, L., Slade, T., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2022). Parent-based interventions to improve multiple lifestyle risk behaviors among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine, 164. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Rowe, A., Newton, N., Aitken, T., Stockings, E., Thornton, L., Teesson, M., Devine, E., Champion, K. (2022). School-based preventive interventions targeting e-cigarette use among adolescents: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9). [More Information]
Grummitt, L., Debenham, J., Kelly, E., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Conrod, P., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2022). Selective personality-targeted prevention of suicidal ideation in young adolescents: post hoc analysis of data collected in a cluster randomised controlled trial. Medical Journal of Australia, 216(10), 525-529. [More Information]
Leary, M., Pursey, K., Verdejo-Garcia, A., Smout, S., McBride, N., Osman, B., Champion, K., Gardner, L., Jebeile, H., Kelly, E., Thornton, L., Teesson, M., et al (2022). Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents. Behavioral Sciences, 12(12). [More Information]
Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Slade, T., Sunderland, M., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Smout, A., Lawler, S., Mather, M., Debenham, J., Teesson, M., et al (2022). The 7-Year Effectiveness of School-Based Alcohol Use Prevention From Adolescence to Early Adulthood: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Universal, Selective, and Combined Interventions. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(4), 520-532. [More Information]
Kim, S., Champion, K., Gardner, L., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Gainsbury, S. (2022). The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population. Frontiers Psychiatry, 13(1043490). [More Information]
Devine, E., Teesson, M., Debenham, J., Guckel, T., Stapinski, L., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Newton, N. (2022). Updated systematic review of Australian school-based prevention programmes for alcohol and other drugs: a review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(11). [More Information]
Thornton, L., Gardner, L., Osman, B., Green, O., Champion, K., Bryant, Z., Teesson, M., Kay-Lambkin, F., Chapman, C. (2021). A multiple health behavior change, self-monitoring mobile app for adolescents: Development and usability study of the Health4Life app. JMIR Formative Research, 5(4), e25513. [More Information]
Sunderland, M., Champion, K., Slade, T., Chapman, C., Newton, N., Thornton, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., McBride, N., Allsop, S., Parmenter, B., Teesson, M. (2021). Age-varying associations between lifestyle risk factors and major depressive disorder: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of adolescents. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(1), 129-139. [More Information]
Kershaw, S., Birrell, L., Deen, H., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Champion, K., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Chapman, C. (2021). Evaluation of a Digital Health Initiative in Illicit Substance Use: Cross-sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(8), e29026. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Lees, B., Yücel, M., Newton, N. (2021). Neuropsychological and neurophysiological predictors and consequences of cannabis and illicit substance use during neurodevelopment: a systematic review of longitudinal studies. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 5(8), 589-604. [More Information]
Spring, B., Champion, K., Acabchuk, R., Hennessy, E. (2021). Self-regulatory behaviour change techniques in interventions to promote healthy eating, physical activity, or weight loss: a meta-review. Health Psychology Review, 15(4), 508-539. [More Information]
Deen, H., Kershaw, S., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Birrell, L., Debenham, J., Champion, K., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Chapman, C. (2021). Stigma, discrimination and crystal methamphetamine (ice): Current attitudes in Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 87, 1-8. [More Information]
Snijder, M., Stapinski, L., Ward, J., Lees, B., Chapman, C., Champion, K., Doyle, M., Watson, I., Sarra, R., Lear, A., Garlick Bock, S., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2021). Strong and Deadly Futures: Co-Development of a Web-Based Wellbeing and Substance Use Prevention Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Non-Aboriginal Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 2176-1-2176-23. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N. (2021). Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of The Illicit Project, a digital, neuroscience-based substance use intervention for secondary school students. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 107, 106467-1-106467-7. [More Information]
Slade, T., Newton, N., Mather, M., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Conrod, P., Teesson, M. (2021). The long-term effectiveness of universal, selective and combined prevention for alcohol use during adolescence: 36-month outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 116(3), 514-524. [More Information]
Pfammatter, A., Champion, K., Finch, L., Siddique, J., Hedeker, D., Spring, B. (2020). A mHealth intervention to preserve and promote ideal cardiovascular health in college students: Design and protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 98, 106162. [More Information]
Kelly, E., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Conrod, P., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2020). A Novel Approach to Tackling Bullying in Schools: Personality-Targeted Intervention for Adolescent Victims and Bullies in Australia. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(4), 508-518. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Askovic, M., Newton, N. (2020). A pilot study of a neuroscience- based, harm minimisation programme in schools and youth centres in Australia. BMJ Open, 10(2), e033337. [More Information]
Champion, K., Gardner, L., McGowan, C., Chapman, C., Thornton, L., Parmenter, B., McBride, N., Lubans, D., McCann, K., Spring, B., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2020). A Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Multiple Chronic Disease Risk Factors Among Adolescents: Co-Design and User Testing of the Health4Life School-Based Program. JMIR Formative Research, 4(7), e19485. [More Information]
Conroy, C., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Slade, T., Thornton, L., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2020). Adolescents' Perspectives on Substance Use Prevention: A qualitative study among Australian school students. Mental Health & Prevention, 19, 200183. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Newton, N., Birrell, L., Yucel, M., Lees, B., Champion, K. (2020). Cannabis and Illicit Drug Use During Neurodevelopment and the Associated Structural, Functional and Cognitive Outcomes: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(7), e18349. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Champion, K., Parmenter, B., Grummitt, L., Chapman, C., Sunderland, M., Thornton, L., McBride, N., Newton, N. (2020). Clustering of six key risk behaviors for chronic disease among adolescent females. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 1-12. [More Information]
Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M., Slade, T., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Birrell, L., Kelly, E., Mather, M., Conrod, P. (2020). Evaluating the differential effectiveness of social influence and personality-targeted alcohol prevention on mental health outcomes among high-risk youth: A novel cluster randomised controlled factorial design trial. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(3), 259-271. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Chapman, C., McIntyre, R., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N. (2020). How Does Adolescent Alcohol Use Affect the Developing Brain? Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, 1-12. [More Information]
Thornton, L., Osman, B., Wescott, A., Sunderland, M., Champion, K., Green, O., Kay-Lambkin, F., Kay-Lambkin, F., Slade, T., Newton, N., Chapman, C., Teesson, M., Mills, K., Birrell, L., Lubans, D., Gardner, L., et al (2020). Measurement properties of smartphone approaches to assess key lifestyle behaviours: Protocol of a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 127. [More Information]
Snijder, M., Stapinski, L., Lees, B., Ward, J., Conrod, P., Mushquash, C., Belone, L., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2020). Preventing Substance Use Among Indigenous Adolescents in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a Systematic Review of the Literature. Prevention Science, 21(1), 65-85. [More Information]
Teesson, M., Champion, K., Newton, N., Kay-Lambkin, F., Chapman, C., Thornton, L., Slade, T., Sunderland, M., Mills, K., Gardner, L., Smout, S., Osman, B., et al (2020). Study protocol of the Health4Life initiative: A cluster randomised controlled trial of an eHealth school-based program targeting multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among young Australians. BMJ Open, 10(7), e035662. [More Information]
Champion, K., Parmenter, B., McGowan, C., Spring, B., Wafford, Q., Gardner, L., Thornton, L., McBride, N., Barrett, E., Teesson, M., Newton, N., et al (2019). Effectiveness of school-based eHealth interventions to prevent multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Digital Health, 1(5), e206-e221. [More Information]
Mewton, L., Champion, K., Kay-Lambkin, F., Sunderland, M., Thornton, L., Teesson, M. (2019). Lifestyle risk indices in adolescence and their relationships to adolescent disease burden: findings from an Australian national survey. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 60. [More Information]
Warnick, J., Pfammatter, A., Champion, K., Galluzz, T., Spring, B. (2019). Perceptions of health behaviors and mobile health applications in an academically elite college population to inform a targeted health promotion program. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(2), 165-174. [More Information]
Birrell, L., Deen, H., Champion, K., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Chapman, C. (2018). A Mobile App to Provide Evidence-Based Information About Crystal Methamphetamine (Ice) to the Community (Cracks in the Ice): Co-Design and Beta Testing. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(12), 1-14. [More Information]
Champion, K., Chapman, C., Newton, N., Brierley, M., Stapinski, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., Nagle, J., Teesson, M. (2018). A web-based toolkit to provide evidence-based resources about crystal methamphetamine for the australian community: Collaborative development of cracks in the ice. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 5(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Thornton, L., Chapman, C., Leidl, D., Conroy, C., Teesson, M., Slade, T., Koning, I., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Newton, N. (2018). Climate schools plus: An online, combined student and parent, universal drug prevention program. Internet Interventions, 12, 36-45. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M. (2018). Cluster randomised controlled trial of an online intervention to prevent ecstasy and new psychoactive substance use among adolescents: final results and implications for implementation. BMJ Open, 8(11), e020433. [More Information]
Champion, K., Mather, M., Spring, B., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2018). Clustering of Multiple Risk Behaviors Among a Sample of 18-Year-Old Australians and Associations With Mental Health Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 6, 1-11. [More Information]
Newton, N., Chapman, C., Slade, T., Conroy, C., Thornton, L., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Koning, I., Teesson, M. (2018). Internet-based universal prevention for students and parents to prevent alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents: Protocol for the randomized controlled trial of climate schools plus. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7(8), 1-16. [More Information]
Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Slade, T., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Chapman, C., Smout, A., Lawler, S., Mather, M., Castellanos-Ryan, N., et al (2018). Pathways to prevention: Protocol for the CAP (Climate and Preventure) study to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of school-based universal, selective and combined alcohol misuse prevention into early adulthood. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Chapman, C., Champion, K., Birrell, L., Deen, H., Brierley, M., Stapinski, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., Newton, N., Teesson, M. (2018). Smartphone Apps About Crystal Methamphetamine (Ice"): Systematic Search in App Stores and Assessment of Composition and Quality". JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(11), e10442. [More Information]
Snijder, M., Stapinski, L., Lees, B., Newton, N., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Ward, J., Teesson, M. (2018). Substance use prevention programs for indigenous adolescents in the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: Protocol for a systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(2), 1-10. [More Information]
Newton, N., Teesson, M., Mather, M., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Stapinski, L., Carragher, N., Kelly, E., Conrod, P., Slade, T. (2018). Universal cannabis outcomes from the Climate and Preventure (CAP) study: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 13(1), 34. [More Information]
Newton, N., Champion, K., Slade, T., Chapman, C., Stapinski, L., Koning, I., Tonks, Z., Teesson, M. (2017). A systematic review of combined student- and parent-based programs to prevent alcohol and other drug use among adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36(3), 337-351. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Spring, B., Wafford, Q., Parmenter, B., Teesson, M. (2017). A systematic review of school-based eHealth interventions targeting alcohol use, smoking, physical inactivity, diet, sedentary behaviour and sleep among adolescents: A review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 6(1). [More Information]
Teesson, M., Newton, N., Slade, T., Carragher, N., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Kelly, E., Nair, N., Stapinski, L., Conrod, P. (2017). Combined universal and selective prevention for adolescent alcohol use: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 47(10), 1761-1770. [More Information]
Champion, K., Barrett, E., Slade, T., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2017). Psychosocial factors associated with adolescent substance use: a longitudinal investigation. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 10(4), 142-154. [More Information]
Birrell, L., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Prior, K., Champion, K., Mackie, C., Teesson, M., Slade, T. (2017). Trajectories of emotional symptoms in adolescence: impact on alcohol use. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 10(4), 130-141. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Slade, T., Barrett, E., Teesson, M. (2016). A cross-validation trial of an Internet-based prevention program for alcohol and cannabis: Preliminary results from a cluster randomised controlled trial. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50(1), 64-73. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M. (2016). Effectiveness of a universal internet-based prevention program for ecstasy and new psychoactive substances: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 111(8), 1396-1405. [More Information]
Champion, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2016). Patterns and correlates of new psychoactive substance use in a sample of Australian high school students. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35(3), 338-344. [More Information]
Nair, N., Newton, N., Barrett, E., Slade, T., Conrod, P., Baillie, A., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2016). Personality and early adolescent alcohol use: Assessing the four-factor model of vulnerability. Journal of Addiction & Prevention, 4(2), 1-6.
Champion, K., Newton, N., Teesson, M. (2016). Prevention of alcohol and other drug use and related harm in the digital age: What does the evidence tell us? Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 29(4), 242-249. [More Information]
Newton, N., Conrod, P., Slade, T., Carragher, N., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Kelly, E., Nair, N., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M. (2016). The long-term effectiveness of a selective, personality-targeted prevention program in reducing alcohol use and related harms: a cluster randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(9), 1056-1065. [More Information]
Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Champion, K., Teesson, M., Bussey, K. (2016). The reliability and validity of the Australian moral disengagement scale. Behaviour Change, 33(3), 136-149. [More Information]
Carragher, N., Teesson, M., Sunderland, M., Newton, N., Krueger, R., Conrod, P., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Nair, N., Slade, T. (2016). The structure of adolescent psychopathology: A symptom-level analysis. Psychological Medicine, 46(5), 981-994. [More Information]
Newton, N., Barrett, E., Castellanos-Ryan, N., Kelly, E., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Conrod, P., Slade, T., Nair, N., Teesson, M. (2016). The validity of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) among Australian adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 53, 23-30. [More Information]
Sherman, K., Shaw, L., Champion, K., Caldeira, F., McCaskill, M. (2015). The effect of disease risk probability and disease type on interest in clinic-based versus direct-to-consumer genetic testing services. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 38(5), 706-714. [More Information]
Vogl, L., Newton, N., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2014). A universal harm-minimisation approach to preventing psychostimulant and cannabis use in adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 9(24). [More Information]
Newton, N., Andrews, G., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2014). Universal Internet-based prevention for alcohol and cannabis use reduces truancy, psychological distress and moral disengagement: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Preventive Medicine, 65, 109-115. [More Information]
Champion, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2013). A cluster randomised controlled trial of the Climate Schools: Ecstasy and Emerging Drugs Module in Australian secondary schools: Study protocol. BMC Public Health, 13(1). [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Barrett, E., Teesson, M. (2013). A systematic review of school-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs facilitated by computers or the Internet. Drug and Alcohol Review, 32(2), 115-123. [More Information]

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2025

Rowe, A., O'Dean, S., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Grummitt, L., Mills, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Gardner, L. (2025). Childhood traumatic experiences and vaping among Australian adolescents: A prospective investigation. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 267-272. [More Information]

2024

Gardner, L., Stockings, E., Champion, K., Rowe, A., Newton, N., Egan, L., Hunter, E., Devine, E., Aitken, T., Thornton, L., Teesson, M. (2024). A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of School-Based Preventive Interventions Targeting E-Cigarette Use Among Adolescents. Prevention Science. [More Information]
Raeside, R., Todd, A., Sim, K., Kang, M., Mihrshahi, S., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Skinner, J., Laranjo, L., Steinbeck, K., Redfern, J., Partridge, S. (2024). Accelerating implementation of adolescent digital health prevention programs: analysis of insights from Australian stakeholders. Frontiers in Public Health, 12. [More Information]
Smout, S., Champion, K., Oâ™Dean, S., Halladay, J., Gardner, L., Newton, N. (2024). Adolescent Lifestyle Behaviour Modification and Mental Health: Longitudinal Changes in Diet, Physical Activity, Sleep, Screen Time, Smoking, and Alcohol Use and Associations with Psychological Distress. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N. (2024). An on-line school-based substance use harm reduction programme: The Illicit Project randomized controlled trial results. Addiction, 119(4), 741-752. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Stockings, E., Birrell, L., Newton, N., Devine, E., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Kershaw, S., Arunogiri, S., Teesson, M. (2024). Co-design of digital public health substance use resources: A collaboration between young people and experts. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 36(1), e874. [More Information]
Osman, B., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Thornton, L., Burrows, T., Smout, S., Hunter, E., Sunderland, M., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2024). Exploring the association between adolescent-perceived parental monitoring on dietary intake. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 20(3), e13650. [More Information]
Kershaw, S., Sunderland, M., Grager, A., Birrell, L., Deen, H., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Champion, K., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Chapman, C. (2024). Perceived barriers to help-seeking for people who use crystal methamphetamine: Perspectives of people with lived experience, family members and health workers. Drug and Alcohol Review, 43(7), 1929-1939. [More Information]
Grummitt, L., Bailey, S., Kelly, E., Birrell, L., Gardner, L., Halladay, J., Chapman, C., Andrews, J., Champion, K., Hunter, E., Egan, L., Conroy, C., Tiko, R., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Barrett, E., et al (2024). Refining the universal, school-based OurFutures Mental Health program to be trauma-informed, gender and sexuality diversity affirmative, and adhere to proportionate universalism: a mixed methods participatory design process. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 7, e54637. [More Information]
Gardner, L., O'Dean, S., Rowe, A., Hawkins, A., Egan, L., Stockings, E., Teesson, M., Hides, L., Catakovic, A., Ellem, R., Stapinski, L., Freeman, B., Thornton, L., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N., et al (2024). Research Letter: E-cigarette use and mental health during early adolescence: An Australian survey among over 5000 young people. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(12), 1103-1106. [More Information]

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2023

Slade, T., Chapman, C., Conroy, C., Thornton, L., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Koning, I., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2023). 24-month outcomes of an eHealth universal program for students and parents to prevent adolescent alcohol use: A cluster randomized controlled trial in schools. Internet Interventions, 33. [More Information]
Egan, L., Gardner, L., Newton, N., Champion, K. (2023). A Systematic Review of eHealth Interventions Among Adolescents of Low Socioeconomic and Geographically Remote Backgrounds in Preventing Poor Diet, Alcohol Use, Tobacco Smoking and Vaping. Adolescent Research Review. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Stockings, E., Champion, K., Mather, M., Newton, N. (2023). Alcohol initiation before age 15 predicts earlier hazardous drinking: A survival analysis of a 7-year prospective longitudinal cohort of Australian adolescents. Addiction. [More Information]
Raeside, R., Jia, S., Todd, A., Hyun, K., Singleton, A., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Redfern, J., Partridge, S. (2023). Are Digital Health Interventions That Target Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Effective for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing in Adolescents? A Systematic Review with Meta-analyses. Adolescent Research Review. [More Information]
Champion, K., Chapman, C., Sunderland, M., Slade, T., Barrett, E., Kelly, E., Stapinski, L., Gardner, L., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2023). Associations Between Personality Traits and Energy Balance Behaviors in Emerging Adulthood: Cross-Sectional Study. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 9. [More Information]
Smout, S., Gardner, L., Newton, N., Champion, K. (2023). Dose–response associations between modifiable lifestyle behaviours and anxiety, depression and psychological distress symptoms in early adolescence. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(1). [More Information]
Grummitt, L., Barrett, E., Halladay, J., Bailey, S., Birrell, L., Hunter, E., Kelly, E., Champion, K., Gardner, L., Nguyen, A., Chapman, C., Newton, N., Teesson, M. (2023). Embedding action on social and structural determinants of mental health into a national framework: An “Immunisation schedule” for the prevention of common mental disorders. Mental Health & Prevention, 32, 200308. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Gardner, L., Chapman, C., Thornton, L., Slade, T., Sunderland, M., Hides, L., McBride, N., O'Dean, S., Mills, K., Osman, B., Smout, S., McCann, K., Hunter, E., Teesson, M., et al (2023). Health4Life eHealth intervention to modify multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescent students in Australia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Digital Health, 5(5), e276-e287. [More Information]
Bauducco, S., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Newton, N., Gradisar, M. (2023). It's past your bedtime, but does it matter anymore? How longitudinal changes in bedtime rules relate to adolescents’ sleep. Journal of Sleep Research. [More Information]
Mewton, L., Davies, S., Sunderland, M., Champion, K., Hoy, N., Newton, N., Teesson, M., Squeglia, L. (2023). Longitudinal Relationships Between Lifestyle Risk Factors and Neurodevelopment in Early Adolescence. Health Psychology, 42(12), 904-912. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Newton, N., Slade, T., Smout, S., Teesson, M., Sunderland, M. (2023). Multiple lifestyle risk behaviours and hierarchical dimensions of psychopathology in 6640 Australian adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(2), 241-251. [More Information]
Grummitt, L., Bailey, S., Birrell, L., Kelly, E., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Andrews, J., Halladay, J., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Barrett, E. (2023). OurFutures Mental Health: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a school-based, universal mental ill-health prevention program. Mental Health & Prevention, 30, 200277. [More Information]
Champion, K., Hunter, E., Gardner, L., Thornton, L., Chapman, C., McCann, K., Spring, B., Slade, T., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2023). Parental Information Needs and Intervention Preferences for Preventing Multiple Lifestyle Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents: Cross-sectional Survey Among Parents. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 6. [More Information]
Hunter, E., Egan, L., Teesson, M., Champion, K., Gardner, L., Oâ™Dean, S., Newton, N., Thornton, L., Rowe, A., Slade, T., Devine, E., et al (2023). Peer-Related Correlates of e-Cigarette Use in Australian Adolescents: a Cross-sectional Examination. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. [More Information]
Oâ™Dean, S., Champion, K., Sunderland, M., Smout, S., Slade, T., Chapman, C., Gardner, L., Thornton, L., Newton, N., Teesson, M. (2023). Potential Mediators of a School-Based Digital Intervention Targeting Six Lifestyle Risk Behaviours in a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of Australian Adolescents. Prevention Science. [More Information]
Smout, S., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Osman, B., Kihas, I., Thornton, L., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Burrows, T. (2023). Prevalence and correlates of addictive eating behaviours in a large cohort of Australian adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Rowe, A., Stockings, E., Champion, K., Hides, L., McBride, N., Allsop, S., Oâ™Dean, S., Sunderland, M., Lee, Y., Freeman, B., Stapinski, L., Thornton, L., Debenham, J., Teesson, M., Newton, N., et al (2023). Study protocol of the Our Futures Vaping Trial: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a school-based eHealth intervention to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents. BMC Public Health, 23(1). [More Information]
Peters, L., Grummitt, L., Birrell, L., Kelly, E., Gardner, L., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Teesson, M., Barrett, E., Newton, N. (2023). Young people's evaluation of an online mental health prevention program for secondary school students: A mixed-methods formative study. Mental Health & Prevention, 30, 200263. [More Information]

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2022

Stapinski, L., Routledge, K., Snijder, M., Doyle, M., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Ward, J., Baumgart, A., Lee, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2022). A Web-Based Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Program (Strong & Deadly Futures) for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander School Students: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(1), e34530. [More Information]
Routledge, K., Snijder, M., Newton, N., Ward, J., Doyle, M., Chapman, C., Champion, K., Lees, B., Garlick Bock, S., Wang, Y., Lee, K., Teesson, M., Stapinski, L., et al (2022). Acceptability and feasibility of Strong & Deadly Futures, a culturally-inclusive alcohol and drug prevention program for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander secondary students. SSM Mental Health, 2, 100073. [More Information]
Newton, N., Debenham, J., Slade, T., Smout, A., Grummitt, L., Sunderland, M., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Kelly, E., Lawler, S., Teesson, M., Stapinski, L., et al (2022). Effect of Selective Personality-Targeted Alcohol Use Prevention on 7-Year Alcohol-Related Outcomes among High-risk Adolescents: A Secondary Analysis of a Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 5(11), E2242544. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Champion, K., Birrell, L., Newton, N. (2022). Effectiveness of a neuroscience-based, harm reduction program for older adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial of the Illicit Project. Preventive Medicine Reports, 26, 101706. [More Information]
Egan, L., Gardner, L., Newton, N., Champion, K. (2022). eHealth Interventions Targeting Poor Diet, Alcohol Use, Tobacco Smoking, and Vaping Among Disadvantaged Youth: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(5), e35408. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Debenham, J., Newton, N., Chapman, C., Wylie, F., Osman, B., Teesson, M., Champion, K. (2022). Lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescents: a two-year longitudinal study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Open, 12(6). [More Information]
Champion, K., Chapman, C., Gardner, L., Sunderland, M., Newton, N. (2022). Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross-sectional survey. Medical Journal of Australia, 216(3), 156-157. [More Information]
Thornton, L., Osman, B., Champion, K., Green, O., Wescott, A., Gardner, L., Stewart, C., Visontay, R., Whife, J., Parmenter, B., Birrell, L., Bryant, Z., Chapman, C., Slade, T., Teesson, M., et al (2022). Measurement Properties of Smartphone Approaches to Assess Diet, Alcohol Use, and Tobacco Use: Systematic Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10(2), e27337. [More Information]
Parmenter, B., Burley, C., Stewart, C., Whife, J., Champion, K., Osman, B., Newton, N., Green, O., Wescott, A., Gardner, L., Visontay, R., Birrell, L., Bryant, Z., Chapman, C., Sunderland, M., Slade, T., Thornton, L., et al (2022). Measurement Properties of Smartphone Approaches to Assess Physical Activity in Healthy Young People: Systematic Review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 10(10). [More Information]
Debenham, J., Newton, N., Champion, K., Lawler, S., Lees, B., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M., Birrell, L. (2022). Neuroscience literacy and substance use prevention: How well do young people understand their brain? Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33(2), 395-402. [More Information]
Champion, K., Gardner, L., McCann, K., Hunter, E., Parmenter, B., Aitken, T., Chapman, C., Spring, B., Thornton, L., Slade, T., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2022). Parent-based interventions to improve multiple lifestyle risk behaviors among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Preventive Medicine, 164. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Rowe, A., Newton, N., Aitken, T., Stockings, E., Thornton, L., Teesson, M., Devine, E., Champion, K. (2022). School-based preventive interventions targeting e-cigarette use among adolescents: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(9). [More Information]
Grummitt, L., Debenham, J., Kelly, E., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Conrod, P., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2022). Selective personality-targeted prevention of suicidal ideation in young adolescents: post hoc analysis of data collected in a cluster randomised controlled trial. Medical Journal of Australia, 216(10), 525-529. [More Information]
Leary, M., Pursey, K., Verdejo-Garcia, A., Smout, S., McBride, N., Osman, B., Champion, K., Gardner, L., Jebeile, H., Kelly, E., Thornton, L., Teesson, M., et al (2022). Socio-Demographic, Self-Control, Bullying, Parenting, and Sleep as Proximal Factors Associated with Food Addiction among Adolescents. Behavioral Sciences, 12(12). [More Information]
Debenham, J., Newton, N., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2022). Substance Use in Older Adolescence - Overcoming the Prevention Paradox. In Vinood B. Patel, Victor R. Preedy (Eds.), Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions, (pp. 365-388). Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. [More Information]
Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Slade, T., Sunderland, M., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Smout, A., Lawler, S., Mather, M., Debenham, J., Teesson, M., et al (2022). The 7-Year Effectiveness of School-Based Alcohol Use Prevention From Adolescence to Early Adulthood: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Universal, Selective, and Combined Interventions. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(4), 520-532. [More Information]
Kim, S., Champion, K., Gardner, L., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Gainsbury, S. (2022). The directionality of anxiety and gaming disorder: An exploratory analysis of longitudinal data from an Australian youth population. Frontiers Psychiatry, 13(1043490). [More Information]
Devine, E., Teesson, M., Debenham, J., Guckel, T., Stapinski, L., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Newton, N. (2022). Updated systematic review of Australian school-based prevention programmes for alcohol and other drugs: a review protocol. BMJ Open, 12(11). [More Information]

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2021

Thornton, L., Gardner, L., Osman, B., Green, O., Champion, K., Bryant, Z., Teesson, M., Kay-Lambkin, F., Chapman, C. (2021). A multiple health behavior change, self-monitoring mobile app for adolescents: Development and usability study of the Health4Life app. JMIR Formative Research, 5(4), e25513. [More Information]
Sunderland, M., Champion, K., Slade, T., Chapman, C., Newton, N., Thornton, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., McBride, N., Allsop, S., Parmenter, B., Teesson, M. (2021). Age-varying associations between lifestyle risk factors and major depressive disorder: a nationally representative cross-sectional study of adolescents. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 56(1), 129-139. [More Information]
Kershaw, S., Birrell, L., Deen, H., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Champion, K., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Chapman, C. (2021). Evaluation of a Digital Health Initiative in Illicit Substance Use: Cross-sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(8), e29026. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Lees, B., Yücel, M., Newton, N. (2021). Neuropsychological and neurophysiological predictors and consequences of cannabis and illicit substance use during neurodevelopment: a systematic review of longitudinal studies. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, 5(8), 589-604. [More Information]
Spring, B., Champion, K., Acabchuk, R., Hennessy, E. (2021). Self-regulatory behaviour change techniques in interventions to promote healthy eating, physical activity, or weight loss: a meta-review. Health Psychology Review, 15(4), 508-539. [More Information]
Deen, H., Kershaw, S., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Birrell, L., Debenham, J., Champion, K., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Chapman, C. (2021). Stigma, discrimination and crystal methamphetamine (ice): Current attitudes in Australia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 87, 1-8. [More Information]
Snijder, M., Stapinski, L., Ward, J., Lees, B., Chapman, C., Champion, K., Doyle, M., Watson, I., Sarra, R., Lear, A., Garlick Bock, S., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2021). Strong and Deadly Futures: Co-Development of a Web-Based Wellbeing and Substance Use Prevention Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Non-Aboriginal Adolescents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 2176-1-2176-23. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N. (2021). Study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial of The Illicit Project, a digital, neuroscience-based substance use intervention for secondary school students. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 107, 106467-1-106467-7. [More Information]
Slade, T., Newton, N., Mather, M., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Conrod, P., Teesson, M. (2021). The long-term effectiveness of universal, selective and combined prevention for alcohol use during adolescence: 36-month outcomes from a cluster randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 116(3), 514-524. [More Information]

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2020

Pfammatter, A., Champion, K., Finch, L., Siddique, J., Hedeker, D., Spring, B. (2020). A mHealth intervention to preserve and promote ideal cardiovascular health in college students: Design and protocol of a cluster randomized controlled trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials, 98, 106162. [More Information]
Kelly, E., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Conrod, P., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2020). A Novel Approach to Tackling Bullying in Schools: Personality-Targeted Intervention for Adolescent Victims and Bullies in Australia. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 59(4), 508-518. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Askovic, M., Newton, N. (2020). A pilot study of a neuroscience- based, harm minimisation programme in schools and youth centres in Australia. BMJ Open, 10(2), e033337. [More Information]
Champion, K., Gardner, L., McGowan, C., Chapman, C., Thornton, L., Parmenter, B., McBride, N., Lubans, D., McCann, K., Spring, B., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2020). A Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Multiple Chronic Disease Risk Factors Among Adolescents: Co-Design and User Testing of the Health4Life School-Based Program. JMIR Formative Research, 4(7), e19485. [More Information]
Conroy, C., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Slade, T., Thornton, L., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2020). Adolescents' Perspectives on Substance Use Prevention: A qualitative study among Australian school students. Mental Health & Prevention, 19, 200183. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Newton, N., Birrell, L., Yucel, M., Lees, B., Champion, K. (2020). Cannabis and Illicit Drug Use During Neurodevelopment and the Associated Structural, Functional and Cognitive Outcomes: Protocol for a Systematic Review. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(7), e18349. [More Information]
Gardner, L., Champion, K., Parmenter, B., Grummitt, L., Chapman, C., Sunderland, M., Thornton, L., McBride, N., Newton, N. (2020). Clustering of six key risk behaviors for chronic disease among adolescent females. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(19), 1-12. [More Information]
Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M., Slade, T., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Birrell, L., Kelly, E., Mather, M., Conrod, P. (2020). Evaluating the differential effectiveness of social influence and personality-targeted alcohol prevention on mental health outcomes among high-risk youth: A novel cluster randomised controlled factorial design trial. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(3), 259-271. [More Information]
Debenham, J., Chapman, C., McIntyre, R., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N. (2020). How Does Adolescent Alcohol Use Affect the Developing Brain? Frontiers for Young Minds, 10, 1-12. [More Information]
Thornton, L., Osman, B., Wescott, A., Sunderland, M., Champion, K., Green, O., Kay-Lambkin, F., Kay-Lambkin, F., Slade, T., Newton, N., Chapman, C., Teesson, M., Mills, K., Birrell, L., Lubans, D., Gardner, L., et al (2020). Measurement properties of smartphone approaches to assess key lifestyle behaviours: Protocol of a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 9(1), 127. [More Information]
Snijder, M., Stapinski, L., Lees, B., Ward, J., Conrod, P., Mushquash, C., Belone, L., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2020). Preventing Substance Use Among Indigenous Adolescents in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: a Systematic Review of the Literature. Prevention Science, 21(1), 65-85. [More Information]
Teesson, M., Champion, K., Newton, N., Kay-Lambkin, F., Chapman, C., Thornton, L., Slade, T., Sunderland, M., Mills, K., Gardner, L., Smout, S., Osman, B., et al (2020). Study protocol of the Health4Life initiative: A cluster randomised controlled trial of an eHealth school-based program targeting multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among young Australians. BMJ Open, 10(7), e035662. [More Information]

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2019

Champion, K., Parmenter, B., McGowan, C., Spring, B., Wafford, Q., Gardner, L., Thornton, L., McBride, N., Barrett, E., Teesson, M., Newton, N., et al (2019). Effectiveness of school-based eHealth interventions to prevent multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Digital Health, 1(5), e206-e221. [More Information]
Mewton, L., Champion, K., Kay-Lambkin, F., Sunderland, M., Thornton, L., Teesson, M. (2019). Lifestyle risk indices in adolescence and their relationships to adolescent disease burden: findings from an Australian national survey. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 60. [More Information]
Warnick, J., Pfammatter, A., Champion, K., Galluzz, T., Spring, B. (2019). Perceptions of health behaviors and mobile health applications in an academically elite college population to inform a targeted health promotion program. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 26(2), 165-174. [More Information]

2018

Birrell, L., Deen, H., Champion, K., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Chapman, C. (2018). A Mobile App to Provide Evidence-Based Information About Crystal Methamphetamine (Ice) to the Community (Cracks in the Ice): Co-Design and Beta Testing. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(12), 1-14. [More Information]
Champion, K., Chapman, C., Newton, N., Brierley, M., Stapinski, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., Nagle, J., Teesson, M. (2018). A web-based toolkit to provide evidence-based resources about crystal methamphetamine for the australian community: Collaborative development of cracks in the ice. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 5(1), 1-13. [More Information]
Thornton, L., Chapman, C., Leidl, D., Conroy, C., Teesson, M., Slade, T., Koning, I., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Newton, N. (2018). Climate schools plus: An online, combined student and parent, universal drug prevention program. Internet Interventions, 12, 36-45. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M. (2018). Cluster randomised controlled trial of an online intervention to prevent ecstasy and new psychoactive substance use among adolescents: final results and implications for implementation. BMJ Open, 8(11), e020433. [More Information]
Champion, K., Mather, M., Spring, B., Kay-Lambkin, F., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2018). Clustering of Multiple Risk Behaviors Among a Sample of 18-Year-Old Australians and Associations With Mental Health Outcomes: A Latent Class Analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 6, 1-11. [More Information]
Newton, N., Chapman, C., Slade, T., Conroy, C., Thornton, L., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Koning, I., Teesson, M. (2018). Internet-based universal prevention for students and parents to prevent alcohol and cannabis use among adolescents: Protocol for the randomized controlled trial of climate schools plus. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 7(8), 1-16. [More Information]
Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Slade, T., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Chapman, C., Smout, A., Lawler, S., Mather, M., Castellanos-Ryan, N., et al (2018). Pathways to prevention: Protocol for the CAP (Climate and Preventure) study to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of school-based universal, selective and combined alcohol misuse prevention into early adulthood. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1-10. [More Information]
Chapman, C., Champion, K., Birrell, L., Deen, H., Brierley, M., Stapinski, L., Kay-Lambkin, F., Newton, N., Teesson, M. (2018). Smartphone Apps About Crystal Methamphetamine (Ice"): Systematic Search in App Stores and Assessment of Composition and Quality". JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(11), e10442. [More Information]
Snijder, M., Stapinski, L., Lees, B., Newton, N., Champion, K., Chapman, C., Ward, J., Teesson, M. (2018). Substance use prevention programs for indigenous adolescents in the United States of America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand: Protocol for a systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(2), 1-10. [More Information]
Newton, N., Teesson, M., Mather, M., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Stapinski, L., Carragher, N., Kelly, E., Conrod, P., Slade, T. (2018). Universal cannabis outcomes from the Climate and Preventure (CAP) study: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 13(1), 34. [More Information]

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2017

Newton, N., Champion, K., Slade, T., Chapman, C., Stapinski, L., Koning, I., Tonks, Z., Teesson, M. (2017). A systematic review of combined student- and parent-based programs to prevent alcohol and other drug use among adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Review, 36(3), 337-351. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Spring, B., Wafford, Q., Parmenter, B., Teesson, M. (2017). A systematic review of school-based eHealth interventions targeting alcohol use, smoking, physical inactivity, diet, sedentary behaviour and sleep among adolescents: A review protocol. Systematic Reviews, 6(1). [More Information]
Teesson, M., Newton, N., Slade, T., Carragher, N., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Kelly, E., Nair, N., Stapinski, L., Conrod, P. (2017). Combined universal and selective prevention for adolescent alcohol use: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Psychological Medicine, 47(10), 1761-1770. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Birrell, L., Teesson, M. (2017). Primary prevention for alcohol and other drug use for Australian adolescents. In Alison Ritter, Trevor King, Nicole Lee (Eds.), Drug Use in Australian Society. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. [More Information]
Champion, K., Barrett, E., Slade, T., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2017). Psychosocial factors associated with adolescent substance use: a longitudinal investigation. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 10(4), 142-154. [More Information]
Birrell, L., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Prior, K., Champion, K., Mackie, C., Teesson, M., Slade, T. (2017). Trajectories of emotional symptoms in adolescence: impact on alcohol use. Advances in Dual Diagnosis, 10(4), 130-141. [More Information]

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2016

Champion, K., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Slade, T., Barrett, E., Teesson, M. (2016). A cross-validation trial of an Internet-based prevention program for alcohol and cannabis: Preliminary results from a cluster randomised controlled trial. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 50(1), 64-73. [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M. (2016). Effectiveness of a universal internet-based prevention program for ecstasy and new psychoactive substances: a cluster randomized controlled trial. Addiction, 111(8), 1396-1405. [More Information]
Champion, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2016). Patterns and correlates of new psychoactive substance use in a sample of Australian high school students. Drug and Alcohol Review, 35(3), 338-344. [More Information]
Nair, N., Newton, N., Barrett, E., Slade, T., Conrod, P., Baillie, A., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2016). Personality and early adolescent alcohol use: Assessing the four-factor model of vulnerability. Journal of Addiction & Prevention, 4(2), 1-6.
Champion, K., Newton, N., Teesson, M. (2016). Prevention of alcohol and other drug use and related harm in the digital age: What does the evidence tell us? Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 29(4), 242-249. [More Information]
Newton, N., Conrod, P., Slade, T., Carragher, N., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Kelly, E., Nair, N., Stapinski, L., Teesson, M. (2016). The long-term effectiveness of a selective, personality-targeted prevention program in reducing alcohol use and related harms: a cluster randomized controlled trial. The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 57(9), 1056-1065. [More Information]
Newton, N., Stapinski, L., Champion, K., Teesson, M., Bussey, K. (2016). The reliability and validity of the Australian moral disengagement scale. Behaviour Change, 33(3), 136-149. [More Information]
Carragher, N., Teesson, M., Sunderland, M., Newton, N., Krueger, R., Conrod, P., Barrett, E., Champion, K., Nair, N., Slade, T. (2016). The structure of adolescent psychopathology: A symptom-level analysis. Psychological Medicine, 46(5), 981-994. [More Information]
Newton, N., Barrett, E., Castellanos-Ryan, N., Kelly, E., Champion, K., Stapinski, L., Conrod, P., Slade, T., Nair, N., Teesson, M. (2016). The validity of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale (SURPS) among Australian adolescents. Addictive Behaviors, 53, 23-30. [More Information]

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2015

Sherman, K., Shaw, L., Champion, K., Caldeira, F., McCaskill, M. (2015). The effect of disease risk probability and disease type on interest in clinic-based versus direct-to-consumer genetic testing services. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 38(5), 706-714. [More Information]

2014

Vogl, L., Newton, N., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2014). A universal harm-minimisation approach to preventing psychostimulant and cannabis use in adolescents: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 9(24). [More Information]
Newton, N., Andrews, G., Champion, K., Teesson, M. (2014). Universal Internet-based prevention for alcohol and cannabis use reduces truancy, psychological distress and moral disengagement: A cluster randomised controlled trial. Preventive Medicine, 65, 109-115. [More Information]

2013

Champion, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N. (2013). A cluster randomised controlled trial of the Climate Schools: Ecstasy and Emerging Drugs Module in Australian secondary schools: Study protocol. BMC Public Health, 13(1). [More Information]
Champion, K., Newton, N., Barrett, E., Teesson, M. (2013). A systematic review of school-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs facilitated by computers or the Internet. Drug and Alcohol Review, 32(2), 115-123. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2023

Rewarding Research 2024, Champion K, Faculty of Medicine and Health/FMH Rewarding Research Success
FMH Start-up Scheme, Champion K, Faculty of Medicine and Health/New Academic Staff Funding
A cluster randomised controlled trial of a novel and scalable eHealth intervention to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents: The OurFutures Vaping Program, Gardner L, Newton N, Stockings E, Hides L, McBride N, Champion K, Sunderland M, Mihalopoulos C, Freeman B, Teesson M, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies

2022

A new scalable eHealth approach to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescents: The OurFutures Vaping program, Newton N, Gardner L, Stockings E, Freeman B, Allsop S, Leung J, Champion K, Sunderland M, Mihalopoulos C, McRobbie H, Stapinski L, McBride N, Lee N, Thornton L, Birrell L, Debenham J, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/2021 Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles
Adolescent-led transformation of preventive and public health research using citizen science, Partridge S, Champion K, Mihrshahi S, Redfern J, Cheng H, Gardner L, Phongsavan P, Singleton A, Jay O, Hyun K, Thornton L, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal - administered by NHMRC)/2021 MRFF Consumer-Led Research
Enhancing engagement with eHealth approaches to prevent cardiovascular disease among adolescents: The Triple E Project, Thornton L, Sunderland M, Kay-Lambkin F, Zaman S, Champion K, Heinsch M, Spring B, Partridge S, Gardner L, Newton N, Rickwood D, Teesson M, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - Cardiovascular Health Mission

2019

Strong and Deadly Futures: A cluster randomised controlled trial of a computerised school-based alcohol and drug prevention program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, Stapinski L, Newton N, Snijder M, Snijder M, Doyle M, Champion K, Chapman C, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants

2018

Climate School Project Healthy lifestyles upscale, Teesson M, Newton N, Kay-Lambkin F, Champion K, Chapman C, Thornton L, Slade T, Mills K, Sunderland M, Bauer J, Spring B, Lubans D, Allsop S, Hides L, McBride N, Paul Ramsay Foundation/Research Grant
Cracks in the Ice Community Toolkit: Phase 3, Chapman C, Teesson M, Newton N, Kay-Lambkin F, Kershaw S, Birrell L, Champion K, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/Drug and Alcohol Program
Positive Choices - Positive Choices to prevent alcohol and drug-related harms among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: User testing and expansion, Stapinski L, Teesson M, Snijder M, Ward J, Lees B, Chapman C, Newton N, Champion K, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/Drug and Alcohol Program
Positive Choices - An Integrated online intervention for students and parents to prevent alcohol and cannabis harms among adolescents. Phase 3: Evaluation, Newton N, Chapman C, Slade T, Thornton L, Champion K, Stapinski L, Koning I, Teesson M, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/Drug and Alcohol Program

2017

Healthy Lifestyles An innovative implementation model for online interventions to prevent common and emerging risk factors for chronic disease in young Australians, Teesson M, Newton N, Kay-Lambkin F, Champion K, Chapman C, Thornton L, Slade T, Mills K, Sunderland M, Bauer J, Parmenter B, Spring B, Lubans D, Allsop S, Hides L, McBride N, Paul Ramsay Foundation/Research Grant
Positive Choices - to prevent alcohol and drug-related harms among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: Development and Implementation, Teesson M, Stapinski L, Chapman C, Newton N, Champion K, Kay-Lambkin F, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvement Grants (SMPSIG)
A multiple health behaviour approach to prevent common and emerging risk factors for chronic disease: development and evaluation of a novel online intervention for Australian adolescents, Champion K, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Early Career Fellowships

2016

Cracks in the ice - Development of resources to prevent methamphetamine ice related harms in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population Phase 2, Teesson M, Chapman C, Kershaw S, Snijder M, Stapinski L, Birrell L, Champion K, Ross K, Newton N, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/Drug and Alcohol Program
Pathways to prevention: The effectiveness of universal and selective prevention in altering developmental pathways to alcohol and cannabis related harms in young adults, Newton N, Teesson M, Stapinski L, Slade T, Conrod P, Barrett E, Chapman C, Champion K, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants
Positive Choices: An integrated online intervention for students and parents to prevent alcohol and cannabis harms among adolescents (Climate Schools Plus), Newton N, Chapman C, Thornton L, Champion K, Stapinski L, Slade T, Teesson M, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvement Grants (SMPSIG)
Cracks in the Ice - community toolkit: Phase 2, Chapman C, Champion K, Newton N, Stapinski L, Kay-Lambkin F, Teesson M, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/National Drug Strategy – Prevention and Service Improvement Project

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