2022

Articles

2022 PREMISE Seed Funding and Career Development Grants Awarded

The Matilda Centre has awarded a fifth round of PREMISE Seed Funding and Career Development Support Grants. These unique grants will provide support for valuable career development activities for research students and early to mid-career researchers.

A new generation of mental health and substance use researchers

NHMRC, PREMISE, and Matilda Centre PhD scholarship recipients share their upcoming research projects.

Celebrating achievements from our Youth Advisory Board

The Youth Advisory Board has launched a national survey asking young people about the most important issues in mental health and substance use research. This group of young Australians have also presented at key mental health conferences and welcomed three new members.

Translating mental health and substance use prevention research to school communities

We spoke to Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Emma Devine, about her journey to research translation and application, and two projects she manages at the Matilda Centre.

Introducing Learning with FASD

Researchers at the University of Sydney's Matilda Centre have launched 'Learning with FASD' to assist primary school teaching and support staff to understand and support children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) in Australian schools.

The 2021 Matilda Centre Awards

The 'Matilda Centre Awards' recognises outstanding achievement in activities that promoted the values and aims of the Matilda Centre in 2021.

Researcher Spotlight with Dr Ewa Siedlecka

We spoke to Dr Ewa Siedlecka about her current work on the National Comorbidity Guidelines and her journey from PhD to Postdoctoral Researcher at the Matilda Centre.

PREMISE Lived Experience Partnership Grants Awarded

The Matilda Centre and PREMISE recently awarded two grants to support researchers to undertake research in partnership with the PREMISE and Matilda Youth Advisory Board (YAB), the Matilda Centre Lived Experience Research Network (LEARN), and other lived experience researchers.

04 February 2022

OurFutures: the refined and refreshed Climate Schools program

The Matilda Centre has launched a 'refreshed and rebranded' school-based prevention program to assist teachers to plan and deliver evidence-based mental health, alcohol and other drug education. OurFutures provides curriculum-aligned courses that are relevant for young people today and available FREE for Terms 1 & 2 in 2022.