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Associate Professor Jo-An Occhipinti

Associate Professor
Head, Systems Modeling, Simulation &
Data Science
Youth Mental Health and Technology
Co-Director, Mental Wealth Initiative
Brain and Mind Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health | Translational Research Collective

Email

jo-an.occhipinti@sydney.edu.au

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Member of the Brain and Mind Centre

Biographical details

Associate Professor Jo-An Occhipinti is an esteemed epidemiologist and systems scientist whose pioneering work has established her as a leader in addressing public health and social policy issues and safeguarding the future of work amidst complex global challenges that threaten the Mental Wealth of nations. As an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, she holds the roles of Co-Director of the Mental Wealth Initiative and Head of Systems Modelling & Simulation at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, where her thought leadership, development of new metrics, application of advanced analytic methods, and commitment to community participation intersect to benefit science and society. A/Professor Occhipinti’s research transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries by integrating mental health, economic, and social frameworks and metrics to guide transition to wellbeing-orientated economies that foster social cohesion, resilience, and inclusive prosperity.

Current projects

Selected grants:

2025 – NHMRC Investigator Grant - Generation Mental Wealth: A new paradigm for fostering youth mental health (2026-2030) - $2,818,905 – Principal Investigator
2023 – MRFF Million Minds Grant - Right here, right now. What are the social determinants and protective factors for mental illness, suicide ideation and self-harm in young Australians and what are the best bets for prevention – $941, 626 (CIs: Jo Robinson, Louise La Sala, Jo-An Occhipinti, Alison Calear, Michelle Torok, Caroline Gao, Kate Filia, Olivia Kirtley, Katherine McGill, Ian Hickie, Jane Pirkis)
2022 – NHMRC Partnership Grant - Can an aftercare service reduce suicide risk in young people? An effectiveness-implementation evaluation- $2,451,638(CIs: Jo Robinson, Katrina Witt, Dzenana Kartal, Patrick McGorry, Jo-An Occhipinti, Catherine Mihalopoulos, Jane Pirkis, Andrew Chanen, Adam Skinner, Isabel Zbukvic)
2020 – BHP Foundation Philanthropic Research Grant - ‘Right care, first time, where you live’: a next generation approach to deliver nationally co-ordinated and regionally-implemented mental health care systems for young Australians - $12,835,968 (CIs: Ian Hickie, Jo-An Occhipinti, Yun Ju Christine Song).
2020 – MRFF Applied Artificial Intelligence Research in Health, Australian Government Department of Health - Explainable machine learning to improve youth mental health care- $3,107,627 (CIs: Frank Iorfino, Ian Hickie, Sally Cripps, Jo-An Atkinson, Ante Prodan, Adam Skinner, Nick Ho, Tracey Davenport, Roman Marchant).
2019 – Fondation Botnar Grant -Delivering an integrated decision analysis, monitoring & evaluation infrastructure to support more effective and responsive child and youth mental health systems in Bogota, Colombia–CHF 1,404,564 (CIs: Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson), Ian Hickie, Adam Skinner, Paulo Goncalves, Nate Osgood, Ante Prodan, Laura Ospina-Pinillos, Salvador Camacho, Florence Secula, Sandro Sperandei).
2019 – NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for reducing suicidal thoughts and behaviours in young people presenting for health care – $2,495,765.50 (CIs: Ian Hickie, Patrick McGorry, Jo Robinson, Andrew Chanen, Andrew Page, Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson), Elizabeth Scott, Simon Judkins, Niels Buus)
2019 –National Suicide Prevention Research Fund Grant -The relationship between social media and suicide clusters - $640,660 –(CIs: Jane Pirkis, Jo Robinson, Madelyn Gould, Andrew Page, Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson), Matthew Spittal, Lay San Too, Karina Witt, Mark Sinyor, Benedikt Till, Ante Prodan, Nathaniel Osgood).
2018 – Building a compelling case for prevention – Phase II - $750,000 Commissioned by the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (CIs: Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson), Danielle Currie, Jacqui Davison, Paul Crossland,Jaithri Ananthapavan,Steven Begg).
2018 - Dynamic simulation modelling to support strategic planning for suicide prevention - $278,809 (CIs: Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson), Adam Skinner, Ian Hickie, Frank Iorfino, Tracey Davenport, Kenny Lawson).
2018 – MRFF: Harnessing big data and dynamic simulation modelling to tackle child and adolescent overweight and obesity and associated unsustainable healthcare expenditure in Australia - $905,000 – Medical Research Futures Fund, Commonwealth Department of Health(CIs: Andrew Wilson, Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson), Louise Baur; CIs: Louise Freebairn, Geoff McDonnell, Alison Hayes, Ante Prodan, Nate Osgood).
2017 – Developmental evaluation of the place-based suicide prevention trials - $440,000 - Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (CIs: Anne Redman, Graham Meadows, Jane Pirkis, Andrew Page, Sallie Newel, Jo Robinson, Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson), Anna Williamson, Peter Fernando, Sonia Wutzke, Frances Shawyer, Vrinda Edan, Joanne Enticott).
2017 – Evaluation of National Suicide Prevention Trial - $1,995,300 – Commonwealth Department of Health. (CIs: Jane Pirkis,Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson), Bridget Bassilios, Philip Burgess, Greg Carter, Adele Cox, Dianne Currier, Annette Erlangsen, Jane Gunn, Meredith Harris, Kairi Kõlves, Kylie King, Karolina Krysinska, Andrew Page, Andrea Phelps, Jo Robinson, Marisa Schlichthorst, Matthew Spittal).

Associations

Advisor, OECD Neuroscience-inspired Policy Initiative (2022 - 2024)

Advisor, Brain Capital Alliance (2022 -> current)

Member of the Advisory Board of the Global Research Network on Social Determinants of Mental Health and Exposomics (2023 -> current)

Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council for Mental Health (2020-2022)

Member of the SIPHER Scientific Advisory Board, UK (2020->2025)

Member of the System Dynamics SocietyPolicy Council (Oceania Chapter: 2020 -> 2023)

Associate Member of the Institute of Community Directors Australia

Publications

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Book Chapters

Qin, Y., Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J., Qian, W., Safarishahrbijari, A., Osgood, N. (2019). Multi-scale Simulation Modeling for Prevention and Public Health Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy and Sequelae. In Robert Thomson, Halil Bisgin, Christopher Dancy, Ayaz Hyder (Eds.), Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling : 12th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2019, Washington, DC, USA, July 9-12, 2019, Proceedings, (pp. 256-265). Cham: Springer. [More Information]

Journals

Natsky, A., Skinner, A., Ospina-Pinillos, L., Pena-Torres, E., Sanchez-Nitola, M., Shambo-Rodriguez, D., Camacho, S., Martin-Hilber, A., Crosland, P., Hickie, I., Occhipinti, J. (2025). Economic Evaluation of 9 Intersectoral Strategies to Improve Youth Mental Health and Alleviate Financial Burden in Colombia Using System Dynamics Modeling. Value in Health, 28(3), 389-398. [More Information]
Crosland, P., Ho, N., Hosseini, H., Vacher, C., Skinner, A., Natsky, A., Rosenberg, S., Hasudungan, R., Huntley, S., Song, C., Lee, G., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I., et al (2024). Cost-effectiveness of system-level mental health strategies for young people in the Australian Capital Territory: a dynamic simulation modelling study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11(2), 123-133. [More Information]
Jones, A., Pearson, S., Seibel, M., Occhipinti, J., Currie, D., Peng, C., Ebeling, P., Center, J., Duque, G., Lybrand, S., et al (2024). Expanding access to fracture liaison services in Australia for people with minimal trauma fractures: a system dynamics modelling study. Medical Journal of Australia. [More Information]
Crosland, P., Marshall, D., Hosseini, H., Ho, N., Vacher, C., Skinner, A., Nguyen, K., Iorfino, F., Rosenberg, S., Song, C., Tran, K., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I., et al (2024). Incorporating Complexity and System Dynamics into Economic Modelling for Mental Health Policy and Planning. PharmacoEconomics. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2024). Mental health impacts of COVID-19: A retrospective analysis of dynamic modelling projections for Australia. Heliyon, 10(7), e28250. [More Information]
Vacher, C., Ho, N., Skinner, A., Crosland, P., Hosseini, H., Huntley, S., Song, C., Lee, G., Natsky, A., Piper, S., Rosenberg, S., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I., et al (2024). Reducing mental health emergency visits: population-level strategies from participatory modelling. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 627. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Doraiswamy, P., Saxena, S., Eyre, H., Hynes, W., Geli, P., Jeste, D., Graham, C., Song, C., Ujdur, G., Buchanan, J., Rosenberg, S., Crosland, P., Hickie, I., et al (2024). The influence of economic policies on social environments and mental health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102(5), 323-329. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Prodan, A., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2023). Bi-stability and critical transitions in mental health care systems: a model-based analysis. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 17(1). [More Information]
Camacho, S., Hilber, A., Ospina-Pinillos, L., Sánchez-Nítola, M., Shambo-Rodríguez, D., Lee, G., Occhipinti, J. (2023). Can participatory processes lead to changes in the configuration of local mental health networks? A social network analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. [More Information]
Loblay, V., Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J. (2023). Conceptualising the value of simulation modelling for public engagement with policy: a critical literature review. Health Research Policy and Systems, 21(1). [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Scott, E., Hickie, I. (2023). Dynamic modelling of the impact of community-based acute mental health services for children and adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(12), 1562-1569. [More Information]
Breeze, P., Squires, H., Ennis, K., Meier, P., Hayes, K., Lomax, N., Shiell, A., Kee, F., de Vocht, F., O’Flaherty, M., Occhipinti, J., Lawson, K., et al (2023). Guidance on the use of complex systems models for economic evaluations of public health interventions. Health Economics. [More Information]
Vacher, C., Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Rosenberg, S., Ho, N., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2023). Improving access to mental health care: a system dynamics model of direct access to specialist care and accelerated specialist service capacity growth. Medical Journal of Australia, 218(7), 309-314. [More Information]
Whiteford, H., Long, K., McGorry, P., Meadows, G., Mihalopolous, C., Occhipinti, J., Rock, D., Rosenberg, S., Salvador-Carulla, L., Skinner, A., Hickie, I., et al (2023). Mental health systems modelling for evidence-informed service reform in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(11), 1417-1427. [More Information]
Chiu, S., Freebairn, L., Baur, L., Kreuger, L., Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J. (2023). Modeling distribution parameters in system dynamics: an application in childhood obesity. System Dynamics Review. [More Information]
Lee, G., Robotham, J., Song, C., Occhipinti, J., Troy, J., Hirvonen, T., Feirer, D., Iannelli, O., Loblay, V., Freebairn, L., Hickie, I., et al (2023). Partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: An Evaluation Study Protocol to Strengthen a Comprehensive Multi-Scale Evaluation Framework for Participatory Systems Modelling through Indigenous Paradigms and Methodologies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1). [More Information]
Iorfino, F., McHugh, C., Richards, M., Skinner, A., Prodan, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Chiu, S., Judkins, S., Scott, E., Hickie, I. (2023). Patterns of emergency department presentations for a youth mental health cohort: Data-linkage cohort study. BJPsych Open, 9(5). [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2023). Population-level effectiveness of alternative approaches to preventing mental disorders in adolescents and young adults. Scientific Reports, 13(1). [More Information]
Lee, G., Hickie, I., Song, C., Huntley, S., Ho, N., Loblay, V., Skinner, A., Crosland, P., Brogden, J., Vacher, C., Rosenberg, S., Iannelli, O., Park, S., Occhipinti, J., et al (2023). Towards Youth Mental Health System Reform: An Evaluation of Participatory Systems Modelling in the Australian Capital Territory. Systems, 11(8), 1-22. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Osgood, N., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2023). Unemployment and underemployment are causes of suicide. Science Advances, 9(28). [More Information]
Michail, M., Robinson, J., Witt, K., Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Lamblin, M., Veresova, M., Kartal, D., Waring, J. (2023). Which programmes and policies across health and community settings will generate the most significant impacts for youth suicide prevention in Australia and the UK? Protocol for a systems modelling and simulation study. BMJ Open, 13(8). [More Information]
Lawson, K., Occhipinti, J., Freebairn, L., Skinner, A., Song, C., Lee, G., Huntley, S., Hickie, I. (2022). A Dynamic Approach to Economic Priority Setting to Invest in Youth Mental Health and Guide Local Implementation: Economic Protocol for Eight System Dynamics Policy Models. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 835201. [More Information]
Tran, K., Buchanan, J., Song, C., Rosenberg, S., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I. (2022). A Mental Wealth perspective: crossing disciplines to understand the value of collective mental and social assets in the post-COVID-19 era. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16(1), 56. [More Information]
Law, P., Too, L., Hill, N., Robinson, J., Gould, M., Occhipinti, J., Spittal, M., Witt, K., Sinyor, M., Till, B., Prodan, A., et al (2022). A pilot case-control study of the social media activity following cluster and non-cluster suicides in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 343. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Song, C., Occhipinti, J., Huntley, S., Dudgeon, P., Robotham, J., Lee, G., Hockey, S., Gallop, G., Hickie, I. (2022). Applying systems approaches to stakeholder and community engagement and knowledge mobilisation in youth mental health system modelling. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16(1), 20. [More Information]
LaMonica, H., Iorfino, F., Lee, G., Piper, S., Occhipinti, J., Davenport, T., Cross, S., Milton, A., Ospina Pinillos, L., Whittle, L., Rowe, S., Dowling, M., Stewart, E., Ottavio, A., Hockey, S., Cheng, W., Scott, E., Hickie, I., et al (2022). Informing the Future of Integrated Digital and Clinical Mental Health Care: Synthesis of the Outcomes From Project Synergy. JMIR Mental Health, 9(3), e33060. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Buchanan, J., Skinner, A., Song, C., Tran, K., Rosenberg, S., Fels, A., Doraiswamy, P., Meier, P., Prodan, A., Hickie, I. (2022). Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 879183. [More Information]
Song, C., Rosenberg, S., Smith, B., Occhipinti, J., Mendoza, J., Freebairn, L., Skinner, A., Hickie, I. (2022). Missing in action: the right to the highest attainable standard of mental health care. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16. [More Information]
Vacher, C., Ho, N., Skinner, A., Robinson, J., Freebairn, L., Lee, G., Iorfino, F., Prodan, A., Song, C., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I. (2022). Optimizing Strategies for Improving Mental Health in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 Era: A System Dynamics Modelling Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(11), 6470. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Skinner, A., Lawson, K., Lee, G., Hockey, S., Huntley, S., Hickie, I. (2022). Participatory Methods for Systems Modeling of Youth Mental Health: Implementation Protocol. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(2), e32988. [More Information]
Lee, G., Hickie, I., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Camacho, S., Skinner, A., Lawson, K., Hockey, S., Hilber, A., Freebairn, L. (2022). Participatory Systems Modelling for Youth Mental Health: An Evaluation Study Applying a Comprehensive Multi-Scale Framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 4015-1-4015-18. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2022). Population mental health improves with increasing access to treatment: evidence from a dynamic modelling analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1). [More Information]
Lee, G., Hickie, I., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Skinner, A., Camacho, S., Lawson, K., Hilber, A., Freebairn, L. (2022). Presenting a comprehensive multi-scale evaluation framework for participatory modelling programs: A scoping review. PloS One, 17(4), e0266125. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Rose, D., Skinner, A., Rock, D., Song, C., Prodan, A., Rosenberg, S., Freebairn, L., Vacher, C., Hickie, I. (2022). Sound Decision Making in Uncertain Times: Can Systems Modelling Be Useful for Informing Policy and Planning for Suicide Prevention? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1468-1-1468-15. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Osgood, N. (2021). A dynamic modelling analysis of the impact of tobacco control programs on population-level nicotine dependence. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1866. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Carter, S., Heath, J., Lawson, K., McGill, K., McClure, R., Hickie, I. (2021). Federal and state cooperation necessary but not sufficient for effective regional mental health systems: insights from systems modelling and simulation. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 11209. [More Information]
Peng, C., Lawson, K., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Liew, D., Lybrand, S., Pearson, S., Cutler, H., Kritharides, L., Trieu, K., Usherwood, T., Occhipinti, J., et al (2021). Gazing through time and beyond the health sector: Insights from a system dynamics model of cardiovascular disease in Australia. PloS One, 16, e0257760. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Walker, P., Occhipinti, J., Whitehead, R., Roselli, T., West, M., Bright, M., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Veerman, L., et al (2021). Policy options for endgame planning in tobacco control: A simulation modelling study. Tobacco Control, 30(1), 77-83. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Iorfino, F., Lawson, K., Sturgess, J., Burgess, W., Davenport, T., Hudson, D., Hickie, I. (2021). Reducing youth suicide: systems modelling and simulation to guide targeted investments across the determinants. BMC Medicine, 19(1), 61. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2021). Regional suicide prevention planning: a dynamic simulation modelling analysis. BJPsych Open, 7(e157), 1-7. [More Information]
Iorfino, F., Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Davenport, T., Rowe, S., Prodan, A., Sturgess, J., Hickie, I. (2021). The impact of technology-enabled care coordination in a complex mental health system:a local system dynamics model. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(6). [More Information]
Iorfino, F., Piper, S., Prodan, A., LaMonica, H., Davenport, T., Lee, G., Capon, W., Scott, E., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I. (2021). Using Digital Technologies to Facilitate Care Coordination Between Youth Mental Health Services: A Guide for Implementation. Frontiers in Health Services, 1. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Freebairn, L., Song, C., Ho, N., Lawson, K., Lee, G., Hickie, I. (2021). Which Social, Economic, and Health Sector Strategies Will Deliver the Greatest Impacts for Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention? Protocol for an Advanced, Systems Modelling Approach. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 759343. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Atkinson, J., Qin, Y., Nolan, C., Kent, A., Kelly, P., Penza, L., Prodan, A., Safarishahrbijari, A., Qian, W., et al (2020). 'Turning the tide' on hyperglycemia in pregnancy: insights from multiscale dynamic simulation modeling. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 8(1). [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Lawson, K., Rosenberg, S., Hickie, I. (2020). Bringing new tools, a regional focus, resource-sensitivity, local engagement and necessary discipline to mental health policy and planning. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 814. [More Information]
Michael Barton, C., Alberti, M., Ames, D., Occhipinti, J., Bales, J., Burke, E., Chen, M., Diallo, S., Earn, D., Fath, B., et al (2020). Call for transparency of COVID-19 models. Science, 368(6490), 482-483. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Skinner, A., Hackney, S., Mason, L., Heffernan, M., Currier, D., King, K., Pirkis, J. (2020). Systems modelling and simulation to inform strategic decision making for suicide prevention in rural New South Wales (Australia). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(9), 892-901. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Merikangas, K., Skinner, A., Prodan, A., Iorfino, F., Freebairn, L., Rose, D., Ho, N., Crouse, J., Hickie, I., et al (2020). The Science of Complex Systems Is Needed to Ameliorate the Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 606035. [More Information]
Roberts, N., Li, V., Occhipinti, J., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Freebairn, L., Lloyd, B., Nieuwenhuizen, S., Mitchell, J., Lung, T., et al (2019). Can the Target Set for Reducing Childhood Overweight and Obesity Be Met? A System Dynamics Modelling Study in New South Wales, Australia. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 36(1), 36-52. [More Information]
Meadows, G., Prodan, A., Patten, S., Shawyer, F., Francis, S., Enticott, J., Rosenberg, S., Occhipinti, J., Fossey, E., Kakuma, R. (2019). Resolving the paradox of increased mental health expenditure and stable prevalence. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(9), 844-850. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Page, A., Skinner, A., Heffernan, M., Prodan, A., Hickie, I. (2019). The impact of reducing psychiatric beds on suicide rates. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 1-3. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Page, A., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Campos, B., Meadows, G., Hickie, I. (2019). The impact of strengthening mental health services to prevent suicidal behaviour. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(7), 642-650. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J., Osgood, N., Kelly, P., McDonnell, G., Rychetnik, L. (2019). Turning conceptual systems maps into dynamic simulation models: An Australian case study for diabetes in pregnancy. PloS One, 14(6), 1-27. [More Information]
Page, A., Atkinson, J., Campos, W., Heffernan, M., Ferdousi, S., Power, A., McDonnell, G., Maranan, N., Hickie, I. (2018). A decision support tool to inform local suicide prevention activity in Greater Western Sydney (Australia). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(10), 983-993. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J., Kelly, P., McDonnell, G., Rychetnik, L. (2018). Decision makers' experience of participatory dynamic simulation modelling: methods for public health policy. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 18(1), 1-14. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Knowles, D., Wiggers, J., Livingston, M., Room, R., Prodan, A., McDonnell, G., O’Donnell, E., Jones, S., Haber, P., Indig, D., Wutzke, S., et al (2018). Harnessing advances in computer simulation to inform policy and planning to reduce alcohol-related harms. International Journal of Public Health, 63(4), 537-546. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Prodan, A., Livingston, M., Knowles, D., O'Donnell, E., Room, R., Indig, D., Page, A., McDonnell, G., Wiggers, J. (2018). Impacts of licensed premises trading hour policies on alcohol-related harms. Addiction, 113(7), 1244-1251. [More Information]
Haines, M., Brown, B., D'Este, C., Yano, E., Craig, J., Middleton, S., Castaldi, P., Pollock, C., Needham, K., Watt, W., Elliott, E., Dominello, A., et al (2018). Improving the quality of healthcare: a cross-sectional study of the features of successful clinical networks. Public Health Research and Practice, 28(4), 1-9. [More Information]
Page, A., Atkinson, J., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Osgood, N., Hickie, I. (2018). Static metrics of impact for a dynamic problem: The need for smarter tools to guide suicide prevention planning and investment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(7), 660-667. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Page, A., Prodan, A., McDonnell, G., Osgood, N. (2018). Systems modelling tools to support policy and planning. The Lancet, 391(10126), 1158-1159. [More Information]
Page, A., Occhipinti, J., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Hickie, I. (2017). A decision-support tool to inform Australian strategies for preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour. Public Health Research and Practice, 27(2), 1-7. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., O'Donnell, E., Wiggers, J., McDonnell, G., Mitchell, J., Freebairn, L., Indig, D., Rychetnik, L. (2017). Dynamic simulation modelling of policy responses to reduce alcohol-related harms: Rationale and procedure for a participatory approach. Public Health Research and Practice, 27(1), 1-6. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Rychetnik, L., Occhipinti, J., Kelly, P., McDonnell, G., Roberts, N., Whittall, C., Redman, S. (2017). Knowledge mobilisation for policy development: Implementing systems approaches through participatory dynamic simulation modelling. Health Research Policy and Systems, 15(1), 1-12. [More Information]
O'Donnell, E., Occhipinti, J., Freebairn, L., Rychetnik, L. (2017). Participatory simulation modelling to inform public health policy and practice: Rethinking the evidence hierarchies. Journal of Public Health Policy, 38(2), 203-215. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Atkinson, J., Kelly, P., McDonnell, G., Rychetnik, L. (2016). Simulation modelling as a tool for knowledge mobilisation in health policy settings: a case study protocol. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14(1), 71. [More Information]
Nery, S., McCarthy, J., Traub, R., Andrews, R., Black, J., Gray, D., Weking, E., Atkinson, J., Campbell, S., et al (2015). A cluster-randomised controlled trial integrating a community-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme, with mass distribution of albendazole to reduce intestinal parasites in Timor-Leste: the WASH for WORMS research protocol. BMJ Open, 5(12), e009293. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Page, A., Wells, R., Milat, A., Wilson, A. (2015). A modelling tool for policy analysis to support the design of efficient and effective policy responses for complex public health problems. Implementation Science, 10(1), 26. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Wells, R., Page, A., Dominello, A., Haines, M., Wilson, A. (2015). Applications of system dynamics modelling to support health policy. Public Health Research and Practice, 25(3), 1-8. [More Information]
Cleary, E., Barnes, T., Xu, Y., Zhao, H., Clements, A., Gray, D., McManus, D., Atkinson, J., Williams, G., Yang, Y. (2014). Impact of "Grain to Green" Programme on echinococcosis infection in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Veterinary Parasitology, 205(3-4), 523-531. [More Information]
Campbell, S., Savage, G., Gray, D., Atkinson, J., Magalhaes, R., Nery, S., McCarthy, J., Velleman, Y., Wicken, J., et al (2014). Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): a critical component for sustainable soil-transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis control. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(4), e2651. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Gray, D., Clements, A., Barnes, T., McManus, D., Yang, Y. (2013). Environmental changes impacting Echinococcus transmission: research to support predictive surveillance and control. Global Change Biology, 19(3), 677-688. [More Information]
Wardrop, N., Barnett, A., Atkinson, J., Clements, A. (2013). Plasmodium vivax malaria incidence over time and its association with temperature and rainfall in four counties of Yunnan Province, China. Malaria Journal, 12(1), 452. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Williams, G., Yakob, L., Clements, A., Barnes, T., McManus, D., Yang, Y., Gray, D. (2013). Synthesising 30 years of mathematical modelling of Echinococcus transmission. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(8), e2386. [More Information]
Wijesinghe, R., Atkinson, J., Bobogare, A., Wini, L., Whittaker, M. (2012). Exploring provider and community responses to the new malaria diagnostic and treatment regime in Solomon Islands. Malaria Journal, 10, 3. [More Information]
Pulford, J., Tandrapah, A., Atkinson, J., Kaupa, B., Russell, T., Hetzel, M. (2012). Feasibility and acceptability of insecticide-treated plastic sheeting (ITPS) for vector control in Papua New Guinea. Malaria Journal, 11, 1-9. [More Information]
Yang, Y., Clements, A., Gray, D., Atkinson, J., Williams, G., Barnes, T., McManus, D. (2012). Impact of anthropogenic and natural environmental changes on Echinococcus transmission in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China. Parasites and Vectors, 5(1), 146. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Vallely, A., Fitzgerald, L., Whittaker, M., Tanner, M. (2012). The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination. Implications for malaria elimination. Malaria Journal, 10, 225. [More Information]
Tynan, A., Atkinson, J., Toaliu, H., Taleo, G., Fitzgerald, L., Whittaker, M., Riley, I., Schubert, M., Vallely, A. (2011). Community participation for malaria elimination in Tafea Province, Vanuatu: part II. Social and cultural aspects of treatment-seeking behaviour. Malaria Journal, 10, 204. [More Information]
O’Sullivan, M., Kenilorea, G., Yamaguchi, Y., Bobogare, A., Losi, L., Atkinson, J., Vallely, A., Whittaker, M., Tanner, M., Wijesinghe, R. (2011). Malaria elimination in Isabel Province, Solomon Islands: establishing a surveillance-response system to prevent introduction and reintroduction of malaria. Malaria Journal, 10, 235. [More Information]

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Conferences

Lee, G., Hickie, I., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Huntley, S., Skinner, A., Lawson, K., Hockey, S., Freebairn, L. (2021). Prototyping, developing, and iterating a gamified survey to evaluate participatory systems modelling for youth mental health: Quality assurance pilot. The 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2021) incorporating the 2nd Regional Conference of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), Sydney: not available. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Kreuger, K., Watson, C., Yang, Z., Prodan, A., Graham, K., Draper, G., McDonnell, G., Nixon, E., Atkinson, J. (2019). Stopping before you start: Reducing and preventing initiation of tobacco use in the ACT. The 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2019), Canberra: Modsim.

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2025

Natsky, A., Skinner, A., Ospina-Pinillos, L., Pena-Torres, E., Sanchez-Nitola, M., Shambo-Rodriguez, D., Camacho, S., Martin-Hilber, A., Crosland, P., Hickie, I., Occhipinti, J. (2025). Economic Evaluation of 9 Intersectoral Strategies to Improve Youth Mental Health and Alleviate Financial Burden in Colombia Using System Dynamics Modeling. Value in Health, 28(3), 389-398. [More Information]

2024

Crosland, P., Ho, N., Hosseini, H., Vacher, C., Skinner, A., Natsky, A., Rosenberg, S., Hasudungan, R., Huntley, S., Song, C., Lee, G., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I., et al (2024). Cost-effectiveness of system-level mental health strategies for young people in the Australian Capital Territory: a dynamic simulation modelling study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11(2), 123-133. [More Information]
Jones, A., Pearson, S., Seibel, M., Occhipinti, J., Currie, D., Peng, C., Ebeling, P., Center, J., Duque, G., Lybrand, S., et al (2024). Expanding access to fracture liaison services in Australia for people with minimal trauma fractures: a system dynamics modelling study. Medical Journal of Australia. [More Information]
Crosland, P., Marshall, D., Hosseini, H., Ho, N., Vacher, C., Skinner, A., Nguyen, K., Iorfino, F., Rosenberg, S., Song, C., Tran, K., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I., et al (2024). Incorporating Complexity and System Dynamics into Economic Modelling for Mental Health Policy and Planning. PharmacoEconomics. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2024). Mental health impacts of COVID-19: A retrospective analysis of dynamic modelling projections for Australia. Heliyon, 10(7), e28250. [More Information]
Vacher, C., Ho, N., Skinner, A., Crosland, P., Hosseini, H., Huntley, S., Song, C., Lee, G., Natsky, A., Piper, S., Rosenberg, S., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I., et al (2024). Reducing mental health emergency visits: population-level strategies from participatory modelling. BMC Psychiatry, 24(1), 627. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Doraiswamy, P., Saxena, S., Eyre, H., Hynes, W., Geli, P., Jeste, D., Graham, C., Song, C., Ujdur, G., Buchanan, J., Rosenberg, S., Crosland, P., Hickie, I., et al (2024). The influence of economic policies on social environments and mental health. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 102(5), 323-329. [More Information]

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2023

Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Prodan, A., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2023). Bi-stability and critical transitions in mental health care systems: a model-based analysis. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 17(1). [More Information]
Camacho, S., Hilber, A., Ospina-Pinillos, L., Sánchez-Nítola, M., Shambo-Rodríguez, D., Lee, G., Occhipinti, J. (2023). Can participatory processes lead to changes in the configuration of local mental health networks? A social network analysis. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. [More Information]
Loblay, V., Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J. (2023). Conceptualising the value of simulation modelling for public engagement with policy: a critical literature review. Health Research Policy and Systems, 21(1). [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Scott, E., Hickie, I. (2023). Dynamic modelling of the impact of community-based acute mental health services for children and adolescents. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(12), 1562-1569. [More Information]
Breeze, P., Squires, H., Ennis, K., Meier, P., Hayes, K., Lomax, N., Shiell, A., Kee, F., de Vocht, F., O’Flaherty, M., Occhipinti, J., Lawson, K., et al (2023). Guidance on the use of complex systems models for economic evaluations of public health interventions. Health Economics. [More Information]
Vacher, C., Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Rosenberg, S., Ho, N., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2023). Improving access to mental health care: a system dynamics model of direct access to specialist care and accelerated specialist service capacity growth. Medical Journal of Australia, 218(7), 309-314. [More Information]
Whiteford, H., Long, K., McGorry, P., Meadows, G., Mihalopolous, C., Occhipinti, J., Rock, D., Rosenberg, S., Salvador-Carulla, L., Skinner, A., Hickie, I., et al (2023). Mental health systems modelling for evidence-informed service reform in Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57(11), 1417-1427. [More Information]
Chiu, S., Freebairn, L., Baur, L., Kreuger, L., Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J. (2023). Modeling distribution parameters in system dynamics: an application in childhood obesity. System Dynamics Review. [More Information]
Lee, G., Robotham, J., Song, C., Occhipinti, J., Troy, J., Hirvonen, T., Feirer, D., Iannelli, O., Loblay, V., Freebairn, L., Hickie, I., et al (2023). Partnering with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: An Evaluation Study Protocol to Strengthen a Comprehensive Multi-Scale Evaluation Framework for Participatory Systems Modelling through Indigenous Paradigms and Methodologies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(1). [More Information]
Iorfino, F., McHugh, C., Richards, M., Skinner, A., Prodan, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Chiu, S., Judkins, S., Scott, E., Hickie, I. (2023). Patterns of emergency department presentations for a youth mental health cohort: Data-linkage cohort study. BJPsych Open, 9(5). [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2023). Population-level effectiveness of alternative approaches to preventing mental disorders in adolescents and young adults. Scientific Reports, 13(1). [More Information]
Lee, G., Hickie, I., Song, C., Huntley, S., Ho, N., Loblay, V., Skinner, A., Crosland, P., Brogden, J., Vacher, C., Rosenberg, S., Iannelli, O., Park, S., Occhipinti, J., et al (2023). Towards Youth Mental Health System Reform: An Evaluation of Participatory Systems Modelling in the Australian Capital Territory. Systems, 11(8), 1-22. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Osgood, N., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2023). Unemployment and underemployment are causes of suicide. Science Advances, 9(28). [More Information]
Michail, M., Robinson, J., Witt, K., Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Lamblin, M., Veresova, M., Kartal, D., Waring, J. (2023). Which programmes and policies across health and community settings will generate the most significant impacts for youth suicide prevention in Australia and the UK? Protocol for a systems modelling and simulation study. BMJ Open, 13(8). [More Information]

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2022

Lawson, K., Occhipinti, J., Freebairn, L., Skinner, A., Song, C., Lee, G., Huntley, S., Hickie, I. (2022). A Dynamic Approach to Economic Priority Setting to Invest in Youth Mental Health and Guide Local Implementation: Economic Protocol for Eight System Dynamics Policy Models. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 835201. [More Information]
Tran, K., Buchanan, J., Song, C., Rosenberg, S., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I. (2022). A Mental Wealth perspective: crossing disciplines to understand the value of collective mental and social assets in the post-COVID-19 era. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16(1), 56. [More Information]
Law, P., Too, L., Hill, N., Robinson, J., Gould, M., Occhipinti, J., Spittal, M., Witt, K., Sinyor, M., Till, B., Prodan, A., et al (2022). A pilot case-control study of the social media activity following cluster and non-cluster suicides in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 343. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Song, C., Occhipinti, J., Huntley, S., Dudgeon, P., Robotham, J., Lee, G., Hockey, S., Gallop, G., Hickie, I. (2022). Applying systems approaches to stakeholder and community engagement and knowledge mobilisation in youth mental health system modelling. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16(1), 20. [More Information]
LaMonica, H., Iorfino, F., Lee, G., Piper, S., Occhipinti, J., Davenport, T., Cross, S., Milton, A., Ospina Pinillos, L., Whittle, L., Rowe, S., Dowling, M., Stewart, E., Ottavio, A., Hockey, S., Cheng, W., Scott, E., Hickie, I., et al (2022). Informing the Future of Integrated Digital and Clinical Mental Health Care: Synthesis of the Outcomes From Project Synergy. JMIR Mental Health, 9(3), e33060. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Buchanan, J., Skinner, A., Song, C., Tran, K., Rosenberg, S., Fels, A., Doraiswamy, P., Meier, P., Prodan, A., Hickie, I. (2022). Measuring, Modeling, and Forecasting the Mental Wealth of Nations. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 879183. [More Information]
Song, C., Rosenberg, S., Smith, B., Occhipinti, J., Mendoza, J., Freebairn, L., Skinner, A., Hickie, I. (2022). Missing in action: the right to the highest attainable standard of mental health care. International Journal of Mental Health Systems, 16. [More Information]
Vacher, C., Ho, N., Skinner, A., Robinson, J., Freebairn, L., Lee, G., Iorfino, F., Prodan, A., Song, C., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I. (2022). Optimizing Strategies for Improving Mental Health in Victoria, Australia during the COVID-19 Era: A System Dynamics Modelling Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(11), 6470. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Skinner, A., Lawson, K., Lee, G., Hockey, S., Huntley, S., Hickie, I. (2022). Participatory Methods for Systems Modeling of Youth Mental Health: Implementation Protocol. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(2), e32988. [More Information]
Lee, G., Hickie, I., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Camacho, S., Skinner, A., Lawson, K., Hockey, S., Hilber, A., Freebairn, L. (2022). Participatory Systems Modelling for Youth Mental Health: An Evaluation Study Applying a Comprehensive Multi-Scale Framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 4015-1-4015-18. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2022). Population mental health improves with increasing access to treatment: evidence from a dynamic modelling analysis. BMC Psychiatry, 22(1). [More Information]
Lee, G., Hickie, I., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Skinner, A., Camacho, S., Lawson, K., Hilber, A., Freebairn, L. (2022). Presenting a comprehensive multi-scale evaluation framework for participatory modelling programs: A scoping review. PloS One, 17(4), e0266125. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Rose, D., Skinner, A., Rock, D., Song, C., Prodan, A., Rosenberg, S., Freebairn, L., Vacher, C., Hickie, I. (2022). Sound Decision Making in Uncertain Times: Can Systems Modelling Be Useful for Informing Policy and Planning for Suicide Prevention? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(3), 1468-1-1468-15. [More Information]

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2021

Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Osgood, N. (2021). A dynamic modelling analysis of the impact of tobacco control programs on population-level nicotine dependence. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1866. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Carter, S., Heath, J., Lawson, K., McGill, K., McClure, R., Hickie, I. (2021). Federal and state cooperation necessary but not sufficient for effective regional mental health systems: insights from systems modelling and simulation. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 11209. [More Information]
Peng, C., Lawson, K., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Liew, D., Lybrand, S., Pearson, S., Cutler, H., Kritharides, L., Trieu, K., Usherwood, T., Occhipinti, J., et al (2021). Gazing through time and beyond the health sector: Insights from a system dynamics model of cardiovascular disease in Australia. PloS One, 16, e0257760. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Walker, P., Occhipinti, J., Whitehead, R., Roselli, T., West, M., Bright, M., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Veerman, L., et al (2021). Policy options for endgame planning in tobacco control: A simulation modelling study. Tobacco Control, 30(1), 77-83. [More Information]
Lee, G., Hickie, I., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Huntley, S., Skinner, A., Lawson, K., Hockey, S., Freebairn, L. (2021). Prototyping, developing, and iterating a gamified survey to evaluate participatory systems modelling for youth mental health: Quality assurance pilot. The 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2021) incorporating the 2nd Regional Conference of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), Sydney: not available. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Iorfino, F., Lawson, K., Sturgess, J., Burgess, W., Davenport, T., Hudson, D., Hickie, I. (2021). Reducing youth suicide: systems modelling and simulation to guide targeted investments across the determinants. BMC Medicine, 19(1), 61. [More Information]
Skinner, A., Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Hickie, I. (2021). Regional suicide prevention planning: a dynamic simulation modelling analysis. BJPsych Open, 7(e157), 1-7. [More Information]
Iorfino, F., Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Davenport, T., Rowe, S., Prodan, A., Sturgess, J., Hickie, I. (2021). The impact of technology-enabled care coordination in a complex mental health system:a local system dynamics model. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(6). [More Information]
Iorfino, F., Piper, S., Prodan, A., LaMonica, H., Davenport, T., Lee, G., Capon, W., Scott, E., Occhipinti, J., Hickie, I. (2021). Using Digital Technologies to Facilitate Care Coordination Between Youth Mental Health Services: A Guide for Implementation. Frontiers in Health Services, 1. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Freebairn, L., Song, C., Ho, N., Lawson, K., Lee, G., Hickie, I. (2021). Which Social, Economic, and Health Sector Strategies Will Deliver the Greatest Impacts for Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention? Protocol for an Advanced, Systems Modelling Approach. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 759343. [More Information]

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2020

Freebairn, L., Atkinson, J., Qin, Y., Nolan, C., Kent, A., Kelly, P., Penza, L., Prodan, A., Safarishahrbijari, A., Qian, W., et al (2020). 'Turning the tide' on hyperglycemia in pregnancy: insights from multiscale dynamic simulation modeling. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, 8(1). [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Skinner, A., Lawson, K., Rosenberg, S., Hickie, I. (2020). Bringing new tools, a regional focus, resource-sensitivity, local engagement and necessary discipline to mental health policy and planning. BMC Public Health, 20(1), 814. [More Information]
Michael Barton, C., Alberti, M., Ames, D., Occhipinti, J., Bales, J., Burke, E., Chen, M., Diallo, S., Earn, D., Fath, B., et al (2020). Call for transparency of COVID-19 models. Science, 368(6490), 482-483. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Skinner, A., Hackney, S., Mason, L., Heffernan, M., Currier, D., King, K., Pirkis, J. (2020). Systems modelling and simulation to inform strategic decision making for suicide prevention in rural New South Wales (Australia). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(9), 892-901. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Song, C., Merikangas, K., Skinner, A., Prodan, A., Iorfino, F., Freebairn, L., Rose, D., Ho, N., Crouse, J., Hickie, I., et al (2020). The Science of Complex Systems Is Needed to Ameliorate the Impacts of COVID-19 on Mental Health. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 606035. [More Information]

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2019

Roberts, N., Li, V., Occhipinti, J., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Freebairn, L., Lloyd, B., Nieuwenhuizen, S., Mitchell, J., Lung, T., et al (2019). Can the Target Set for Reducing Childhood Overweight and Obesity Be Met? A System Dynamics Modelling Study in New South Wales, Australia. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 36(1), 36-52. [More Information]
Qin, Y., Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J., Qian, W., Safarishahrbijari, A., Osgood, N. (2019). Multi-scale Simulation Modeling for Prevention and Public Health Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy and Sequelae. In Robert Thomson, Halil Bisgin, Christopher Dancy, Ayaz Hyder (Eds.), Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling : 12th International Conference, SBP-BRiMS 2019, Washington, DC, USA, July 9-12, 2019, Proceedings, (pp. 256-265). Cham: Springer. [More Information]
Meadows, G., Prodan, A., Patten, S., Shawyer, F., Francis, S., Enticott, J., Rosenberg, S., Occhipinti, J., Fossey, E., Kakuma, R. (2019). Resolving the paradox of increased mental health expenditure and stable prevalence. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(9), 844-850. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Kreuger, K., Watson, C., Yang, Z., Prodan, A., Graham, K., Draper, G., McDonnell, G., Nixon, E., Atkinson, J. (2019). Stopping before you start: Reducing and preventing initiation of tobacco use in the ACT. The 23rd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2019), Canberra: Modsim.
Occhipinti, J., Page, A., Skinner, A., Heffernan, M., Prodan, A., Hickie, I. (2019). The impact of reducing psychiatric beds on suicide rates. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10, 1-3. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Page, A., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Campos, B., Meadows, G., Hickie, I. (2019). The impact of strengthening mental health services to prevent suicidal behaviour. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53(7), 642-650. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J., Osgood, N., Kelly, P., McDonnell, G., Rychetnik, L. (2019). Turning conceptual systems maps into dynamic simulation models: An Australian case study for diabetes in pregnancy. PloS One, 14(6), 1-27. [More Information]

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2018

Page, A., Atkinson, J., Campos, W., Heffernan, M., Ferdousi, S., Power, A., McDonnell, G., Maranan, N., Hickie, I. (2018). A decision support tool to inform local suicide prevention activity in Greater Western Sydney (Australia). Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(10), 983-993. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Occhipinti, J., Kelly, P., McDonnell, G., Rychetnik, L. (2018). Decision makers' experience of participatory dynamic simulation modelling: methods for public health policy. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 18(1), 1-14. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Knowles, D., Wiggers, J., Livingston, M., Room, R., Prodan, A., McDonnell, G., O’Donnell, E., Jones, S., Haber, P., Indig, D., Wutzke, S., et al (2018). Harnessing advances in computer simulation to inform policy and planning to reduce alcohol-related harms. International Journal of Public Health, 63(4), 537-546. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Prodan, A., Livingston, M., Knowles, D., O'Donnell, E., Room, R., Indig, D., Page, A., McDonnell, G., Wiggers, J. (2018). Impacts of licensed premises trading hour policies on alcohol-related harms. Addiction, 113(7), 1244-1251. [More Information]
Haines, M., Brown, B., D'Este, C., Yano, E., Craig, J., Middleton, S., Castaldi, P., Pollock, C., Needham, K., Watt, W., Elliott, E., Dominello, A., et al (2018). Improving the quality of healthcare: a cross-sectional study of the features of successful clinical networks. Public Health Research and Practice, 28(4), 1-9. [More Information]
Page, A., Atkinson, J., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Prodan, A., Osgood, N., Hickie, I. (2018). Static metrics of impact for a dynamic problem: The need for smarter tools to guide suicide prevention planning and investment. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52(7), 660-667. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Page, A., Prodan, A., McDonnell, G., Osgood, N. (2018). Systems modelling tools to support policy and planning. The Lancet, 391(10126), 1158-1159. [More Information]

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2017

Page, A., Occhipinti, J., Heffernan, M., McDonnell, G., Hickie, I. (2017). A decision-support tool to inform Australian strategies for preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour. Public Health Research and Practice, 27(2), 1-7. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., O'Donnell, E., Wiggers, J., McDonnell, G., Mitchell, J., Freebairn, L., Indig, D., Rychetnik, L. (2017). Dynamic simulation modelling of policy responses to reduce alcohol-related harms: Rationale and procedure for a participatory approach. Public Health Research and Practice, 27(1), 1-6. [More Information]
Freebairn, L., Rychetnik, L., Occhipinti, J., Kelly, P., McDonnell, G., Roberts, N., Whittall, C., Redman, S. (2017). Knowledge mobilisation for policy development: Implementing systems approaches through participatory dynamic simulation modelling. Health Research Policy and Systems, 15(1), 1-12. [More Information]
O'Donnell, E., Occhipinti, J., Freebairn, L., Rychetnik, L. (2017). Participatory simulation modelling to inform public health policy and practice: Rethinking the evidence hierarchies. Journal of Public Health Policy, 38(2), 203-215. [More Information]

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2016

Freebairn, L., Atkinson, J., Kelly, P., McDonnell, G., Rychetnik, L. (2016). Simulation modelling as a tool for knowledge mobilisation in health policy settings: a case study protocol. Health Research Policy and Systems, 14(1), 71. [More Information]

2015

Nery, S., McCarthy, J., Traub, R., Andrews, R., Black, J., Gray, D., Weking, E., Atkinson, J., Campbell, S., et al (2015). A cluster-randomised controlled trial integrating a community-based water, sanitation and hygiene programme, with mass distribution of albendazole to reduce intestinal parasites in Timor-Leste: the WASH for WORMS research protocol. BMJ Open, 5(12), e009293. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Page, A., Wells, R., Milat, A., Wilson, A. (2015). A modelling tool for policy analysis to support the design of efficient and effective policy responses for complex public health problems. Implementation Science, 10(1), 26. [More Information]
Occhipinti, J., Wells, R., Page, A., Dominello, A., Haines, M., Wilson, A. (2015). Applications of system dynamics modelling to support health policy. Public Health Research and Practice, 25(3), 1-8. [More Information]

2014

Cleary, E., Barnes, T., Xu, Y., Zhao, H., Clements, A., Gray, D., McManus, D., Atkinson, J., Williams, G., Yang, Y. (2014). Impact of "Grain to Green" Programme on echinococcosis infection in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China. Veterinary Parasitology, 205(3-4), 523-531. [More Information]
Campbell, S., Savage, G., Gray, D., Atkinson, J., Magalhaes, R., Nery, S., McCarthy, J., Velleman, Y., Wicken, J., et al (2014). Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH): a critical component for sustainable soil-transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis control. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 8(4), e2651. [More Information]

2013

Atkinson, J., Gray, D., Clements, A., Barnes, T., McManus, D., Yang, Y. (2013). Environmental changes impacting Echinococcus transmission: research to support predictive surveillance and control. Global Change Biology, 19(3), 677-688. [More Information]
Wardrop, N., Barnett, A., Atkinson, J., Clements, A. (2013). Plasmodium vivax malaria incidence over time and its association with temperature and rainfall in four counties of Yunnan Province, China. Malaria Journal, 12(1), 452. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Williams, G., Yakob, L., Clements, A., Barnes, T., McManus, D., Yang, Y., Gray, D. (2013). Synthesising 30 years of mathematical modelling of Echinococcus transmission. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7(8), e2386. [More Information]

2012

Wijesinghe, R., Atkinson, J., Bobogare, A., Wini, L., Whittaker, M. (2012). Exploring provider and community responses to the new malaria diagnostic and treatment regime in Solomon Islands. Malaria Journal, 10, 3. [More Information]
Pulford, J., Tandrapah, A., Atkinson, J., Kaupa, B., Russell, T., Hetzel, M. (2012). Feasibility and acceptability of insecticide-treated plastic sheeting (ITPS) for vector control in Papua New Guinea. Malaria Journal, 11, 1-9. [More Information]
Yang, Y., Clements, A., Gray, D., Atkinson, J., Williams, G., Barnes, T., McManus, D. (2012). Impact of anthropogenic and natural environmental changes on Echinococcus transmission in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the People's Republic of China. Parasites and Vectors, 5(1), 146. [More Information]
Atkinson, J., Vallely, A., Fitzgerald, L., Whittaker, M., Tanner, M. (2012). The architecture and effect of participation: a systematic review of community participation for communicable disease control and elimination. Implications for malaria elimination. Malaria Journal, 10, 225. [More Information]

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2011

Tynan, A., Atkinson, J., Toaliu, H., Taleo, G., Fitzgerald, L., Whittaker, M., Riley, I., Schubert, M., Vallely, A. (2011). Community participation for malaria elimination in Tafea Province, Vanuatu: part II. Social and cultural aspects of treatment-seeking behaviour. Malaria Journal, 10, 204. [More Information]
O’Sullivan, M., Kenilorea, G., Yamaguchi, Y., Bobogare, A., Losi, L., Atkinson, J., Vallely, A., Whittaker, M., Tanner, M., Wijesinghe, R. (2011). Malaria elimination in Isabel Province, Solomon Islands: establishing a surveillance-response system to prevent introduction and reintroduction of malaria. Malaria Journal, 10, 235. [More Information]

Selected Grants

2021

Mental Wealth Initiative, Occhipinti J, Brain and Mind Centre/BMC Research – Mental Wealth Initiative

2020

Explainable machine learning to improve youth mental health care, Hickie I, Cripps S, Iorfino F, Occhipinti J, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - National Critical Infrastructure Initiative - Applied AI Research in Health Grant

Faculty of Medicine and Health

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