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CRE Co-Director Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS and her colleagues Zoe Aitken Rebecca Bentley say that women with #Disability are disadvantaged on multiple fronts, and face grave risk and have poorer health outcomes than people without #disabilities. Read more:

PhD opportunity within our team University of Melbourne Disability Health Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. Join a diverse team working on #nhmrc Synergy grant to improve #MentalHealth of young people with #disability.

Thanks Professor Natalie Hannan, PhD, GAICD Victor Sojo Rob Moodie Emily Karahalios George Taiaroa for a brilliant session at the #UniMelbMDHS ECR Leadership Skills Programme. What is good #leadership? Having humility. Being curious. Being accountable. Championing diversity.

Fantastic interview Jen Ervin (she/her) talking about research on the detrimental impact of unpaid labour on women’s mental health and the implications to #gender #equity @unimebMSPGH

I’m on my way and excited for the #PopCongress2022. Looking forward to speaking tomorrow in the mental health session and catching up with colleagues abbey diaz Yamna Taouk Jen Ervin (she/her) taniaking @drklamb Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo @drbrigidmlynch Linda Slack-Smith

Congratulations @drklamb for your very well deserved AEA mentoring award at the #PopCongress2022 AustralasianEpi Julie Simpson @DallasEnglish10

Fantastic presentation at #PopCongress2022, Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo’s systematic review found that young informal carers report poorer mental health compared to their peers. More causally-focused research is needed to better understand the association taniaking Jen Ervin (she/her) Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

At #PopCongress2022 Jen Ervin (she/her)’s fantastic research showing that unpaid labour negatively impacts the mental health of women. Inequity in the division of unpaid labour exposes women to greater risk of poorer mental health than men taniaking Ludmila Fleitas Alfonzo Yamna Taouk Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Another fantastic presentation from taniaking at #PopCongress2022 👇👇👇

Our study found no evidence of a difference in COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the early stages of the rollout for people with #disability despite being a priority group in the vax program Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS Melbourne School of Population and Global Health UniMelb MDHS Disability Health See here 👉medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Our paper showed that barriers to participation (e.g. employment, transport) explained a substantial proportion of the #HealthInequalities experienced by people with #disability. Addressing these barriers could lead to improvements in health and well-being & promote #HealthEquity

Our recently published paper on #COVID19 #VaccinationCoverage comparing people with and without #disability. Despite being prioritised in the rollout we found no evidence of higher vaccination for #PeopleWithDisability leaving many people at high risk Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS Disability Health

I am so grateful to have been awarded an #ARC ECR industry fellowship to generate life expectancy statistics for people with #disability. Thanks to Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS taniaking and Georgina Sutherland for their guidance, the amazing Disability Health unit, and support from Melbourne Disability Institute

We did a #SystematicReview of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the #MentalHealth of young people with disability - we only found 2 studies, both suggested detrimental effects Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS Disability Health Melbourne School of Population and Global Health UniMelb MDHS Melbourne Disability Institute doi.org/10.1186/s12889…

Come and work with us - see link👇. A 2-year position for a quantitative researcher to work on health inequalities research aiming to improve lifetime mental health for people with disability Anne Kavanagh BMBS PhD FAFPHM FASSA FAHMS Helen Dickinson Melbourne Disability Institute UniMelb MDHS Disability Health AustralasianEpi

PhD scholarship to work in disability epidemiology 👇

Using data from a Swedish longitudinal study Yamna Taouk showed evidence of gendered impacts of work-family conflict on mental health for men and women, with evidence of larger impacts for women and differences according to level of childcare responsibilities #WCE2024 Melbourne School of Population and Global Health