#OPPORTUNITY We’re looking for a PhD Candidate to join Dr Dr Katrina Champion’s team conducting research on prevention adolescent mental ill-health and lifestyle risk behaviours. Apply by 27 September 2024: sydney.edu.au/scholarships/c…

We have been awarded $6 million in @AusGov National Health and Medical Research Council (#NHMRC) funding for two new Centres of Research Excellence focused on tuberculosis and youth mental health.

Psychiatric epidemiologist Prof Tim Slade from The Matilda Centre has been named Chief Investigator of the Prevention of Mental Illness and Substance Use (PREMISE) Next Generation CRE. Its received $3m in funding to address the leading causes of disease burden in young Australians.

What an incredible achievement ! Congratulations Greg and team for your work in tuberculosis. Congratulations Tim, Nickie Newton , Cath Chapman & teams for you co-leadership of research into youth mental health. The Matilda Centre .. so inspiring !

UPCOMING WEBINAR | Learn more about what it means to consider substance use and addictive behaviours from a developmental perspective at our Comorbidity Project webinar with Dr Eddie Mullen, Mon 16 September 12-1pm AEST. Register: bit.ly/4cNiPPk

#RESEARCH EXPOSURE TO NICOTINE ASSOCIATED WITH INITIATION OF CANNABIS USE, new research has shown. The paper, including the Matilda Centre’s Dr Jack Wilson, conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the odds of cannabis and nicotine use. Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

#RESEARCH DEPRESSED ADOLESCENTS TWICE AS LIKELY TO VAPE, says new research from the Matilda Centre. Published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, the study surveyed 5157 students from 40 schools in NSW, Qld and WA. Full paper: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Exciting to see our research on teen vaping and mental health making international impact A/Prof Emily Stockings The Matilda Centre Australian Institute of Policy & Science usnews.com/news/health-ne… Check out the paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

#NEW #BOOKCHAPTER Researchers from Inroads Program have published a new book chapter on trials into CBT integrated and dual-focused treatment for co-occurring alcohol use disorder and social anxiety disorder. Full chapter: link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Dr Dr Steph Kershaw presents at the CSNSW 2024 Psychology Conference in Sydney on the role of stigma in methamphetamine use and how Cracks in the Ice are supporting Australians to reduce the #harms associated with #methamphetamine use.

Earlier this week, the Matilda Centre Youth Advisory Board met together in person in Sydney to share insights and expertise on being a #young person in Australia. We are so grateful of the critical work the Board gives to help shape the future of Australian youth.

So grateful to have this group of youth experts helping us co-design research at Matilda

A HUGE congratulations to Dr Deanna Varley for passing her PhD! She passed her PhD at @UQNews with A/Prof James N. Kirby and was titled: Social and Affective Impacts of Adult Attachment Style on Sensitivity to Distress and The Experience of Compassion.

Did you catch A/Prof A/Prof Emily Stockings on ABC earlier this week? This story if off the back of new research finding young Australians who have poor mental health are 2x more likely to vape. Full story: abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the Matilda Centre booth or presentations at @theMHSorg’s #theMHSConference2024 last week! We’re looking forward to seeing you at #theMHSConference2025 in Brisbane next year!

Heading to #EHPS2024 today? Catch the Matilda Centre’s Bridie Osman as she presents in the ECR session on her research in dietary intake, mental health and inflammation in Australian adolescents. Full program: 2024.ehps.net/wp-content/upl…