Centre for Adolescent Health (CAH)

Unpacking pathways into & out of homelessness for Australian adolescents — join the conversation at our next seminar series! Speaker🗣️A/Prof @DrJessHeerde Date📅13 November 2025 Time🕐1:00pm - 2:00pm AEDT Where📍Online - register to attend here 🔗 bit.ly/CRECOP

Almost 1/3 of young people vape monthly & rates increase with age, a new #MCRI led study finds. The study is the first of its kind into the prevalence of #vaping & #smoking among 10-21 year olds. @CancerVic, @susansawyer01, @CforAH The @guardian article: tinyurl.com/26jchnk9

If you want to learn more about our Postgraduate Courses in Adolescent Health and Wellbeing, then register for tonight's information session! Register to attend here 🔗mcri.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Australian teenagers are being sought for a new study by #MCRI and @Deakin that will monitor the impact of a world first #socialmedia ban on their phone use, screentime, #mentalhealth and #wellbeing 📵@susansawyer01 @CforAH @SylviaCLin ➡️ direc.to/nH_4

Do you want to learn about the Second Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health & Wellbeing? Join us THIS THURSDAY as we explore progress, challenges, emerging drivers and next steps for advancing adolescent health & wellbeing globally. Register & join 🔗bit.ly/CRECOP

Join us for todays seminar - Shaping Global Health: WHO-Funded Initiatives Defining Quality Standards and Core Competencies for Adolescent Health. Online TODAY, at 1:00pm AEST Register to join here bit.ly/CRECOP

Jess also got the opportunity to speak with the Minister of Housing, Harriet Shing and some amazing youth homelessness advocates! #Homelessness #YouthHomelessness

To launch #HomelessnessWeek, @DrJessHeerde was invited to speak on a panel at the MCM’s Victorian Youth Homelessness Snapshot: A Call to Action. Learn more homelessnessaustralia.org.au/homelessness-w…

📢What do you think of the Social Media Ban for Teens? Have your say! Take part in important research about Australia's social media ban for teens under 16. ▶️ Complete the survey here: redcap.link/connected-mind… #SocialMediaBan #SocialMedia #Teens

📣 New in @LancetChildAdol w/ @TheLancet commission on #adolescenthealth! ☑️ A checklist for reporting youth engagement in peer-reviewed research ✍️@DavidImbago @ChoonaraShakira @SurabhiDogra @MensaKwao @susansawyer01 🔗 tinyurl.com/mayecheck @UCSFPediatrics

Wanting to gain an understanding of #AdolescentHealth? ✅ Looking for #skills that will help you professionally?✅ Gain exposure to adolescent health studies with our free CAH & @UniMelbMDHS #shortcourse on adolescent health & wellbeing. 👨‍🎓 Starts Aug 4 bit.ly/3clQPEM

Mid-Year applications for postgraduate study in Adolescent Health & Wellbeing are closing soon! Study online with the CAH at the University of Melbourne, Australia's #1 ranked University, #19 globally. Applications close on July 18. Learn more & apply study.unimelb.edu.au/lp/mdhs/study-…

📢Join us for this month's seminar 'Can whole-school approaches support adolescent mental health? Current evidence and future directions'. When 📅 10th July 2025 Time 🕞 1:00 pm AEST Where 📍 Online - register to attend here - bit.ly/CRECOP #adolescence

MCRI's Luo Li, Prof Pete Azzopardi, Molly O'Sullivan & Prof @susansawyer01, part of the global charge to improve health outcomes for young people, have co-authored a @theMJA piece, calling for more funding & support. | @MelbourneGlobal @CforAH More 👇 insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/24/keepin…

It is always a privilege to work with students and mentor our next generation of medical practitioners. Congratulations to Anton, Urvi and Erin! You each completed very important projects important for #preventing and addressing child and adolescent #homelessness.

Congratulations to the University of Melbourne medical students, Anton Lu, Urvi Bharania and Erin Bennett who recently completed their research placements with the Centre for Adolescent Health, working alongside the Homelessness team under the supervision of @DrJessHeerde 🥳

Homelessness for children and adolescents is largely preventable. In this new paper we outline our work to systematically review what is known about the social determinants of #homelessness from #childhood to #adolescence. Paper freely available here: lnkd.in/gw96eNXZ