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AUSPOPS proves popularity of prevention

15 September 2021

The Prevention Centre’s latest AUSPOPS national survey has found strong and continued community support for government-led interventions around the rising tide of …

CERI CRE expansion

14 September 2021

The Prevention Centre is proud to announce the expansion of the Collaboration for Enhanced Research Impact (CERI) with another three Centres of …

Epic EPOCH CRE – preventing obesity in childhood

14 September 2021

One in four children is affected by overweight or obesity by the time they start school. Childhood obesity is also unequally distributed …

Preventing liver cancer project

11 August 2021

Long-COVID may not be the only global pandemic hangover for the Australian healthcare system. There are growing reports of weight gain in …

Primary Health Networks as primary research sites

9 August 2021

Primary health care has an important role in assessing, preventing and managing the most prevalent modifiable risk factors for chronic disease. For …

Why we are stronger together

14 July 2021

The experience of our world collaboration is showing how partnerships across disciplines, sectors and agencies can reap important benefits for research, policy, …

Physical inactivity the Cinderella of risk factors

14 July 2021

Emeritus Professor Adrian Bauman AO is incredibly passionate about the issue of physical activity and systems change and provided a true masterclass …

Seed funding success

14 July 2021

The Prevention Centre expanded our seed funding grants this year to support innovative new research, capacity building and research translation on top …