2023
Articles
18 October 2023
Access mental health and substance use support anywhere with new digital hub
Researchers at the University of Sydney and the University of Newcastle have collaborated to establish digital hub eCliPSE (electronic Clinical Pathways to Service Excellence). We sat down with researcher Dr Louise Thornton to discuss the rollout, mental health and substance use support, and where to join the digital mental health revolution.
18 October 2023
Researching the links between healthy bodies and healthy minds
In this edition of Student Spotlight, we sit down with Research Program Officer and PhD Candidate Scarlett Smout about her work examining modifiable lifestyle behaviours, social determinants and associations with mental health among Australian adolescents.
18 October 2023
Breathing new life into complex ideas with Dr Christina Marel
In this edition of the Researcher Spotlight, the Matilda Centre team sits down with Researcher Dr Christina Marel to discuss research funding, translating complex ideas to a general audience, and what she does to support herself when she's feeling down.
18 October 2023
Out and about with the Matilda Centre
Catch up with the latest research and program outcomes at the Matilda Centre across Australia in 2023.
12 September 2023
Being here to hear when someone says they are not okay
Every year we are encouraged on R U OK? Day to reach out to our family, friends and workmates to check in on their mental health, but it can be difficult to know what to do if someone says ‘no'. We asked the Matilda Centre for their advice on how to prepare yourself for an answer of ‘no, I’m not okay'.
06 September 2023
Our Statement on the Voice to Parliament Referendum
The Matilda Centre wholeheartedly supports an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament.
16 August 2023
What happens when a crisis worker ends up in crisis?
In this edition of Matilda’s Student Spotlight, we sit down with HDR student Jayden Sercombe to learn more about his research, how he decompresses after a long day researching, and how to support crisis workers supporting us.
16 August 2023
Developing new ways to measure and monitor mental and substance use disorders
We sit down with Associate Professor Matthew Sunderland to learn more about his research measuring and monitoring mental health and substance use disorders.
16 August 2023
Travelling across the world to help young people through research
In this edition of Matilda’s Researcher Spotlight, we sit down with Dr Jillian Halladay to learn more about her research, how she ended up in Australia, and how she became interested in helping young people through research.
16 August 2023
A splendour time to learn about medicines
A key skill of a researcher is to know how to get their information directly to their audience. For Dr Jack Wilson, that includes music festival Splendour in the Grass’s Science Tent. We sat down with him to learn more.
