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11 December 2024
Empowering Youth Voices: Highlights from the 2024 Youth Advisory Board
Through the Matilda Centre Youth Advisory Board, the expertise and experiences of young people with lived experience have been central to the success of our work.
11 December 2024
Transforming brain health research in Australia and the US
Associate Professor Louise Mewton reflects on her Fulbright Scholarship as she returns to Australia from the Medical University of South Carolina.
11 December 2024
Bringing parents and teens together to support mental health
How can we improve the impact of eHealth approaches to support healthy behaviours in young people? Dr Louise Thornton’s Triple E project aims to find out.
11 December 2024
University of Sydney researchers lead annual mental health conference
More than 30 Matilda Centre researchers gathered in Sydney to share the latest research on mental health and substance use.
11 December 2024
Drawing research links between anxiety and alcohol use
As she is about to begin her final year, we chat with PhD candidate Tara Guckel to learn more about her research in early interventions for anxiety and alcohol use.
26 September 2024
Adapting digital alcohol prevention strategies overseas
Meet Lyra Egan, a PhD Candidate who led an international study focused on informing the adaptation of the effective OurFutures Alcohol Module originally developed in Australia, to a Colombian context.
26 September 2024
Empowering young voices for the future of youth health
This year, researchers at the Matilda Centre have been travelling across NSW to consult with young people and other stakeholders to develop the NSW Health Strategy for Young People’s Health and Wellbeing 2025+ on behalf of NSW Health.
26 September 2024
How do gender and mental health interact?
Professor Cath Chapman shares how gender impacts mental health and substance use risk and protective factors.
18 June 2024
Bringing young voices to the decision table
The Matilda Centre is proud to share their policy activities in vaping, youth co-design and mental health in the first six months of 2024.
18 June 2024
Taking the anxiety out of the 'wine mum' culture
‘Wine mum’ culture is a phenomenon rising from a growing reliance on alcohol to manage anxiety after having a child, says new Healthy Mum, Healthy Bub research project.