Professor Anne Kavanagh is a social epidemiologist who is well-known for her work on health inequalities. She is the inaugural Chair of Disability and Health and Head of the Disability and Health Unit in the Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.
She is also the Academic Director of the Melbourne Disability Institute, and the Director and Lead Investigator on the Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (credh.org.au).
Her major research focus is on the health of people with disability. She focuses on how social determinants such as employment, housing, poverty and education influence the health of disability. Her work identifies potential policy solutions to reduce disability-related socio-economic and health disadvantage.
Professor Kavanagh's work also concentrates on the intersections between gender and other socio-economic determinants and health outcomes.
All of her research applies high-level quantitative methods to investigate complex social and health problems.
Professor Kavanagh contributes to public debate, advocacy and policy development through online media, membership of key committees and advice to government and other stakeholders.
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FEATURED Journal article
Association Between Housing Affordability and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Analysis of a Nationally Representative Household Survey in Australia REPLY
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CENTRE OF RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN DISABILITY AND HEALTH
Research Grant
Let's heed the warnings from aged care. We must act now to avert a COVID-19 crisis in disa..
NEWS ARTICLE
Racial discrimination and socioemotional and sleep problems in a cross-sectional survey of..
Journal article
National Disability Research Partnership
Research Contracts
Deeper data needed to understand scale of abuse faced by people with disability
NEWS ARTICLE
Gendered working environments as a determinant of mental health inequalities: a systematic..
Journal article
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Projects
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Project Types
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Research Contracts
Additional Information
The Disability and Health Unit has a range of funded research projects (ARC, NHMRC, UOM) here: https://mspgh.unimelb.edu.au/centres-institutes/centre-for-health-equity/research-group/disability-and-health-unit Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (NHMRC) https://credh.org.au/ Melbourne Disability Institute: https://disability.unimelb.edu.au/
Scholarly Works
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News
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Public Health Award for Research Innovation - This was awarded for the Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Environments Study (VicLANES)
Young Tall Poppy Award
Accounts of abnormal Pap smears
FASSA - Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
FAFPHM - Fellow of the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Chair In Disability And Health
Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health
Member
International Epidemiological Association
Member
Public Health Association of Australia
Member
Australasian Epidemiological Association
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
The Australian National University
PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health
The Australian National University
Bachelor of Medicine
Flinders University of South Australia