Dr Sandra Davidson is a Senior Research Fellow and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Early Career Fellow in the Department of General Practice, Melbourne Medical School. Sandra's research explores innovative approaches to the treatment and management of common mental health disorders.
She is the lead investigator on the Driving to Health project which is a world-first study aiming to improve the mental health of the largely immigrant workforce of urban taxi drivers. Her team has developed a smartphone-friendly website (Driving to Health) for taxi drivers which is designed to encourage mental health self-help behaviours and increase help-seeking for mental health problems among those who need it. Driver's engagement with the website and its potential for clinical effectiveness is currently being investigated in a feasibility study involving almost 50 Victorian taxi drivers. Driving to Health is funded by the Shepherd Foundation and the Melbourne Networked Society.
Dr Davidson is a Chief Investigator on two project grants funded by the NHMRC. 'Target-D' is a randomised controlled trial testing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of using a clinical prediction tool to triage primary care patients with depressive symptoms into different levels of treatment. 'Assertive Care' is a randomised controlled trial seeks to reduce cardiovascular risk among people with a severe mental illness.
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FEATURED Journal article
Development of a prognostic model for predicting depression severity in adult primary patients with depressive symptoms using the diamond longitudinal study
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ASSERTIVE CARE: A RANDOMISED TRIAL TO REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FOR PEOPLE WITH SEVERE ME..
Research Grant
How a Mobile app will drive better mental health for cabbies
NEWS ARTICLE
Target-D: a stratified individually randomized controlled trial of the diamond clinical pr..
Journal article
A RANDOMISED TRIAL OF A CLINICAL PREDICTION TOOL FOR TARGETING DEPRESSION CARE.
Research Grant
Antidepressant treatment for primary care patients with depressive symptoms: Data from the..
Journal article
IDENTIFYING THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL CORRELATES OF DEPRESSION IN PRIMARY CARE: TREATMENT IMPLIC..
Research Grant
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Projects
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Project Types
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Research Grant
Additional Information
Driving for Change: An online video game to reduce depression. Awarded by Melbourne Networked Society Institute. 2015 - 2016.
Men's social connectedness and wellbeing. Awarded by Beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders. 2014
Screening for co-morbid affective disorder and substance abuse by general practitioners. Awarded by Beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders. 2004
Primary care evidence-based psychological interventions. Beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders. 2003
An interdisciplinary approach to recognising and treating depression among older Australians living in residential care. Beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders. 2003
Linking the health and leisure sectors: using physical activity in the management of depressed older people. Beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders. 2003
Scholarly Works
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Early Career Fellowship
Melbourne Travelling Abroad Scholarship
Melbourne Research Scholarship
Exceptional Achievement Award
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Honorary
General Practice
Casual
General Practice
Founding Member
Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders
Member
Australian Society for Bipolar and Depressive Disorders
Member
Australian Association for Academic Primary Care
Associate Member
Australian Psychological Society
Education
Education
DOCTORATE OF PHILOSOPHY
University of Melbourne
MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGY
Swinburne University of Technology
Certificate in Gerontology
La Trobe University
GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES IN HEALTH
La Trobe University
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Deakin University