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Email

d.dunt@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
PhD
Monash University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
La Trobe University
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0001-8450-7949

Prof David Dunt

Honorary (Professor Emeritus)
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

260 Scholarly works
16 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Impact of government monopoly alcohol shop systems on alcohol consumption in high-income countries.
    DOI: 10.1080/16066359.2026.2617593
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Correction: BEFRIENding for Depression, Anxiety and Social support in older adults living in Australian residential aged care facilities (BEFRIENDAS): randomised controlled trial protocol (BMC Geriatrics, (2021), 21, 1, (305), 10.1186/s12877-021-02233-7)
    DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06181-4
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A priority framework for the development of a health care-associated infection surveillance program in Australian residential aged care homes: Analysis of a Delphi technique
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.05.019
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Randomized Controlled Trial on the Impact of Befriending on Depression, Anxiety, Loneliness, and Social Support in Older People in Aged Care
    DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2025.2579846
  • 2021

    Research Grant

    Development and Implementation of the National Infection Surveillance Program for Aged Care (NISPAC)
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Development and Implementation of the National Infection Surveillance Program for Aged Care (NISPAC)
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    The Impact of Befriending on Depression, Anxiety, Social Support and Loneliness in Older Adults Living in Residential Aged Care Facilities
David Dunt

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2004
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FFPHM)
1988
Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH-UK)

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2024

    Journal article

    Government funded suicide prevention in Australia – an environmental scan
    DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19483-w
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Key informant perspectives of suicide prevention in Australia
    DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-20943-6
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Evaluation of an Infection surveillance program in residential aged care facilities in Victoria, Australia
    DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17482-x
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Historic and current achievements of the temperance movement in the control of alcohol and its adverse health consequences
    DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104608
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Healthcare-associated infections in long-term care facilities: a systematic review and meta-analysis of point prevalence studies
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2023-000504
  • 2024

    Journal article

    A cost-effectiveness analysis of a housing and recovery program for people with severe and persistent mental illnesses and precarious housing
    DOI: 10.1080/10530789.2024.2352291

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2011

    Research Grant

    AYA Cancer: Psychosocial Needs Assessment and Clinical
  • 2014

    Research Contracts

    Medicare Local AFter HOurs STage 2 Program Evaluation

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