Contact

Email

l.sanci@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials

Position
Chair of General Practice
Department of General Practice and Primary Care
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Post Graduate Diploma
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-4834-4737

Prof Lena Sanci

Chair of General Practice
Department of General Practice and Primary Care
258 Scholarly works
86 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Casting the Net for What Matters: The ALIVE National Consortium for Equitable WellBeing and Mental Health Systems Transformation
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Changes in mental health across the COVID-19 pandemic for local and international university students in Australia: a cohort study
    DOI: 10.1186/s40359-023-01075-9
  • 2023

    Journal article

    The mental health of international university students from China during the COVID-19 pandemic and the protective effect of social support: A longitudinal study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.014
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Towards a health promoting university: descriptive findings on health, wellbeing and academic performance amongst university students in Australia
    DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14690-9
  • 2021

    Research Contracts

    Partnership in Research
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Mental Health and Substance Use in Young Men in Emerging Adulthood
    DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2019.1622504
  • 2019

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Bringing Family, Community, Culture and Country to the Centre of Health Care: Culturally Appropriate Models for Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Young People
Lena Sanci

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships

2013
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre Early Intervention or Prevention Research Award for oral presentation Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Scientific Meeting
1999
The only non-American to win this award since its inception in the 1980s Society for Adolescent Medicine, Mead Johnson, New Investigator Award (USA)
1999
For PhD study Commendation for the Premier’s Award for Medical Research (Vic)
1997
For PhD study (2.5 years) National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) postgraduate medical scholarship

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Strengthening Care for Rural Children (SC4RC): study protocol for a stepped-wedge translational trial of an integrated general practitioner–paediatrician model of primary care in regional Victoria and New South Wales
    DOI: 10.1186/s13063-025-09307-6
  • 2026

    Journal article

    A44-43 Understanding the Implementation and Efficacy of Integrated Models of Care for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review
    DOI: 10.1093/ajrccm/aamag162.1691
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Mechanism of Cardiac Arrest in Fatal Anaphylaxis
    DOI: 10.1111/cea.70289
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Digital health inequity in Australian primary care
    DOI: 10.31128/AJGP-10-25-7853
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Co-designing a primary care delivered, breathlessness, self-management intervention for people with chronic respiratory disease.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41533-026-00511-8
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Organ failure type in fatal and near-fatal anaphylaxis: a systematic review
    DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108996
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Multiplex PCR testing for Treponema pallidum and herpes simplex virus in primary care to detect primary syphilis in Victoria, Australia: a prospective cohort study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.lanprc.2025.100091
  • 2026

    Journal article

    “BREATHE”: an educational approach for optimising the management of chronic respiratory diseases in primary care
    DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00954-2025