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Email

m.spittal@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professorial Fellow, Quantitative Analyst
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health - Centres and Institutes
Education
Masters (Coursework & Research)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Victoria University of Wellington
PhD
Victoria University of Wellington
ORCID

0000-0002-2841-1536

Prof Matthew Spittal

Professorial Fellow, Quantitative Analyst
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

354 Scholarly works
37 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Real-Time Monitoring of Suicide and Self-Harm Clusters
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Employment and disability among young Australians and associations with psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101140
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Coverage of Robin Williams' Suicide in Australian Newspapers
    DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000748
  • 2021

    Journal article

    How do employment conditions and psychosocial workplace exposures impact the mental health of young workers? A systematic review
    DOI: 10.1007/s00127-021-02077-x
  • 2021

    Journal article

    Does disability modify the relationship between labour force status and psychological distress among young people?
    DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2020-107149
  • 2019

    Research Contracts

    National Suicide Prevention Leadership and Support Program
  • 2017

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Evaluation of the National Suicide Prevention Trial.
Matthew Spittal

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2020
2020 Award for Excellence in Mentoring Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
2017
Best Research Paper 2016 – Senior Researcher Centre of Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention
2009
BCA Roche Annual Award for Excellence Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia
2006
BCA Pifzer Annual Award for Excellence Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Temporal trends in breast cancer incidence and mortality in Australia: An Age-Period-Cohort analysis
    DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2026.103017
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Examining the effectiveness of the Better Access initiative using data from real-world practice settings
    DOI: 10.1177/00048674251405142
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Examining Better Access use by Australian adults using data from two longitudinal studies (Ten to Men and the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health)
    DOI: 10.1177/00048674251409017
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Consumers’ experiences with and outcomes from Better Access: Results from a national survey
    DOI: 10.1177/00048674251405081
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Who uses Better Access treatment services? A re-analysis of data from the usual care arms of two randomised controlled trials
    DOI: 10.1177/00048674251406028
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The impact of the suicide of ‘Parasite’ actor Lee Sun Kyun on suicide rates in South Korea: A time-series analysis
    DOI: 10.1177/00048674251374467
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Preparing for a meta-analysis of rates: extracting effect sizes and standard errors from studies of count outcomes with person-time denominators
    DOI: 10.1136/ip-2024-045610
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Teenage Motherhood Among Those Whose Mothers Were Incarcerated
    DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-068371

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