Contact Details
| Organization: | Population Health |
| Position: | DIRECTOR (KCWH) |
| Email: | |
| Homepage: | www.kcwhs.unimelb.edu.au |
| Work: | 03 8344 0616 |
| Fax: | 03 9347 9824 |
| Room: | 210 |
| Level: | 02 |
| Building: | 723 Swanston St. |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Biography
Professor Anne Kavanagh is a medically trained epidemiologist who is well-known for her work on cancer screening programs and social epidemiology.
In 2001 Professor Kavanagh was awarded a prestigious VicHealth Senior Research Fellowship for the topic "The importance of place in health inequalities". Her work is featured extensively in national and international media and she has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and seminars.
One of the key foci of Professor Kavanagh’s research program is gender and health inequalities. In 2006 she convened the First Australian Conference on Gender and Health Inequalities. She co-edited the special issue of the Australian Journal of Social Issues on papers arising from the conference.
Professor Kavanagh has received $8 million dollars in competitive grant funding including $2.4 million as co-investigator on a prestigious NHMRC Capacity Building Grant, The Australian Health Inequities Program.
She is the Principal Investigator on a number large projects including: the Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Environments Study; a project funded by the National Heart Foundation, ‘Environment predictors of biomarkers in the AusDiab study’ and an NHMRC funded project ‘Evaluation of the efficacy of the Australian mammographic screening program’.
She has extensive research collaborations within The Melbourne School of Population Health and The University of Melbourne. She also collaborates with researchers from other Australian and overseas universities including Flinders University of South Australia, Queensland University of Technology, University of Tasmania, International Diabetes Institute and Queensland Monash, Deakin and Harvard Universities.
In 2001 Professor Kavanagh was awarded a prestigious VicHealth Senior Research Fellowship for the topic "The importance of place in health inequalities". Her work is featured extensively in national and international media and she has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and seminars.
One of the key foci of Professor Kavanagh’s research program is gender and health inequalities. In 2006 she convened the First Australian Conference on Gender and Health Inequalities. She co-edited the special issue of the Australian Journal of Social Issues on papers arising from the conference.
Professor Kavanagh has received $8 million dollars in competitive grant funding including $2.4 million as co-investigator on a prestigious NHMRC Capacity Building Grant, The Australian Health Inequities Program.
She is the Principal Investigator on a number large projects including: the Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Environments Study; a project funded by the National Heart Foundation, ‘Environment predictors of biomarkers in the AusDiab study’ and an NHMRC funded project ‘Evaluation of the efficacy of the Australian mammographic screening program’.
She has extensive research collaborations within The Melbourne School of Population Health and The University of Melbourne. She also collaborates with researchers from other Australian and overseas universities including Flinders University of South Australia, Queensland University of Technology, University of Tasmania, International Diabetes Institute and Queensland Monash, Deakin and Harvard Universities.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
| Research Interest | Country of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Gender and Health Inequalities, Cancer Screening, Social epidemiology | Australia, Australia |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Medicine | Flinders University of South Australia | 15-May-1987 | |
| Doctor of Philosophy | The Australian National University | 18-Sep-1995 |
Memberships
| Membership Type | Membership Body | Description | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Australasian Epidemiological Association | Member | 01-Jan-1990 |
Fellowships
| Fellowship | Date Awarded |
|---|---|
| Fellow of the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAFPHM) | 24-May-1995 |
Other Awards
| Award Type | Awarding Body | Comments | Date Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prize | Brighton and Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society | 01-Jan-1989 | |
| Scholarship | Australian National University | Accounts of abnormal Pap smears | 01-Jan-1990 |
| Other (Award) | Australian Institute of Political Science | Young Tall Poppy Award | 01-Jan-2002 |
| Other (Award) | Department of Human Services Victoria | Public Health Award for Research Innovation - This was awarded for the Victorian Lifestyle and Neighbourhood Environments Study (VicLANES) | 01-Jan-2006 |
| Other (Award) | Melbourne School of Population Health Knowledge Transfer Award | 01-Jan-2007 |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Population and Ecological Genetics (GENETICS) (270203)
- Oncology and Carcinogenesis (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321015)
- Pathology (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321020)
- Radiology and Organ Imaging (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321022)
- Surgery (CLINICAL SCIENCES) (321029)
- Epidemiology (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321202)
- Nutrition and Dietetics (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321205)
- Preventive Medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321206)
- Indigenous Health (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321207)
- Health and Community Services (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321214)
- Health Promotion (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321216)
- Health Counselling (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321217)
- Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified (PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES) (321299)
- Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified (OTHER MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES) (329999)
- Education Studies not elsewhere classified (EDUCATION STUDIES) (330199)
- Counselling, Welfare and Community Services (SOCIAL WORK) (370204)
- Fertility (DEMOGRAPHY) (370503)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Diagnostics (HUMAN PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS) (670402)
- Endocrine organs and diseases (incl. Diabetes) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730105)
- Inherited diseases (incl. Gene therapy) (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730107)
- Cancer and related disorders (CLINICAL; ORGANS, DISEASES AND ABNORMAL CONDITIONS) (730108)
- Women's health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730201)
- Men's health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730202)
- Child health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730204)
- Substance abuse (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730205)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730206)
- Health related to specific ethnic groups (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730207)
- Mental health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730211)
- Preventive medicine (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730213)
- Nutrition (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730215)
- Health status (e.g. indicators of well-being) (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730217)
- Social structure and health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730218)
- Behaviour and health (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730219)
- Public health not elsewhere classified (PUBLIC HEALTH) (730299)
- Health education and promotion (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730301)
- Diagnostic methods (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730305)
- Health policy evaluation (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730307)
- Health and support services not elsewhere classified (HEALTH AND SUPPORT SERVICES) (730399)
- Education and training not elsewhere classified (OTHER EDUCATION) (749999)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Scheme | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Understanding the role of place in health inequalities | Chief Investigator | VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION | Senior/Public Health Research Fellowships | 30/06/2001 |
| Modelling the impact of targetted changes to screening intervals in Australian breast-screening programs | Chief Investigator | NATIONAL BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION | Postgraduate Research Scholarships | 15/11/2004 |
| CAPACITY BUILDING GRANT - AUSTRALIAN HEALTH EQUITIES INEQUALITIES PROGRAM: A PROGRAM ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH | Chief Investigator | FLINDERS UNIVERSITY | Capacity Building Grants in Population Health Research (NHMRC) | 01/01/2005 |
| THE PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF HEARING LOSS IN KOORI CHILDREN IN VICTORIA | Principal Supervisor | NHMRC | Training Scholarships for Indigenous Health Research | 01/01/2005 |
| IMPROVING LOCAL AREAS TO INCREASE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES | Chief Investigator | DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES | Victorian Department of Human Services Public Health Research Projects | 02/05/2005 |
| THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH INEQUITIES PROGRAM - A PROGRAM ADDRESSING SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH (AHIP) | Chief Investigator | VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION | The Australian Health Inequities Program | 15/06/2005 |
| FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES | Chief Investigator | VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION | Conference Support Scheme | 16/06/2006 |
| Relationship between aspects of the built environment, SES, physical activity and obesity | Principal Supervisor | VIC HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION | Public Health PhD Research Scholarships | 09/10/2006 |
| ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTORS OF BIOMARKERS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND DIABETES | Chief Investigator | NATIONAL HEART FOUNDATION | Grants-in-Aid | 01/11/2007 |
| The mortality benefit of mammographic screening in Australia | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | Project Grants | 01/01/2008 |
| Healthier and sustainable futures for disadvantaged young people | Chief Investigator | MELBOURNE CITY MISSION, AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) | 01/07/2008 |
| H1N1 - related Victorian School Closures: quarantine compliance and impact of parents' precarious employment. | Chief Investigator | NHMRC | H1N1 Influenza | 01/01/2009 |
Contracts
| Title | Role | Funding Source | Award Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLAMIC WOMEN'S PROJECT - DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS & LITERATURE REVIEW, SITUATION IN VICTORIA RE UNDERSTANDING HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICES | Chief Investigator | BREASTSCREEN VIC | 18/04/2008 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
available on requestPublications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.