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#Publichealth ⛑ news & research 📈🧐📉🦠🔬 from our School of Population and Global Health @unimelb.
Melbourne, Australia
Joined May 2020
We've been ranked Number #1 in Australia for #publichealth education in the 2021 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects and we're up one spot to 16th in the world. 😎 . Go team MSPGH! 💪.
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RT @UMCCR: Today is #WorldCancerDay. Prof @maartenijzerman's @ServicesCancer @unimelbMSPGH group’s mission is to improve value-based cancer….
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Congratulations to A/Prof Deane and all our staff who were successful in securing #MRFF funding for their research 🎉 👏.
Congratulations to MISCH Clinical Trials node lead and @TheRMH ICU Deputy Director A/Prof Adam Deane on being awarded nearly $2 million in #MRFF funding with our @unimelbMSPGH academics @antranduy1 and @EmilyKarahalios supporting his CT as CI's 👏👏👏.
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Our 3D modelling expert (& data viz wizard) @hrs_andrabi has made finding an open & accessible #covid19 testing site easy with this interactive tool. Search filters include:.✅ Open Now.👩🏽🦽 Wheelchair access.🚗Drive-thru.🚶🏻♂️Walk-in.
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This discovery of how to break bacterial antibiotic resistance may see the comeback of readily available and cheap drug treatments💊 .#AntiMicrobialResistance.
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Compulsory jabs have done their job. The division they cause may now do more harm than good, argues @nandcgrills.
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🎉 Congratulations🎉 to Prof Jane Pirkis for winning the Australian Psychological Society’s (@AustPsych) Outstanding Academic Mentor Award for 2021!
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It’s time to change the narrative, stop the suicides and remind our Aussie men that no man is an island. #SupportAMate
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So if a male you know appears to be struggling with their #MentalHealth or is going through a difficult time, please direct them to the resources and videos on the #BoysDoCry website
boysdocry.com.au
Boys Do Cry is a men's mental health initiative in partnership with Gotcha4Life that's designed to encourage men to speak up when the going gets tough.
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The musical genius (Fact. Widely cited & peer-reviewed) even retweeted the video to his followers. Thank you for using your influence to create a healthier narrative for masculinity @RobertSmith ! 💪
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The campaign features a re-working of @thecure Boys Don’t Cry (, which lead singer/founding member @RobertSmith generously gave permission to be used to help get the message out about men’s mental health.
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And if you’re thinking the title of the video sounds like a new version of a rather famous hit tune from a legendary band – you’d be right.
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All in all, BOYS DO CRY is a partnership between advertising agency The Hallway, The University of Melbourne’s Centre for Mental Health, mental fitness foundation @Gotcha_4_Life, and Heiress Films.
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Creatives & influencers like Dallas Woods who is a well-known rapper from the Kimberley in WA and Noongar man dedicated to #SuicidePrevention among #Indigenous Australians. 👉
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Creatives like Heiress Films, who were also the team behind the Gus Worland-hosted @ABCaustralia. series Man Up.
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He wanted to communicate to men that speaking up about mental health struggles can be the beginning of things getting better.
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Creatives like advertising executive Simon Lee from @Hallway who came up with the idea for the BOYS DO CRY video after suffering from his own #MentalHealth difficulties and #Anxiety.
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But research is only one part of the story. To have a truly transformational impact you need the communicators🗣, the creatives🎥, the influencers 📣 and the people on the community frontlines⛑.
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Preliminary findings show that after watching the BOYS DO CRY video men were more likely to say that they would seek help in tough times.
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As part of her research program, the music video was shown to almost 500 Australian men who ranged in age from 18 to 87 in a randomised controlled trial.
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Her 20+years research 📚 on suicide behaviour, prevention, and intervention helped guide the campaign messaging 📣 and approach.
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