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Faculty of Health research

Australia’s leading multidisciplinary health faculty

Our research is guided by a desire and commitment to improve health and social outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged groups in society.

Study a research degree with us

We conduct a broad range of multidisciplinary and translational research studies that address important individual and population health problems. One of our key priorities is to deliver reductions in health care burden and community costs across the western region of Victoria. Together with our partners and communities, Faculty of Health researchers tackle some of the most urgent and important clinical and public health issues, locally and globally.

Research from our schools

Our researchers are renowned experts in their field who unlock new angles, solutions and ways of thinking. Learn more about the projects and world-class research being led by our schools.

Discover our research degrees

Discover our research degrees

Ranked among the top 1% globally, our world-class researchers drive courageous ideas that shape our shared future. Eager to join their ranks and help bring groundbreaking research ideas to life? Explore how a Deakin PhD can help get you there.

Find a research supervisor

Find a research supervisor

Discover Faculty of Health supervisors that could help you further your research career goals. Search by name, faculty, research area or keyword to find an expert in a particular field. Then click into an expert's profile to learn more about them and check if they are available for supervision

Our research institutes, centres and groups

The Faculty of Health is home to world-class research institutes, centres and groups who unite experts across our five schools, and across the University, to focus on key health and wellbeing challenges.

3D GAIT Lab research

Our advanced motion analysis uses 3D motion capture to analyse two sides of the body simultaneously.

3D GAIT Lab research

Bioinformatics Core Research Group

Our research brings together a range of expertise and resources to support and facilitate bioinformatics.

Bioinformatics Core Research Group

Biostatistics Unit

We provide biostatistics advice and support to research programs, as well as collaborating with external providers.

Biostatistics Unit

Centre for Organisational Change in Person-Centred Healthcare

Our research radically transforms patient experiences, starting with fundamentally changing conversations about people’s health.

Centre for Organisational Change in Person-Centred Healthcare

Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine

Our research explores the difference between clinical outcomes in rural and metropolitan areas.

Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine

Cognitive Neuroscience Unit

Our researchers use neuroscience techniques to explore the relationship between cognition, behaviour and biology.

Cognitive Neuroscience Unit

Connect Research and Training Initiative

We promote healing and connection in the face of trauma, shame, addiction, maltreatment and aggression.

Connect Research and Training Initiative

Consumer Analytical Safety Sensory Food Research Centre

We are dedicated to working with the Australian food industry to make sustainable and healthier foods the preferred choice of consumers.

Consumer Analytical Safety Sensory Food Research Centre

Deakin Family and Child Study Centre

Our research focuses on improving our understanding of children, adolescents and families impacted by poor mental health.

Deakin Family and Child Study Centre

Institute for Health Transformation

Our multidisciplinary researchers work together to improve value, equity and impact in health and care.

Institute for Health Transformation

Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

Our research drives health reform by developing new responses to mental and physical health.

Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

Our research improves health and quality of life in Australia and reduce the rates of chronic disease.

Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition

Metabolic Research Unit

Our research looks at the compounds that could treat metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.

Metabolic Research Unit

Mind-Body Research in Health Laboratory

Our world-class psychology researchers specialise in health and clinical psychology and behavioural medicine.

Mind-Body Research in Health Laboratory

National Centre for Farmer Health

An exciting initiative in agricultural health that houses research, a healthcare service and an education centre.

National Centre for Farmer Health

Optometry and Vision Science Research

We conduct clinical and laboratory research in optometry and vision science, to understand eye and its health, functions and diseases.

Optometry and Vision Science Research

Regional Victorian Institute of Simulation Education

Our research supports and enhances the provision of simulation-based education in the medical field.

Regional Victorian Institute of Simulation Education

Science of Adult Relationships Laboratory

Our research studies relationships across the entire span of adulthood, including the transition to young adulthood.

Science of Adult Relationships Laboratory

SEED Lifespan

Our research addresses mental health issues and neurological disorders, such as depression, eating disorders and disability.

SEED Lifespan

Workplace Wellbeing, Innovation and Performance Group

We conduct innovative research about the science and practice of people at work.

Workplace Wellbeing, Innovation and Performance Group

Find out what it’s like studying a health PhD

Our current PhD candidates and graduates have taken their PhD experience at Deakin to new heights and made valuable contributions to health research. We’ve interviewed a bunch of our extraordinary students.

World-leading research

Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) is a comprehensive quality evaluation of all research produced in Australian universities. In the 2015–2018 ERA results, a large number of Faculty of Health research streams were rated 5 ‘well above world standard’^ – the highest rating achievable in the ERA scale.

Become a partner

Become a partner

We collaborate with more than 100 local and global partners – at all levels of government and the health and human services sectors, as well as industry and community groups. By collaborating with external organisations, we provide expertise to projects, programs and initiatives that support community health and wellbeing.

Footnotes

*ShanghaiRanking's Ranking of Academic Subjects 2023
^Excellence in Research Australia (ERA) 2018

Contact us

Get in touch with our team to find out more on our research programs, media expertise and collaboration.

+61 3 9251 7777

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