School of Health and Social Development

Our partners

Partnerships are at the very core of our school. Whether our partners are helping to create our curriculum, hosting students on a placement or implementing our research findings, our school wouldn't be what it is without them.

Research partners

Our researchers have a fantastic opportunity to make a difference with their work. It's working in collaboration with partner organisations that makes this possible.

We conduct research projects with organisations across a wide range of sectors, including government, health services, business and community.

International partners

We have a well-established partnership with the Public Health Foundation of India. Other links include a mobility project with the European Union for staff, and student exchanges with several European universities.

Student placement partners

Students of occupational therapy, social work, and public health and health promotion complete placements at local healthcare centres. 

We're able to offer a choice of organisations to students so they can experience a range of contexts.

Some of our partners

  • Aboriginal Health Services
  • Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
  • Barwon Health
  • Cancer Council Victoria
  • Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention
  • Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne
  • Headspace
  • Mental Illness Fellowship
  • Movember Foundation
  • Murdoch Children's Research Institute
  • Orygen: The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health
  • Oxford University
  • Pacific Research Centre for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-Communicable Diseases (C-POND)
  • Parenting Research Centre Inc.
  • Vic Health
  • Western Health
  • Western Pacific Region
  • World Health Organisation

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Health sciences and allied health
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