ProfessorLana Williams

Professor

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

  • Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • +61 3 522 73428 (Work)
  • HERB, Health, Education and Research Building (HERB), Level 1, 285 Ryrie Street, Geelong

GRANTS

  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Viewing healthy ageing through a new lens: DNA-methylation as an indicator of intrinsic capacity
    Deakin Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT)1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Pasco J,
    • Samarasinghe R,
    • Williams L,
    • Anderson K
    $19,983
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Stream 3 Build Product Knowledge: Insights into the Effects of Isolated Protein on Human Health – Human Nutrition Model
    Provico Australia17 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    $1,465,216
  • GRANT
    Egg consumption and late-life depression - a review of the evidence.
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    3-2 Australian Eggs Innovation Fund - $74,633.58
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Intrinsic capacity: building resilience for healthy lives
    Deakin Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT)1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Pasco J,
    • Williams L,
    • Kew K,
    • Anderson K
    $19,384
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    New densitometer (iDXA)
    Deakin University - Faculty of Health1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    $170,000
  • GRANT
    SYNDICAT: Synergy for the Development of Innovative Clinical Treatments in Schizophrenia
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Synergy Grants - 2035912 - $5,000,000.00
  • GRANT
    Transforming Health and Resilience for Healthy Lives (THRIVE) Project - Analysis of Canadian Longitudinal Study in Aging (CLSA) Data
    Catalyst Grant: - Canadian Institutes of Health Research1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duque G,
    • Baltasar Fernandez I,
    • Bergman H,
    • Garcia F,
    • Godard-Sebillotte C
  • GRANT
    Antipsychotic use and osteoporotic fracture risk.
    17 Apr 2023 - 17 Jul 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    International Education Resilience Fund - $9,000.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Co-designed physical activity screener suited for digital integration into patients’ electronic medical records in primary care
    Deakin Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT)1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    $19,665
  • GRANT
    Biomarkers of negative symptoms, cognitive impairment and metabolic abnormalities in schizophrenia
    1 Oct 2022 - 1 Apr 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Foundation Catalyst Grants - $4,980.00
  • GRANT
    1135 Lymphedema Data Set
    23 May 2022 - 21 Oct 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    ImpediMed Ltd - INT-1135 - $16,000.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Mental health emergency presentations in Western Victoria
    IMPACT Seed Funding1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evidence gaps advice on loneliness, social isolation and chronic conditions.
    1 Mar 2021 - 31 May 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    National Health and Medical Research Council - $32,128.90
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Mental Health Activity Creation
    Australasian College of Emergency Medicine1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Mental Health in Rural Emergency Department (MHrED) Project
    Australasian College of Emergency Medicine1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) that accompanies cardiometabolic and mood disorders.
    Deakin Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT)1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    $19,996.70
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    The epidemiology of mental health emergency presentations in Western Victorian hospitals and urgent care facilities
    IMPACT Seed Funding1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    The Candesartan Adjunctive Major Depression Trial - CADET: A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial
    1 Apr 2020 - 31 Mar 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Berk M,
    • Malhi G,
    • Ng C,
    • Hopwood M,
    • Fernandes BS
    NHMRC - Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant - APP1180825 - $1,511,716.00
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes - Stephanie Cowdery.
    17 Feb 2020 - 17 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Williams L,
    • Cowdery S
    Barwon Health - INT-0725 - $20,500.00
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes - Stephanie Cowdery.
    17 Feb 2020 - 23 Nov 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Williams L,
    • Cowdery S
    Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre - $1,573.45
  • GRANT
    Targeting site specific improvements of clinical trial operational processes - Stephanie Cowdery.
    17 Feb 2020 - 23 Nov 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Williams L,
    • Cowdery S
    BH - Host Site - $20,769.20
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Psychological correlates of the COVID-19 pandemic: Geelong Osteoporosis Study.
    Deakin Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT)1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Pasco J,
    • Williams L,
    • Barry A,
    • Gwini S
    $14,977
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Understanding the interplay between mental disorders, treatment regimens and physical disease
    1 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lana Williams
    NHMRC - Investigator Grant - APP1174060 - $1,188,332.20
  • GRANT
    PhD Scholarship - Cognitive Ageing and the Interplay between Biological, Psychological and Environmental Factors
    2 Jul 2019 - 1 Jul 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Rotary Health PhD scholarship - $60,000.00
  • GRANT
    The Candesartan Adjunctive bipolar DEpression Trial - CADET
    1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Berk M,
    • Malhi G,
    • Ng C,
    • Hopwood M,
    • Fernandes BS
    MRFF Clinical Trials Activity: Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need Grant - MRF1169845 - $2,428,397.10