Associate ProfessorMatthew Dunn

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 522 78372 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

  • MEDIA APPEARANCE
    Dr Dunn has made numerous media appearances, including print, radio, and television. His most recent television appearance was on the Channel 10 program The Project, discussing steroid use among teenage boys.
  • AFFILIATION
    Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD)
  • AFFILIATION
    Sports Medicine Australia (SMA)
  • AFFILIATION
    Public Health Association Australia (PHAA)
  • AFFILIATION
    International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH)
  • AFFILIATION
    Male Health Victoria
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Matthew Dunn, Fiona McKay, Amy Cooper, Sarah Slykerman, Elizabeth Sheehan & Erin Hoare (2014). Deakin University School of Health and Social Development Award for Excellence in Teaching for HSH111 Introduction to Public Health and Health Promotion.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Matthew Dunn. (2013). Deakin University School of Health and Social Development Special Commendation for Excellence in Research.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Matthew Dunn, Fiona McKay, Amy Cooper, Erin Hill & Elizabeth Sheehan (2013). Deakin University School of Health and Social Development Special Commendation for Excellence in Teaching for HSH111 Introduction to Public Health and Health Promotion.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Fiona McKay, Berni Murphy, Andrea Neale, Patricia Ritchie & Matthew Dunn. (2013). Deakin University School of Health and Social Development Special Commendation for Excellence in Teaching for HSH212 Professional Practice 2.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Teresa Capetola, Rebecca Stockdale, Trish Ritchie, Diane Kelly, Matthew Dunn & Norma Barrett. 2012 Deakin University School of Health and Social Development Special Commendation for Excellence in Teaching for HSH302 Politics, Policy and Health.
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Matthew Dunn. 2010 University of New South Wales Faculty of Medicine Dean's Rising Star Award - Significant Contributions to Research
  • AWARDS AND HONOURS
    Matthew Dunn. 2009. Highly Commended for Ian Webster Research Achievement Award. National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Nhlanhla, M. & Dunn, M. (November, 2015). The role of the workplace in workers seeking treatment for alcohol and other drug use: The workers perspective. Perth: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Dunn, M., Henshaw, R. & McKay, F. (October, 2015). Exploring the decision to use performance and image enhancing drugs. Gold Coast: Australian Psychological Society.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Dunn, M. & McKay, F. (February 2015). The challenges that performance and image enhancing drug use has for the alcohol and other drug sector. Melbourne: Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    McKay, F.H. & Dunn, M. (February 2015). Food security among asylum seekers in Melbourne. India: 14th World Congress on Public Health.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Dunn, M., Henshaw, R. & McKay, F. (November 2014). Understanding health service use and needs of performance and image enhancing drug users in regional Queensland. Adelaide: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Busutill, E. & Dunn, M. (November 2014). Supplement use among male university students. Adelaide: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Dunn, M. (October 2014). Understanding athlete wellbeing: the views of national sporting and player associations. Canberra: Combined Australian Conference of Science and Medicine in Sport, National Physical Activity Conference and National Sports Injury Prevention Conference.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Dunn, M., McKay, F.H. & Miller, P. (September 2014). Paracetamol presentations to an Australian regional hospital emergency department. Perth: Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Cheng, C., Dunn, M. & McKay, F. (September, 2014). Health literacy and the Internet: A study on the readability of Australian online health information. Alice Springs: 22nd National Australian Health Promotion Association Conference & 18th Chronic Diseases Network Conference.
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Incerti, L., Dunn, M. & Henderson-Wilson, C. (November, 2013). Does a persons problematic substance use impact upon their sibling relationships? Brisbane: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD).
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Note: Was awarded the Early Career Poster Prize for the conference
  • CONFERENCE ORGANISING
    Dunn, M., Bruno, R. & Roxburgh, A. (November 2013). Understanding emerging psychoactive substance use in Australia. Brisbane: Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs (APSAD).