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DrStephanie Merkouris

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute

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  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
  • +61 3 924 45941 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Understanding dropout and adherence from gambling and other addiction treatment.
    19 Mar 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Ministry of Health New Zealand - $229,840.66
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Journeys towards gambling harm: Exploring the personal, social and environmentl context for young adults' sports and horse-race betting and their experiences on harm.
    19 May 2023 - 1 May 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation - VRGF 4-22 - $99,702.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Recovery, Relapse, Repeat: A weekly Ecological Momentary Assessment study of relapse trajectories as they occur in real life and real-time.
    19 May 2023 - 1 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Justice & Community Safety - VRGF 4-22 - $98,408.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of ''RESET''
    30 Aug 2022 - 30 Nov 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Justice & Community Safety - $158,905.42
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Focus on families: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the harms and support needs of families and friends of gamblers.
    27 Nov 2020 - 29 Mar 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation - $49,906.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Preventing a new epidemic during a pandemic: The influence of COVID-19 related stressors on gambling behaviour in the moment and in the real world.
    27 Nov 2020 - 14 Sep 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation - $99,994.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Family member treatment for gambling harm: development and evaluation
    30 Jun 2020 - 1 Jul 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    NSW Government - Office of Responsible Gambling - $449,209.00
  • GRANT
    An umbrella review of gambling disorder treatment: Taking clinical decision-making to the next level
    1 Apr 2020 - 1 Apr 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    National Center for Responsible Gambling - Seed Grant - $44,137.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    National Interactive Gambling Study
    15 Jan 2020 - 30 May 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    NSW Department of Industry (on behalf of Gambling Research Australia) - CONTR2020/00183 - $10,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Addressing gambling harm to affected others: A scoping review.
    25 Nov 2019 - 1 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation - CONTR2019/02372 - $26,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    The co-design of an e-mental health service and customised products: An implementation evaluation.
    1 Aug 2019 - 30 Nov 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    The Unversity of Auckland - CONTR2020/00131 - $19,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Virtual Assistant (Chatbot) Facilitating Screening, Responsible Gambling Messaging, and Referral.
    1 Aug 2019 - 31 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    NSW Government - Office of Responsible Gambling - CONTR2019/01570 - $110,000.00
  • GRANT
    Family member treatments: Systematic review and content analysis across addictions
    9 Jul 2019 - 8 Jul 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    NSW Government - Office of Responsible Gambling - $30,000.00
  • GRANT
    The development and evaluation of just-in-time intervention apps to reduce gambling harm: Providing in-the-moment support for gamblers
    17 Jun 2019 - 16 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Dowling N,
    • Rodda S,
    • Lubman D,
    • Merkouris S,
    • Youssef G
    NSW Government - Office of Responsible Gambling - A-9444904956 - $671,923.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Family Gambling Help: An evaluation of the impact of a peer-based support program on the wellbeing of families affected by gambling.
    1 May 2019 - 31 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC) - CONTR2019/00676 - $7,000.00
  • GRANT
    Experiences and perceptions of gamblers using gambling, mental health and alcohol and other drug use online forums: A natural language processing approach
    26 Nov 2018 - 28 May 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation - 69238 - $49,425.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Smart phone delivered CBT for gambling related harm: An RCT
    1 Aug 2018 - 31 Jul 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    The Unversity of Auckland - CONTR2019/01569 - $97,255.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Fourth Tasmanian Gambling Social and Economic Impact Study
    23 Jun 2017 - 31 Dec 2030
    People funded by this grant:
    The Department of Treasury and Finance, Tasmania - $142,780.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Transitioning into and out of low or moderate risk gambling: Sociodemographic, gambling-related harm motivation and change profiles
    27 Feb 2017 - 16 Mar 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation - $49,920.76
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    The effectiveness of behaviour change techniques used in psychological and self-help interventions for problem gambling
    1 May 2016 - 30 Sep 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    Auckland University of Technology - $10,382.54
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    The identification of protective factors in the development of problem gambling using a socio-ecological framework: A systematic review and meta-analysis
    31 Mar 2015 - 30 Sep 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre - $32,366.19