ProfessorVincent Versace
Director Deakin Rural Health
Faculty of Health/School of Medicine
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8514-1763 (opens in a new tab)
- Director Deakin Rural HealthFaculty of Health/School of Medicine
- +61 3 556 33513 (Work)
- Warrnambool Campus, Princes Highway, Warrnambool Victoria 3280
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Projects
2020 NHMRC MRFF Research Grant (MRF2005584) Evaluating the effectiveness of lifestyle therapy versus standard psychotherapy for reducing depression in adults with COVID-19 related distress: The CALM trial (Chief Investigator) Funding: $885,302
2020 NHF Fellowship - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Dr Laura Alston) - National Heart Foundation of Australia Reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases for future rural dwelling Australians (Associate Investigator) Funding: $30,000
2020 NHMRC Partnership Project (APP1191307) GooD4Mum: A randomised controlled implementation trial to prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, in general practice (Chief Investigator D) Funding: $963,843.00
2020 Western Alliance Evaluation of telehealth services implemented for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the primary health care
setting (Associate Investigator) Funding: $49,993.60
2020 Western Alliance COVID & rural healthcare staff wellbeing (Associate Investigator) Funding: $43,676
2020 Western Alliance Evaluation of the expansion of telehealth through primary care (Associate Investigator) Funding: $48,500
2020 Western Alliance COVID-19 - Geographical Equity in a Pandemic (Associate Investigator) Funding: $84,463
2020 Western Alliance Preventing chronic diseases in rural populations for future generations: The role of rural health services in guiding community efforts to improve the food environment (Associate Investigator) Funding: $61,954
2020 NHMRC European Union (GNT1194234) Implementation action to prevent Diabetes from Bump to Baby (Impact Diabetes B2B) (Chief Investigator F) Funding: $497,609.10
2019 NHMRC Partnership Project (APP1170847) Mothers and Gestational Diabetes in Australia: MaGDA-2 - Risk prediction and follow-up for prevention of pregnancy complications and type 2 diabetes (Chief Investigator A) Funding: $1,083,163.70
2019 NHMRC Partnership Project (APP1169893) The Country Heart Attack Prevention (CHAP) Project: A four step model of care and clinical pathway for the translation of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention guidelines into practice for rural and remote patients (Chief Investigator H) Funding: $1,353,113.25
2019 NHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research (NNIDR) (APP1171851) Holistic Approach in Primary care for PreventIng Memory Impairment aNd Dementia (HAPPI MIND) (Chief Investigator G) Funding: $1,999,499.84
2019 European Commission Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (H2020) Implementation Action to prevent Diabetes from Bump 2 Baby (IMPACT DIABETES B2B): a low-resource system of care intervention for appropriate gestational weight gain and improved postnatal outcomes (Investigator) Funding: 4,318,747
2019 Department of Health (Federal) Approach to Market (ATM) for the Gestational Diabetes Budget Measure 2018-19 Engaging and supporting women with previous gestational diabetes to screen for and prevent type 2 diabetes (Chief Investigator) Funding: $449,740
Completed major projects
Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS): Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost
Effectiveness. Funded by: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), (Associate Investigator and Trial Statistician) - $833,000
Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA). Funded by: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Department of
Human Services - Victoria, Health South Australia, Diabetes Australia Victoria, General Practice Victoria, Diabetic Association of South Australia
Inc., General Practice South Australia (Associate Investigator and Trial Statistician) - $1,292,000
2020 NHMRC MRFF Research Grant (MRF2005584) Evaluating the effectiveness of lifestyle therapy versus standard psychotherapy for reducing depression in adults with COVID-19 related distress: The CALM trial (Chief Investigator) Funding: $885,302
2020 NHF Fellowship - Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Dr Laura Alston) - National Heart Foundation of Australia Reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases for future rural dwelling Australians (Associate Investigator) Funding: $30,000
2020 NHMRC Partnership Project (APP1191307) GooD4Mum: A randomised controlled implementation trial to prevent type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes, in general practice (Chief Investigator D) Funding: $963,843.00
2020 Western Alliance Evaluation of telehealth services implemented for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the primary health care
setting (Associate Investigator) Funding: $49,993.60
2020 Western Alliance COVID & rural healthcare staff wellbeing (Associate Investigator) Funding: $43,676
2020 Western Alliance Evaluation of the expansion of telehealth through primary care (Associate Investigator) Funding: $48,500
2020 Western Alliance COVID-19 - Geographical Equity in a Pandemic (Associate Investigator) Funding: $84,463
2020 Western Alliance Preventing chronic diseases in rural populations for future generations: The role of rural health services in guiding community efforts to improve the food environment (Associate Investigator) Funding: $61,954
2020 NHMRC European Union (GNT1194234) Implementation action to prevent Diabetes from Bump to Baby (Impact Diabetes B2B) (Chief Investigator F) Funding: $497,609.10
2019 NHMRC Partnership Project (APP1170847) Mothers and Gestational Diabetes in Australia: MaGDA-2 - Risk prediction and follow-up for prevention of pregnancy complications and type 2 diabetes (Chief Investigator A) Funding: $1,083,163.70
2019 NHMRC Partnership Project (APP1169893) The Country Heart Attack Prevention (CHAP) Project: A four step model of care and clinical pathway for the translation of cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention guidelines into practice for rural and remote patients (Chief Investigator H) Funding: $1,353,113.25
2019 NHMRC National Institute for Dementia Research (NNIDR) (APP1171851) Holistic Approach in Primary care for PreventIng Memory Impairment aNd Dementia (HAPPI MIND) (Chief Investigator G) Funding: $1,999,499.84
2019 European Commission Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (H2020) Implementation Action to prevent Diabetes from Bump 2 Baby (IMPACT DIABETES B2B): a low-resource system of care intervention for appropriate gestational weight gain and improved postnatal outcomes (Investigator) Funding: 4,318,747
2019 Department of Health (Federal) Approach to Market (ATM) for the Gestational Diabetes Budget Measure 2018-19 Engaging and supporting women with previous gestational diabetes to screen for and prevent type 2 diabetes (Chief Investigator) Funding: $449,740
Completed major projects
Melbourne Diabetes Prevention Study (MDPS): Life! Diabetes Prevention Program: A Randomised Control Trial of its Efficacy, Effectiveness and Cost
Effectiveness. Funded by: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), (Associate Investigator and Trial Statistician) - $833,000
Mothers After Gestational Diabetes in Australia (MAGDA). Funded by: National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Department of
Human Services - Victoria, Health South Australia, Diabetes Australia Victoria, General Practice Victoria, Diabetic Association of South Australia
Inc., General Practice South Australia (Associate Investigator and Trial Statistician) - $1,292,000
GRANTS
- GRANTAvoiding unnecessary ED presentations for people with mental illness1 Jul 2026 - 30 Jun 2030People funded by this grant:
- Namara KM,
- Shee AW,
- Russell S,
- Versace V,
- Brophy L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTranslating mental health peer support into practice for consumers in rural and regional emergency departments: feasibility and pilot testing11 Sep 2025 - 11 Sep 2026People funded by this grant:
- Namara KM,
- Shee AW,
- Malakellis M,
- Berk M,
- Schlicht K
- GRANTWestern Alliance: Accelerating health research translation1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Payne W,
- Aras D,
- Versace V,
- Shee AW,
- Mercer N
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDeakin Rural Health: Brophy Family and Youth Services Sustainability Partnership1 Mar 2025 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Namara KM,
- Versace V,
- Kavanagh B,
- Binder M,
- Hess K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHGeospatial approaches to identify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community needs to support strategic service planning and advocacy9 Aug 2024 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Versace V,
- Coffee N,
- Blake M,
- Schroers R-D,
- Wood S
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSpatial analysis and mapping for identifying service gaps and demonstrating inequity and community needs that can support strategic service planning and advocacy22 May 2024 - 1 Aug 2024People funded by this grant:
- Versace V,
- Coffee N,
- Blake M,
- Schroers R-D,
- Wood S
- GRANTReview of the Modified Monash Model, Section 19AA, and Distribution Priority Area for the Department of Health and Aged Care2 Jan 2024 - 30 Jun 2025People funded by this grant:
- Versace V,
- Coffee N,
- Blake M,
- Schroers R-D,
- Beks H
- CONTRACT RESEARCHMapping spatial access to sexual and reproductive health services in Regional Victoria.11 Dec 2023 - 1 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Wood S,
- Versace V,
- Coffee N,
- Blake M,
- Schroers R-D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHColac Area Health and Deakin Rural Health Research Partnership.1 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2027People funded by this grant:
- Versace V,
- Alston L,
- Namara KM
- CONTRACT RESEARCHMRFF Targeted Translation Research Accelerator: HypoPAST: Online psycho - educational training for ' Hypoglycaemia Prevention, Awareness of Symptoms, and Treatment ' in adults with type 1 diabetes.1 Oct 2022 - 15 Nov 2024People funded by this grant:
- Speight J,
- Hendrieckx C,
- Versace V,
- Holmes-Truscott E,
- Hagger V
- CONTRACT RESEARCHBrophy-Deakin Research and Evaluation partnership-key deliverables.22 Aug 2022 - 1 Mar 2025People funded by this grant:
- Versace V,
- Namara KM,
- Hess K,
- Schlicht K,
- Healey C
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluation of interprofessional education for multidisciplinary students in an Aboriginal health setting.20 Apr 2022 - 30 Apr 2024People funded by this grant:
- Versace V,
- Beks H,
- Namara KM,
- Schlicht K,
- Mitchell F
- GRANTDELIVER: Delivering Enhanced heaLthcare at home through optImising Virtual tools for oldEr people in Rural and regional Australia1 Mar 2022 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Aras D,
- Peeters A,
- Versace V,
- Wilding C,
- Chapman W
- CONTRACT RESEARCHMRFF Targeted Translation Research Accelerator Project: LISTEN (Low Intensity mental health Support via a Telehealth Enables Network for adults with diabetes and CVD): Effectiveness and scalability.1 Dec 2021 - 14 Feb 2024People funded by this grant:
- Holloway E,
- Speight J,
- Hendrieckx C,
- Versace V,
- O'Neil A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHMRFF Targeted Translation Research Accelerator Project: LISTEN (Low Intensity mental health Support via a Telehealth Enables Network for adults with diabetes and CVD): Effectiveness and scalability.1 Dec 2021 - 14 Feb 2024People funded by this grant:
- Holloway E,
- Hendrieckx C,
- Speight J,
- Versace V,
- O'Neil A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHGroup Model Building: a collaborative, multi-stakeholder approach to reduce potentially avoidable visits to the Emergency Department.1 Jul 2021 - 31 Jul 2023People funded by this grant:
- Shee AW,
- Versace V,
- Namara KM,
- Allender S,
- Alston L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHThe Pregnancy Research and Translation Ecosystem (PRT-E)1 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Vuillermin P,
- Allender S,
- Hutchinson A,
- Sweet L,
- Versace V