DrBianca Kavanagh
Research Fellow, Brophy Research and Evaluation Lead
Faculty of Health/School of Medicine
Orcid identifier0000-0002-1656-2775 (opens in a new tab)
- Research Fellow, Brophy Research and Evaluation LeadFaculty of Health/School of Medicine
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Bianca's research includes mental health epidemiology and treatment, maternity and perinatal health, health service access, and embedded research. She is especially interested in how people experience and navigate care across community and clinical settings, and in using embedded, community-engaged research approaches to strengthen service delivery and improve outcomes.
GRANTS
- 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
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTranslating mental health peer support into practice for consumers in rural and regional emergency departments: feasibility and pilot testingMedibank Private Ltd11 Sep 2025 - 11 Mar 2026People funded by this grant:
- Wong Shee A,
- Mc Namara K,
- Malakellis M,
- Berk M,
- Schlicht K
- INTERNAL GRANTMental health emergency presentations in Western VictoriaIMPACT Seed Funding1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Kavanagh B,
- Williams L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHContinuing Professional Development (CPD) Mental Health Activity CreationAustralasian College of Emergency Medicine1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Williams L,
- Quirk S,
- Kavanagh B
- CONTRACT RESEARCHMental Health in Rural Emergency Department (MHrED) ProjectAustralasian College of Emergency Medicine1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Williams L,
- Kavanagh B,
- Quirk S
- INTERNAL GRANTThe epidemiology of mental health emergency presentations in Western Victorian hospitals and urgent care facilitiesIMPACT Seed Funding1 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021People funded by this grant:
- Kavanagh B,
- Holloway-Kew K,
- Williams L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHReview of food standards in Victorian hospitals and aged care facilitiesDepartment of Health and Human Services15 Jan 2020 - 14 Jun 2020
- GRANTPersonality as a moderator of psychiatric clinical outcomesIan Scott Mental Health PhD Scholarship, Australian Rotary Health1 Jan 2018 - 13 Jun 2020People funded by this grant:
- Kavanagh B
- GRANTPersonality as a moderator of psychiatric clinical outcomesAustralian Government Research Training Program14 Jun 2017 - 31 Jul 2021People funded by this grant:
- Kavanagh B