DrVidanka Vasilevski

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Senior Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 924 45386 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Designing innovative midwifery continuity of care models (Midwifery Antenatal Postnatal Services (MAPS))
  • Child maltreatment prevention through interdisciplinary models of care
  • Pregnancy obesity and related outcomes
  • Perinatal mental health 
  • Interventions to promote healthy pregnancies

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Program Explication of Grampians Health Family Services Program delivered by The Central Highland Family Services Alliance
    11 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited - $60,000.00
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    Evaluating the implementation of a multi-component intervention to optimise the timing and use of induction of labour.
    Institute for Health Transformation1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
  • GRANT
    Review of, and update, the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity for Adults, Adolescents and Children in Australia.
    8 Jun 2022 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    National Health and Medical Research Council - RFQ Health/21-22/792 - $1,914,402.42
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Three-year formal review of the implementation of the National Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Strategic Action Plan 2018-2028.
    8 Oct 2021 - 27 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Government Department of Health - $149,954.54
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    The Pregnancy Research and Translation Ecosystem (PRT-E)
    1 Jul 2021 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Western Alliance - $258,619.70
  • INTERNAL GRANT
    BRaVe Preparation Study: Identifying barriers and enablers to engage vulnerable populations with perinatal healthcare services
    Institute for Health Transformation1 Jun 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant: