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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 3 522 72541 (Work)

david.skvarc@deakin.edu.au (opens in a new tab)

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

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Co-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for Adolescents and Young Adults with Crohns and Colitis and their Carers (CAYAC)
1 Mar 2027 - 29 Feb 2032
People funded by this grant:
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Evans S,
- Knowles S,
- Giles E,
- Orellana L
MRFF Clinical Trials Activity Grant - 2045823 - $2,614,203.80
GRANT
Optimising and embedding lifestyle therapy into routine childhood mental health services
1 Apr 2026 - 31 Mar 2031
People funded by this grant:
- Olive L,
- Marx W,
- Gold L,
- Staudacher H,
- Ma J
Western Alliance - $20,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Supporting students at risk of school avoidance and non-attendance: An implementation trial of Pathways2Participation for South Australian independent schools
1 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Melvin G,
- Skvarc D
The University of Melbourne - $43,752.00
COMPETITIVE GRANT
Leveraging implementation science and systems thinking for eating disorder risk reduction in primary schools
MRFF1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Jarman H,
- Brown A,
- Koorts H,
- Klas A,
- Skvarc D
COMPETITIVE GRANT
Assessing parent directed aggression using in-person observations: A pilot study
Deakin University13 Nov 2025 - 11 Dec 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Curtis A,
- Harries T,
- Skvarc D,
- Warburton W,
- Overall N
Faculty of Health ReseArch Capacity Building Grant ScHeme (HAtCH) - $22,823
GRANT
ZenZone: A randomised placebo-controlled trial of fermented dairy for adolescent depression.
1 Jun 2025 - 31 May 2027
People funded by this grant:
- McGuinness A,
- Marx W,
- Dawson S,
- Gauci S,
- Hockey M
MRFF EPCDR Childhood Mental Health Research Grant - 2035774 - $999,777.32
GRANT
ZenZone: A randomised placebo-controlled trial of fermented dairy for adolescent depression.
1 Jun 2025 - 31 May 2027
People funded by this grant:
- McGuinness A,
- Marx W,
- Dawson S,
- Gauci S,
- Hockey M
Bega Dairy & Drinks - BDD Pty Ltd - $72,741.60
GRANT
Optimising and embedding lifestyle therapy into routine childhood mental health services
1 Apr 2025 - 31 Mar 2031
People funded by this grant:
- Olive L,
- Marx W,
- Gold L,
- Staudacher H,
- Ma J
MRFF Early to Mid-Career Researchers - 2041105 - $3,982,928.83
GRANT
The Growing Together in Pregnancy and Postpartum Online Program: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess its Acceptability, Feasibility, and Efficacy in Promoting Perinatal Mental Health and Mindful and Compassionate Parenting
Scientific Research and Technological Development Project, co-funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Moreira H,
- Fonesca A,
- Avila A,
- Pais A,
- Pedrosa A
COMPETITIVE GRANT
VR-ACT after Stroke: a feasibility RCT of a Virtual Reality delivery of ACT for pain management and mental health in patients with Chronic Post-Stroke Pain.
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia1 Jan 2025 - 1 Jun 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Carvalho S,
- Menezes P,
- Duarte C,
- Skvarc D,
- Sousa e Silva AR
GRANT
Its not over yet: Improving the mental health and wellbeing of frontline healthcare workers and their families through co-designed intervention
1 Aug 2024 - 31 Jul 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Sheen J,
- Reupert A,
- Boyd L,
- Hutchinson A,
- Rasmussen B
MRFF (NHMRC) - MMM Mental Health Research Grant - 2035279 - $885,772.98
GRANT
Review of psychological aspects of human - machine teaming with BDI software concepts.
5 Feb 2024 - 3 May 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Mohamed S,
- Skvarc D,
- Toomey NG
Agent Oriented Software Pty Ltd - INT-1293 - $10,000.00
COLLABORATIVE GRANT
Review of psychological aspects of human-machine teaming with BDI software concepts
Agent Oriented Software Pty Ltd - INT-12935 Feb 2024 - 3 May 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Mohamed S,
- Skvarc D
COMPETITIVE GRANT
ProSocial-Living: A psychoneurophysiological study on the role of empathy and compassion towards socially minoritized individuals
Bial (Portugal)1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Carvalho S,
- Matos M,
- Forte T,
- Guerra R,
- Sousa R
GRANT
CoDeEndo: Co-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for Endometriosis
1 Feb 2023 - 31 Aug 2028
People funded by this grant:
Western Alliance - $20,000.00
GRANT
CoDeEndo: Co-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for Endometriosis
1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2028
People funded by this grant:
MRFF Clinical Trials Activity Grant - MRF2021609 - $1,470,988.82
GRANT
Combating Distress In People With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Feasibility Trial
1 Oct 2020 - 31 Jul 2021
People funded by this grant:
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Evans S,
- Olive L,
- Skvarc D,
- Beswick L
Janssen-Cilag - GA-0457 - $5,000.00
GRANT
A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Yoga, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Education to Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Healthcare Costs in Endometriosis
1 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Evans S,
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Watts J,
- Esterman A,
- Skvarc D
MRFF EPCDRI Endometriosis Research Grant - MRF1200214 - $893,981.25
COLLABORATIVE GRANT
Sax Institute Review of Family School Partnerships.
17 Apr 2019 - 9 Aug 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Clancy E,
- Skvarc D,
- Westrupp E,
- Little K
The Sax Institute - CONTR2019/00648 - $25,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Prevention and early intervention for children and young people with, or at risk of, mild depression and anxiety.
7 Sep 2018 - 31 Dec 2018
People funded by this grant:
- Toumbourou J,
- Skvarc D,
- Rowland B
The Sax Institute - $25,000.00

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