ProfessorJennifer Watts

Head of School HSD

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Head of School HSD
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 924 46478 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* Chronic disease management and hospital care
* Health funding policy
* Trial-based economic evaluations
* Health Service delivery and efficiency

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Investigating the effect of compression garments on autistic children's mental health
    1 Dec 2024 - 30 Nov 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Lane A,
    • Houting JD,
    • Watts J,
    • Chetcuti L,
    • Prendergast L
    MRFF EPCDR Childhood Mental Health Research Grant - 2035705 - $57,685.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Kids Plus Foundation Senior Research Fellow Extension from Joint Appointment Agreement
    30 Jun 2024 - 1 May 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Kids Plus Foundation - $180,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Osteoporosis Costing Study 2023
    5 Feb 2024 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Healthy Bones Australia t/as Osteoporosis Australia - $97,000.00
  • TENDER
    Workforce impact modelling for the early design and feasibility of a potential Lung Cancer Screening program.
    30 Mar 2022 - 30 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Australia - $118,090.91
  • TENDER
    National assessment of existing CT screening infrastructure to inform the early design of a potential Lung Cancer Screening program.
    21 Mar 2022 - 30 Sep 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Australia - $154,323.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Kids Plus Foundation Senior Research Fellow
    23 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Kids Plus Foundation - $305,316.00
  • 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:
    MRFF EPCDRI Endometriosis Research Grant - MRF1200214 - $893,981.25
  • GRANT
    TeleFFIT - A personalized, telehealth exercise and lifestyle risk factor management program to reduce falls and fracture risk in older adults: A 12-month hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial
    1 Jun 2020 - 31 Aug 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Daly R,
    • Bennell K,
    • Scott D,
    • Ebeling P,
    • Maier A
    MRFF (NHMRC) Preventive and Public Health Research Grant - MRF1200913 - $1,393,504.50
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Review of GMHBA's chronic disease prevention and health promotion programs.
    12 Jun 2019 - 31 Oct 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    GMHBA - CONTR2019/01076 - $20,000.00
  • GRANT
    Improving muscle strength in young people with Prader-Willi syndrome
    1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Shields N,
    • Bennell K,
    • Markovic T,
    • Watts J
    MRFF Clinical Trials Activity: Rare Cancers, Rare Diseases and Unmet Need Grant - APP1169989 - $61,438.40
  • GRANT
    Motivational Interviewing to increase walking in community-dwelling older adults after hip fracture
    18 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Watts J,
    • Taylor N
    NHMRC Project Grant - APP1157529 - $69,841.40
  • GRANT
    Avoidable hospitalisation for people living with dementia: identifying patterns and barriers
    1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    • Batchelor F,
    • Panayiotou A,
    • Engel L,
    • Watts J
    State Trustees Australia Foundation Dementia Care Research Grants Program - #STAF-DR-18-01 - $33,507.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Implementation of a Symptom and Urgent Review Clinic (SURC) - An economic assessment.
    1 Aug 2018 - 1 Apr 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $38,100.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Literature Review-Safer Diagnosis
    14 Apr 2017 - 25 Jun 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    VIC Managed Insurance Authority - $44,529.00
  • GRANT
    FitSkills: a community-university partnership to increase participation in exercise among youth with disability
    1 Dec 2016 - 30 Nov 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Shields N,
    • Taylor N,
    • Imms C,
    • Watts J,
    • Prendergast L
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - APP1132579 - $104,568.80
  • GRANT
    Integrated solutions for healthy birth, growth, and development: A cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a mixed nutrition intervention package in reducing child
    3 Aug 2016 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Renzaho A,
    • Toole M,
    • Agho K,
    • Kounnavong S,
    • Watts J
    NHMRC Project Grant - APP1106556 - $69,701.83
  • GRANT
    Prioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)
    1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - APP1114545 - $471,339.43
  • GRANT
    Prioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)
    1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Alfred Health - $30,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of Map of Medicine at South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network
    22 Feb 2016 - 31 May 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Namara KM,
    • Watts J
    South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network - $40,140.00
  • GRANT
    Prioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)
    1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Eastern Health - $30,000.00
  • GRANT
    Prioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)
    1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    ACSQHC Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - $30,000.00
  • GRANT
    Prioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)
    1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Monash Health - $30,000.00
  • GRANT
    Embedding Simulation in Clinical training
    15 Nov 2015 - 15 Mar 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Health Workforce Australia - Clinical Supervision Support Program - $11,150.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Economic Analysis of Barwon Health Personalised Health Care Pilot Study
    1 Aug 2015 - 31 Jan 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jennifer Watts
    Barwon Health Grant - Research - $51,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    National Evaluation of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program
    28 Jul 2015 - 31 Mar 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Ballarat Health Services - $205,271.69