ProfessorJennifer Watts
Head of School HSD
Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
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- Head of School HSDFaculty 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
* Health funding policy
* Trial-based economic evaluations
* Health Service delivery and efficiency
GRANTS
- GRANTInvestigating the effect of compression garments on autistic children's mental health1 Dec 2024 - 30 Nov 2026People funded by this grant:
- Lane A,
- Houting JD,
- Watts J,
- Chetcuti L,
- Prendergast L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHKids Plus Foundation Senior Research Fellow Extension from Joint Appointment Agreement30 Jun 2024 - 1 May 2028People funded by this grant:
- Urbanowicz A,
- Watts J,
- Dew A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHOsteoporosis Costing Study 20235 Feb 2024 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Abimanyi-Ochom J,
- Mudiyanselage SB,
- Watts J
- TENDERWorkforce impact modelling for the early design and feasibility of a potential Lung Cancer Screening program.30 Mar 2022 - 30 Jun 2022People funded by this grant:
- Ugalde A,
- White V,
- Livingston T,
- Watts J,
- Gao L
- TENDERNational assessment of existing CT screening infrastructure to inform the early design of a potential Lung Cancer Screening program.21 Mar 2022 - 30 Sep 2022People funded by this grant:
- Ugalde A,
- White V,
- Livingston T,
- Watts J,
- Gao L
- GRANTA Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Yoga, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Education to Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Healthcare Costs in Endometriosis1 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- Evans S,
- Mikocka-Walus A,
- Watts J,
- Esterman A,
- Skvarc D
- GRANTTeleFFIT - 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 trial1 Jun 2020 - 31 Aug 2025People funded by this grant:
- Daly R,
- Bennell K,
- Scott D,
- Ebeling P,
- Maier A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHReview of GMHBA's chronic disease prevention and health promotion programs.12 Jun 2019 - 31 Oct 2019People funded by this grant:
- Peeters A,
- Watts J,
- Hensher M
- GRANTImproving muscle strength in young people with Prader-Willi syndrome1 Apr 2019 - 31 Mar 2023People funded by this grant:
- Shields N,
- Bennell K,
- Markovic T,
- Watts J
- GRANTMotivational Interviewing to increase walking in community-dwelling older adults after hip fracture18 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2023People funded by this grant:
- Watts J,
- Taylor N
- GRANTAvoidable hospitalisation for people living with dementia: identifying patterns and barriers1 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Batchelor F,
- Panayiotou A,
- Engel L,
- Watts J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHImplementation of a Symptom and Urgent Review Clinic (SURC) - An economic assessment.1 Aug 2018 - 1 Apr 2019People funded by this grant:
- Shih S,
- Moodie M,
- Watts J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHLiterature Review-Safer Diagnosis14 Apr 2017 - 25 Jun 2017People funded by this grant:
- Abimanyi-Ochom J,
- Watts J,
- Mudiyanselage SB,
- Catchpool M
- GRANTFitSkills: a community-university partnership to increase participation in exercise among youth with disability1 Dec 2016 - 30 Nov 2020People funded by this grant:
- Shields N,
- Taylor N,
- Imms C,
- Watts J,
- Prendergast L
- GRANTIntegrated solutions for healthy birth, growth, and development: A cluster-randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a mixed nutrition intervention package in reducing child3 Aug 2016 - 31 Dec 2020People funded by this grant:
- Renzaho A,
- Toole M,
- Agho K,
- Kounnavong S,
- Watts J
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluation of Map of Medicine at South Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network22 Feb 2016 - 31 May 2016People funded by this grant:
- Namara KM,
- Watts J
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- GRANTEmbedding Simulation in Clinical training15 Nov 2015 - 15 Mar 2017People funded by this grant:
- Carter R,
- Watts J,
- Abimanyi-Ochom J
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTEconomic Analysis of Barwon Health Personalised Health Care Pilot Study1 Aug 2015 - 31 Jan 2016People funded by this grant:
- Jennifer Watts
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTNational Evaluation of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program28 Jul 2015 - 31 Mar 2017People funded by this grant:
- Watts J,
- Carter R,
- Yates M