DrMohammadreza Mohebbi

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Health/Office of the Executive Dean Health/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • +61 3 924 68993 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mohammadreza Mohebbi joined Deakin Biostatistics Unit in April 2013 as a
senior research fellow. As a biostatistician he leads quantitative aspects of
study design and analysis of large population-based cohort studies, clinical
trials and statistical issues related to survey data.
Mohammadreza's research has focused on the development of statistical methods
for the analysis of large observational data with the goal of addressing
challenging method questions in quantitative psychology, psychometric, and
clinical trials. He is an expert in Bayesian methods, longitudinal data
analysis, geo-spatial modelling, and Bayesian hierarchical models. He has
extensive experience on the development of statistical methods and their
applications to epidemiology, biomedical research, randomised controlled
trials, psychiatric research, and epidemiological study designs. Mohammadreza
has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications.
Mohammadreza is currently biostatistician in 7 NHMRC funded grants (project
grants, partnership grant and NRFF grants), and 5 industry grants and as well
as several Deakin internal projects. He led 10 PhD candidates and 1 doctorate
in clinical psychology to completion at Deakin. He is currently associate
supervisor of 7 Deakin PhD students, and co-supervisor of 1 Deakin PhD
student.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Gut theRapy for the Alleviation of Chronic pElvic pain: The GRACE Trial
    1 Jan 2026 - 30 Nov 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF Novel Treatments and Management Strategies for Chronic Pain - 2044240 - $799,895.20
  • GRANT
    Enhancing work participation after stroke: supporting regional and rural Australians
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Clinical Trials and Cohort Studies Grant - 2032498 - $2,928,425.50
  • GRANT
    SYNDICAT: Synergy for the Development of Innovative Clinical Treatments in Schizophrenia
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC Synergy Grants - 2035912 - $5,000,000.00
  • GRANT
    Silexan in the Treatment Of Posttraumatic stress disorder (STOP) trial
    1 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Berk M,
    • Hopwood M,
    • Forbes D,
    • O'Donnell M,
    • Kanaan R
    US Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs - HT9425-23-1-0885 - $3,074,576.83
  • GRANT
    Biomarkers of negative symptoms, cognitive impairment and metabolic abnormalities in schizophrenia
    1 Oct 2022 - 1 Apr 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Foundation Catalyst Grants - $4,980.00
  • GRANT
    1135 Lymphedema Data Set
    23 May 2022 - 21 Oct 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    ImpediMed Ltd - INT-1135 - $16,000.00
  • GRANT
    "Resuming Employment after Stroke: Enhancement through Telecoordination" - RESET Rural Expansion
    1 Jan 2021 - 30 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Stroke Foundation Research Grant - TG2104 - $74,945.00
  • GRANT
    Development of MyMAPS, an innovative blended face-to-face and mobile application psychosocial intervention for bipolar disorder
    1 Apr 2018 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    DHHS - Victorian Medical Research Acceleration Fund - 1204109 - $99,872.00
  • GRANT
    Development of MyMAPS, an innovative blended face-to-face and mobile application psychosocial intervention for bipolar disorder
    1 Apr 2018 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Healthscope Operations Pty Ltd - $100,000.00
  • GRANT
    Diabetes Health Check Risk Assessment, Screening and Referral
    21 Feb 2017 - 14 Feb 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health - Commonwealth - $378,038.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Health Economic Evaluation of the Partnered Pharmacy Medication Charting Program
    11 Aug 2016 - 31 Aug 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health and Human Services - Victoria - $243,834.54
  • 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
  • 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
    Cost of illness for high prevalence mental disorders in Australia
    1 May 2014 - 20 Dec 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    Medibank Private - $50,000.00