Fields of Research

Mental health services
Infant and child health
Rural clinical health
Community child health
Health and community services
Health economics
Health services and systems
Epidemiology

Research Objectives

Mental health
Women's and maternal health
Mental health services
Behaviour and health
Rural and remote area health
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Neonatal and child health
Evaluation of health and support services
Evaluation of health outcomes
Health policy evaluation

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Contextual issues in the implementation of mental health legislation; International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Does legislative change affect the use and duration of compulsory treatment orders?; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Maternal smoking during pregnancy: trends and determinants in the conception to community study; Birth
Maternal smoking in pregnancy and child's hospital use up to 5 years of age in a data linkage birth cohort; Hospital Pediatrics
Prevalence and characteristics of women with borderline personality pathology referred to a perinatal consultation liaison service; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
Psychological distress and self-rated health status in reproductive aged women with pain: findings from a national, cross-sectional survey; BMC Women's Health
Screening for depression with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and finding borderline personality disorder; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
The Tasmanian Conception to Community (C2C) Study Database 2008-09 to 2013-14: Using linked health administrative data to address each piece in the puzzle; Social Science and Medicine
Time for a new zeitgeist in perinatal mental health; Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Research Projects

Making it count: Establishment of the Conception to Community Public Services Database; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)

Research Candidate Supervision