Research in Faculty of Health

We are committed to optimising the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities in Australia and around the globe by conducting robust, innovative, and internationally significant research. The Centre focuses on four keys areas of research: natural drug discovery and development; non-pharmacological interventions; integrative models of care; and traditional knowledge.

For more information, visit NCNM.

At the Centre for Children and Young People, our research focuses on the rights and wellbeing of children and young people (0-25 years) in the different contexts in which they live their lives. Children and young people’s views and experiences are central to the research that we do, why we do it and how it is approached.

For more information, visit the Centre for Children and Young People.

This research theme incorporates a range of disciplines focused on wellness, management of acute and chronic conditions, community development, public health and community health, and builds on SCU’s foundations in mental health nursing, allied health, social work, community welfare, exercise science, public health, environmental health and maternal and child health. Health workforce development and health professional education is also a major aspect of this theme. 

For more information, visit the Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing theme.

This theme has three streams:

1. health services research;
2. pre-clinical and clinical research that involve a range of health professionals and biomedical scientists; and
3. health workforce development for clinical service delivery.  Nursing, midwifery, allied health and biomedical researchers work in multi-disciplinary teams with a range of clinical partners in this theme.

For more information, visit the Health Services, Clinical and Community theme.

This theme focuses on physical activity and sports performance.  It also links with social, psychological, biomedical and biomechanical researchers in the service of illness and injury prevention, sports and human performance, physical fitness promotion and chronic illness management.

For more information, visit the Physical Activity, Sport and Exercise Research theme.