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  • Deputy Head, Health and Social Care Unit Monash University, NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow, Associate Professor, Monash University

Associate Professor Darshini Ayton is the Deputy Head of the Health and Social Care Unit at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine and an National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) emerging leader fellow (2021-2025). Darsh is leading the Health and Social Care Unit ageing and health services research work and is a chief investigator on an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence and primary investigator on Medical Research Future Fund and National Centre for Healthy Ageing funding and multiple industry, health service and aged care provider funding.

Her program of research links acute care to the community and residential aged care and encompasses dementia prevention, innovative diagnostics for dementia and sector-spanning models of care to improve quality of care and quality of life.

Darsh has a strong track record in health and social care research and methodological approaches including qualitative research, consumer and community involvement, clinical registries, randomised controlled trials and implementation science.

Experience

  • 2009–present
    PhD Candidate; Research Assistant and Assistant Lecturer, Department of Health Social Science, Monash University
  • 2007–2009
    Research Assistant, Department of General Practice; Melbourne University
  • 2005–2007
    Research Assistant, Burnet Institute

Education

  • 2009 
    Monash University, Master of Public Health
  • 2005 
    Monash University, Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours)

Publications

  • 2011
    The association between chronic illness, multimorbidity&depressive symptoms..., Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology DOI 10.1007/s00127-010-0330-z
  • 2011
    Partnering with not-for-profit organisations in Australia: critical issues for health promotion, Health Promotion International (submitted Dec 17 2010)
  • 2011
    Exploring the partnership networks of churches & church affiliated organisations in health promotion, Australian Journal of Primary Health http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11016
  • 2011
    Historical overview of church involvement in health and wellbeing in Australia: Implications for hea, Australian Journal of Primary Health http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/PY11079
  • 2008
    Enhanced case detection for newly acquired hepatitis C infection, Communicable Diseases Intelligence: 32:250-256
  • 2007
    Cambodian-born individuals diagnosed with HIV in Victoria, Sexual Health: 4; 209

Grants and Contracts

  • 2011
    The impact of the C.O.A.C.H mentoring program on child and youth health and wellbeing
    Role:
    Chief Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Windermere Foundation

Research Areas

  • Public Health And Health Services (1117)

Contact Darshini for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision