Monash University Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

The Department's research program encompasses a broad range of clinical and public health research and focusses primarily on the prevention of disease and improvements in diagnosis and therapy. The Department has particular expertise in the conduct of large scale community based trials and observational studies.

DEPM is closely linked to the Alfred Hospital, one of Australia's leading academic medical centres. Strong collaborative links also exist with many clinical and public health units in Victoria and throughout Australia. With its broad range of honorary staff and collaborators, the Department has access to expertise in most areas of public health.

Specific attention is paid to:
• The conduct of research according to high standards of ethics and good research practice;
• The provision of a favourable research environment for the training of doctoral students and post-doctoral trainees;
• The development of strong collaborative links with other centres of expertise in Australia and internationally.

Research areas of the Department reflect the expertise of the senior academic staff and include:
• biostatistical methods in epidemiology
• cardiovascular medicine
• clinical pharmacology
• emergency medicine
• environmental health
• evidence based medicine
• health economics
• health services
• health promotion
• health risk assessment
• health policy development
• infectious diseases
• occupational health
• out of hospital care
• preventive medicine
• quality assessment, outcomes in healthcare
• rheumatology
• toxicology
More information on our research projects is available at our Website.