Researcher

Professor Susan Rees

Biography

Dr Rees is a full-time Professor in Psychiatry with a public health and social science background. From 2009-2013 she was an ARC QE11 Research Fellow. Professor Rees was one of only 3 academics in the Faculty of Medicine and the only one in Psychiatry to be awarded the UNSW SPF03 continuing academic appointment from 2014 onward. Her research focus is the mental health of conflict-affected populations, social justice, gender based violence, and...view more

Dr Rees is a full-time Professor in Psychiatry with a public health and social science background. From 2009-2013 she was an ARC QE11 Research Fellow. Professor Rees was one of only 3 academics in the Faculty of Medicine and the only one in Psychiatry to be awarded the UNSW SPF03 continuing academic appointment from 2014 onward. Her research focus is the mental health of conflict-affected populations, social justice, gender based violence, and collaborating on mental health projects led by First Nations academics. She publishes in highly ranked medical and social science journals, including JAMA, Lancet, BMJ and Nature Translation Psychiatry. She has attracted over $6,000,000 Category 1 funding in her career. She has worked as a practitioner in the domestic violence and child protection sectors, as well as in policy positions related to women's health and welfare service development and delivery. Dr Rees has extensive research experience in countries in our region, including Timor-Leste and Indonesia. Dr Rees is recognised as a committed researcher in the refugee field, working with a range of stakeholders and across cultures. Professor Rees has expertise in research translation, social policy, mental health interventions, program evaluations and cohort studies. Her methodological expertise includes longitudinal studies, mental health surveys and observations, mixed methods and qualitative methods.


My Grants

Current

 

2020-2025 Rees,S.,Reilly,L.,Adams,M.,Silove,D.

Enabling Dads and Strengthening First Nations Adolescent Mental Health

APP1201404

Funding:1690,000

 

2019-2022 Rees,S.,Fisher,J.,Steel,Z.,Silove,D.

NHMRC Project Grant

Refugee Women, Intimate Partner Violence and Settlement: The First Cohort Study

Funding $670.788

 

 


My Qualifications

PhD. MSoc.Pol (Hons 1). BCW. Cert Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery (Harvard). 


My Research Activities

Currently Professor Rees leads three large projects, including a cohort study with women and children examining intimate partner violence, mental health, functioning and settlement (NHMRC funded), an intervention with 5 remote First Nations communities focusing on male parenting and adolescent mental health (MRFF funded) and a cohort study with women and children in Timor-Leste examining trauma, cycles of violence and child development in a conflict-affected setting (NHMRC funded). Her other projects concern sexual assault disclosure experiences and sexual assault program evaluation and antenatal care in Arabic and Sudanese communities.

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Contact

0417703202