Researcher

Mr Rhys Mantell

Fields of Research (FoR)

Social determinants of health, Serious games, Health and community services, Crime and social justice, Causes and prevention of crime, Preventative health care, Mental health services, Public participation and community engagement, Health equity, Health management, Stakeholder engagement, Aged health care, Digital health

SEO tags

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified

Criminal Justice

Social Structure and Health

Health Inequalities

Health Related to Ageing

Biography

Rhys is a PhD Candidate and Research Assistant within the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW. His PhD research involves designing, developing and testing novel digital health tools for older people in prison. He also works on the ReINVEST trial, a randomised control trial aiming to reduce impulsivity in repeat violent offenders.

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Rhys is a PhD Candidate and Research Assistant within the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW. His PhD research involves designing, developing and testing novel digital health tools for older people in prison. He also works on the ReINVEST trial, a randomised control trial aiming to reduce impulsivity in repeat violent offenders.

Rhys has also gained extensive experience designing and evaluating large scale public health and social programs through his work at Australian Health Care Associates (AHA) and Deloitte Consulting.

Through all of his work, Rhys strives to design and deliver culturally safe and technically feasible health programs that create positive change and improve population-level outcomes. Given his background in management consulting and economics, he is also extremely conscious of the need for effective translation of health research and policy into tangible and cost-effective solutions.

My Grants

NHMRC PhD Scholarship (2021-2025)

Commissioned Research

Australian Association of Gerontology (2021-2022) - $30,000. Prison Leavers Project: care and support needs after leaving prison in old age - Preparation of a Background Paper, Position Paper for Government and "Things To Consider" for aged care providers.

My Qualifications

Master of Public Health (MPH) - UNSW (2020)

Bachelor of Economics - University of Queensland (2016)

My Research Activities

Current Projects

PhD: A serious game approach to understand and detect cognitive impairment issues in marginalised populations. Part of the NHMRC Ideas grant (2021-2023) ASCAPE: Audio delivered screening for cognition and age-related health in older prisoners.
ReINVEST: Reducing impulsive behaviour in male, repeat-violent offenders