Dr Rachael Cherie Cvejic

Keywords

intellectual disability

mental health

neurological disorders

health data linkage

Fields of Research (FoR)

Mental health services, People with disability, Health equity

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Mental Health

Mental Health Services

Health and Support Services

Biography

I am a registered psychologist and early career researcher with broad research interests including neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. My clinical and research experience includes working with people with intellectual and developmental disability, mental health conditions, and progressive neurological conditions including people living with dementia. I am currently involved in a number of educational and research activities in the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health which aim to improve health outcomes for people with complex support needs. My current projects utilise a broad range of research methods including surveys, interviews, Delphi method, and data linkage.

My Grants

2024 Michalski, S., Trollor, J., Gustin, S., Darejeh, A., & Cvejic, R. C. Using virtual reality to prepare people with intellectual disability for healthcare interactions. UNSW Disability Innovation Institute Research Seed Funding ($20,000)

2024 Cvejic, R. C. Understanding responsive behaviours among people with intellectual disability living with dementia. Dementia Australia Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship ($417,000).

2023 Cvejic, R. C., Srasuebkul, P., & Trollor, J. Palliative care service use by people with intellectual disability in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. South Eastern Sydney Local Health District ($16,232.70).

2022 Cvejic, R. C. Understanding the perinatal mental health of people with intellectual disability. Psychiatry and Mental Health Career Development Seed Grants ($8,000).

2021 Trollor, J. N., & Cvejic, R. C. Improving palliative care services for people with intellectual disability. UNSW Stop Gap Funds for projects impacted by COVID-19 ($69,763.42).

2020 Reppermund, S., Trollor, J. N., Draper, B., Cvejic, R. C. Self-harm in people with dementia – using big data to improve outcomes and inform strategies to prevent self-harm and suicide. Dementia Australia Research Foundation ($75,000).

2019 Trollor, J. N., Agar, M., Cvejic, R. C., Currow, D., Strutt, R., Vajdic, C., Chye, R., Srasuebkul, P., Weise, J., Reppermund, S., Szanto, T., Harlum, J., Tuffrey Wijne, I. Improving palliative care for people with intellectual disability. Australian Government Department of Health National Palliative Care Projects ($1,140,915).

2019 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., Reppermund, S., Srasuebkul, P., Draper, B., & Withall, A. Understanding the health needs of younger people with disabilities discharged from hospital to residential aged care. Summer Foundation Competitive Research Grant ($402,187.79).

2019 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., & Kiernan, M. Using big data to understand the health status and service use of people with motor neurone disease. Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Innovation Grant ($95,476.04).

2018 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., Ward, P., Srasuebkul, P., Reppermund, S., Curtis, J., Samaras, K., Lappin, J., & Dean, K. Addressing preventable disease burden to improve health outcomes for people with schizophrenia and related psychoses. UNSW Medicine Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction Theme and the Sydney Partnership for Health, Education & Enterprise Clinical Academic Group Collaborative Research Seed Funding ($39,500).

2018 Cvejic, R. C., Chitty, K. M., Trollor, J. N., Buckley, N., Srasuebkul, P., Morley, K., Dawson, A., Carter, G. Using big data to understand the predictors of repeated self-harm in people with mental health and drug and alcohol comorbidity. UNSW-Sydney Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Comorbidity Seed Funding Scheme ($20,000).

2018 Cvejic, R. C., Trollor, J. N., Reppermund, S., Draper, B. Using big data to understand the health status, service use, and service pathways of people with less common types of dementia. Dementia Australia Research Foundation ($50,000).

2016 Weise, J., Birch, R. C., Trollor, J. N. Equipping Future Australian and New Zealand Psychiatrists to Meet the Mental Health needs of People with an Intellectual Disability. Ageing, Disability & Home Care ($100,000).