In this latest Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) funding release, Deakin research projects have shared in over $7.25 million for the prevention and treatment options for mental health disorders in children, using probiotic yoghurt to treat depression, a trial of a new Buruli ulcer treatments, and include the Institute’s Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE) Associate Professor Serene Yoong’s $999,805.60 MRFF grant for the BLOOM program.
The funding follows the $10.8 million in MRFF grants awarded to Deakin earlier this month.
Associate Professor Lisa Olive, Associate Professor Serene Yoong, Dr Amelia McGuinness, Dr Hannah Jarman, Professor Eugene Athan and Professor Susan Brumby will each lead research projects that seek to improve the health and wellbeing of Australians. Read more about Deakin’s latest MRFF funding for health research.
The BLOOM program: A digital intervention integrating social and emotional learning, physical activity, and nutrition, in early years settings to enhance preschoolers’ wellbeing – $999,805.60
Social and emotional skills in early childhood are some of the most important protective factors to prevent mental health problems. Children’s physical activity and nutrition in their early years are also important influences on long-term health outcomes. Assoc Prof Yoong believes child mental health could be improved through population health programs that promote the development of social and emotional skills, active play and healthy eating. Yoong will use this funding to develop the Building Lifestyle skills and Optimising emOtional Mastery (BLOOM) program to support primary carers to embed social and emotional learning, active play and healthy eating in everyday interactions.
Read more about Associate Professor Serene Yoong’s research.
