News: Medical Research Future Fund Grant Success

Prof Jon Jureidini, Dr John Walsh and Dr Melissa Raven have been awarded a MRFF Mental Health Research grant for $904,604 over two years alongside CIA Dr Toby Freeman and his research group (Director of Research at Stretton Health Equity). Funding for the project entitled 'Work and unemployment: vital to effective suicide prevention' will commence on 1 February 2024.

The research will target employment factors such as unemployment, underemployment, precarious employment, work-related stress and financial distress, which have been identified as leading contributors to suicide in Australia.

The project aims to identify suicide prevention opportunities for government, employers, general practitioners and frontline social security workers, and recommend what actions they can take to reduce suicide related to employment and unemployment. 

It will also develop a training package to build the skills and knowledge of general practitioners in recognising and responding to people at risk of employment and unemployment-related suicide.

The official announcement by the University of Adelaide announcement: https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/08/21/life-changing-medical-research-funded 

2023 MRFF Million Minds Mental Health Research Grant. Work and unemployment: vital to effective suicide prevention. Dr Toby Freeman, Prof Fran Baum, Dr Matt Fisher, Dr Miriam Vandenberg, Prof Jon Jureidini, Prof Steve Larkin, Dr Melissa Raven and Dr John Walsh.