Research Division

Clinical Studies & Clinical Trials
Associate Professor Wendy Brown & Ms Cheryl Laurie

Randomised Controlled trials
Observational Studies
Measuring outcomes
Optimizing therapy
Mechanisms of treatment effects

The clinical studies program on obesity and weight loss was the central drive to establish CORE and is linked to the clinical program of The Centre for Bariatric Surgery which treats patients who have the problem of severe obesity and who will lose a substantial amount of weight after Lap Band placement. This provides a unique source of research opportunities for CORE. Few major multidisciplinary research groups in the world currently access such a group of patients. Furthermore, the Australian healthcare system provides an environment of excellent quality of care and yet permits research study of these patients at acceptable cost and logistics.

Public Health
Dr Anna Peeters

Investigation of the public health aspects of Obesity including:

Population health
Epidemiology
Prevention of obesity-secondary
Health impact of weight loss
Registries
Epidemiological modelling
Cost effectiveness and health economic studies

Psychosocial
Dr Melissa Hayden

Investigating the psychological effects of obesity with a particular focus on:

depression and mood disorders
discrimination
stigmatisation

For a list of our current research projects, please select the link below:

Current research projects