Current research projects
Environmental and socio-economic drivers of spatial variation in child health in Australia
Resampled boosted regression tree analysis for determining the relationships between child-health metrics, climate, and air pollution at the scale of Statistical Area Level 3 (SA3) in Australia.
Lead: Dr Melinda Judge
Influence of climate variation on domestic violence across South and Southeast Asia
Based on Demographic and Health Surveys data, determining the influence of climate extremes of the prevalence of domestic violence across Asia.
Lead: Dr Melinda Judge & Dr Syeda Hira Fatima
Socio-economic drivers of health disadvantage in Indigenous peoples in Australia and globally
Examining data from Australian and across the world, determining the principal drivers of poor health outcomes in Indigenous people to inform policy.
Lead: Dr Melinda Judge & Jaime Turnbull
Impacts of climate change & population growth on child health in Sub-Saharan Africa
Over ⅓ of all births (> 5 billion, a 285% increase from the same period to 2024) to 2100 will be in this region. Here, infant and child mortality is highest, > 30% of all children are currently undernourished, 21 of the world’s 26 low-income countries are found, the impacts of climate change will be greatest, and there are the fewest resources to cope with changes.
Lead: Lead: Professor Peter Le Souëf, Professor Corey Bradshaw
How a deteriorating environment worsens child health outcomes globally
This research project includes broad-scale analyses of overall health, individual health problems, infectious diseases, environmental factors, and policies to protect children from climate change.
Lead: Professor Peter Le Souëf, Dr Melinda Judge, Dr Sanchita Gera, Professor Corey Bradshaw
Analysis of ORIGINS cohort data to detect impacts of climate change on child health
ORIGINS is a database of information about how early environment influences the risk of a broad range of diseases, including asthma, allergies, diabetes, obesity, and its many complications.
Lead: Lead: Professor Peter Le Souëf, Dr Melinda Judge, Pranav Reddy
Future Child Health 
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