Anne Kavanagh

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Anne Kavanagh
OAM FASSA FAHMS
Education Flinders University, Australian National University
Occupation(s)Epidemiologist and medical researcher
Employer University of Melbourne
Known forDisability medicine
TitleProfessor
Board member ofNational Disability Research Partnership, 2024

Anne Kavanagh is an Australian epidemiologist and professor at the University of Melbourne. Her research specialises in inequalities in health across different types of social determinants including gender, disability, the built environment, socioeconomic situations, as well as other factors such as housing and employment. [1]

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Education and career

Kavanagh graduated from Flinders University with an MBBS, and then subsequently obtained a PhD from ANU in 1995. [2]

She is a professor of Disability and Health at the University of Melbourne, at the school of population and global health. [3] [4]

Kavanagh's passion for her career and medical research is led by her personal journey, with a child with autism, as well as intellectual disability. She was also later diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

When my eldest child was diagnosed with Autism and an intellectual disability, I learned first-hand how people with disabilities and their families experienced poorer health outcomes because they were often marginalised from society. [5]

Kavanagh also regularly works in science communications, and publishes her research in The Conversation , including work around the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) [6] and impacts of funding cuts to the NDIS on families, particularly those from low socioeconomic backgrounds. [7] She has also published work on impacts of Covid lockdowns and vaccinations on the general population. [8]

Publications

Kavanagh has authored a suite of journal articles, over 300 as at June 2024, and has an H index of 62. She was on the editorial board of Disability & Society in 2021. She was also the associate editor of the journal Social Science & Medicine for the years 2008 to 2014. [9] [3]

Select publications include:

Awards and recognition

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References

  1. ↑ "Prof Anne Kavanagh". The University of Melbourne Find an Expert. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  2. ↑ "Anne Kavanagh". The Conversation. 2013-03-15. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  3. 1 2 "Anne Kavanagh". scholar.google.com.au. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  4. ↑ Kavanagh, Anne; Trembath, David; Callaway, Libby; Brown, Mark; Avery, Scott (2023-12-07). "Recommendations to reboot the NDIS have finally been released. 5 experts react". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  5. ↑ Sly, David (2020-02-20). "Improving the health and wellbeing of people with a disability". Alumni stories. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  6. ↑ "Anne Kavanagh". The Conversation. 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  7. ↑ Kavanagh, Anne; Dickinson, Helen (2022-03-27). "What we know about the NDIS cuts, and what they'll mean for people with disability and their families". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  8. ↑ Kavanagh, Anne; MacIntyre, C. Raina; Segelov, Eva; Pulver, Lisa Jackson (2021-09-29). "Relying only on vaccination in NSW from December 1 isn't enough – here's what we need for sustained freedom". The Conversation. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "King Birthday awards" (PDF).
  10. ↑ Turrell, Gavin; Kavanagh, Anne M. (May 2006). "Socio-economic pathways to diet: modelling the association between socio-economic position and food purchasing behaviour". Public Health Nutrition. 9 (3): 375–383. doi:10.1079/phn2006850. hdl: 11343/34455 . ISSN   1475-2727. PMID   16684390.
  11. ↑ Kavanagh, Anne M.; Broom, Dorothy H. (1998-02-01). "Embodied risk: My body, myself?". Social Science & Medicine. 46 (3): 437–444. doi:10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00188-3. ISSN   0277-9536. PMID   9460824.
  12. ↑ Kavanagh, Anne M.; Goller, Jane L.; King, Tania; Jolley, Damien; Crawford, David; Turrell, Gavin (2005-11-01). "Urban area disadvantage and physical activity: a multilevel study in Melbourne, Australia". Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 59 (11): 934–940. doi:10.1136/jech.2005.035931. ISSN   0143-005X. PMC   1732943 . PMID   16234420.
  13. ↑ "Professor Anne Marie Kavanagh". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  14. ↑ Rowney, Katie (2022-10-13). "The Academy welcomes our new Fellows for 2022 - AAHMS". Australian Academy of Health & Medical Sciences. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  15. ↑ "Academy Fellow: Professor Anne Kavanagh OAM FASSA". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
  16. ↑ Sly, David (2020-02-20). "Improving the health and wellbeing of people with a disability". Alumni stories. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
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