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Monash Experts: Women’s Health Week 2024

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This week, 2-6 September, is the 12th year of the Jean Hailes Women's Health Week. The nationwide campaign is centred on improving women's health, and enabling women, girls and gender-diverse people to make healthier choices. 

 

The Monash Women’s Health Alliance 

The Monash Women’s Health Alliance (MWHA) brings together more than 185 research leaders with connections to an array of specialist research groups, data sets, registries, biobanks and clinical trials, all focused on transforming prevention, public health and clinical practice for women, girls and gender diverse people of all ages. For more information visit mwha.monash

To read and re-publish our Women’s Health Week Lens articles, please visit: Women’s Health Week

The following Monash University experts are available to discuss important topics related to women’s health and wellbeing. 

 

Available to comment: 

 

Professor Susan Davis AO, Professor and Director, Women's Health Research Program, Monash University

Contact details: +61 418 382 891, or [email protected]

Read more of Professor Davis’ commentary at Monash Lens

  • Expert in testosterone in women
  • Leading studies of the effects of testosterone on bone, muscle and heart health in women
  • Expert in menopause and menopause care
  • Leading a national study of menopause and midlife women’s health 


Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM, Professor of Psychiatry and Director HER Centre Australia, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Contact details: +61 429 028 852, [email protected]  

Read more of Professor Kulkarni’s commentary at Monash Lens

  • Improving mental illness treatments
  • The relationship between hormones and mental illness in women
  • Menopause and mental illness
  • Women’s mental health

Professor Beverley Vollenhoven AM, Professor and Director of Gynaecology and Research, Women's and Newborn Program, Monash Health

Contact details: +61 3 9594 5145, [email protected] 

Read more of Professor Vollenhoven’s commentary at Monash Lens

  • Rapid non invasive diagnosis of endometriosis and better non hormonal treatment.
  • Disorders of Placentation and global access to therapy.
  • Prediction and Prevention of Preeclampsia and its long term sequelae

Dr Esther Davis, Cardiologist and Women’s Heart Health Program Lead, Victorian Heart Hospital and Monash Victorian Heart Institute

Contact details: Monash Media Ph: +61 3 9903 4840 or [email protected]  

  • Improving awareness of cardiovascular disease in women
  • Pregnancy and future heart health
  • Understanding sex-differences in cardiovascular disease

Professor Danielle Mazza AM, Professor and Head of General Practice, Monash University, and Director of the SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care
Contact details: +61 423 208 747, [email protected]
Read more of Professor Mazza’s commentary at Monash Lens

  • Improving access to abortion and contraception
  • Primary care provision of women’s health services (GPs, nurses and pharmacists)
  • Preconception care

Associate Professor Nicole Kalms, Director of the XYX Lab – Gender + Place, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Contact: +61 408 006 636 or [email protected]

Read more of Associate Professor Kalms’ commentary at Monash Lens

  • Designing safer cities for women and girls
  • Hypersexual advertisement
  • Women's perceptions of safety around the world

For more Monash media stories visit our news & events site: monash.edu/news
For any other topics on which you may be seeking expert comment, contact the Monash University Media Unit on +61 3 9903 4840 or [email protected]

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