Professor Susan Sawyer

Director, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Nossal Institute for Global Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health; Geoff and Helen Handbury Chair of Adolescent Health, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne

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Health & Medicine

Promoting health in schools: Old idea, new opportunities

The WHO’s ‘health-promoting schools’ is an old idea, but finding new ways to fully realise its potential for young people globally has never been more urgent

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Health & Medicine

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Under the Microscope

Re-thinking our definition of adolescence

Adolescence has changed significantly in the last century. Professor Susan Sawyer is working to improve our understanding of the contemporary complexities of this age group

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Health & Medicine

Nursing our global youth back to health

Adolescents and young adults are usually left to last in the health care queue, but research shows we can no longer ignore them

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Health & Medicine

WHO focuses on adolescent health?

World Health Organization turns its attention to the health and wellbeing of the world’s youth

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