Research areas include but are not limited to:
mental health and neurological health promotion policies and strategies
addiction prevention policies and strategies
health determinants - to elucidate the multi-dimensional factors that affect the health of populations and lead to a differential prevalence of health concerns
identification of health advantage and health risk factors related to the interaction of environments (cultural, social, psychological, behavioural, physical, genetic)
disease, injury and disability prevention strategies at the individual and population levels
head injury prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation
addiction, mental health, and dysfunction of the nervous system affecting sensation, cognition, emotion, behaviour, movement, communication, and autonomic function
clinical research and health outcomes research into diagnostic technologies and methods; therapies; treatment, care, and rehabilitation models (long and short-term)
co-morbidity of conditions and impacts on prevention, diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation
design and implementation of health services delivery - from prevention, to screening, to diagnosis, to intervention or treatment, to rehabilitation, to palliation
development and implementation of health technologies and tools (e.g. imaging, bio-engineering, drug delivery technologies)
development, regulation, function and dysfunction of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems
human psychology, cognition and behaviour; sleep and circadian biology; pain
ethics issues related to research, care strategies, and access to care (e.g. informed consent; hospitalization; addiction, mental health and the justice system)
