Head of Division
Professor Stephen Zubrick MSc AM PhD

Professor Zubrick is a Senior Principal Research Fellow and holds a Professorship in the Institute and Curtin University’s Centre for Developmental Health. He has worked in various mental health settings. He chairs the Consortium Advisory Group, National Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, sits on the Commonwealth Mental Health Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention Working Party, and is a member of the Federal Government Australian Council for Children and Parenting.

Divisional Summary

The Division of Population Sciences is the largest Division at the Institute and has grown in recent years to almost 200 staff and students.
The Division is made up of multi-disciplinary teams consisting of epidemiologists, clinicians, developmental psychologists, biostatisticians, sociologists and other social scientists. These research teams work collaboratively with government, corporate, non-government and community groups in a wide range of research interests related to child health and development.
The Division investigates a wide range of burdensome conditions that affect the developmental health of children. These include: low birth weight, behavioural and mental health problems, autism, obesity and infection.
Many projects utilize linked population databases to identify patterns and trends of morbidity and mortality and have explored new ways of measuring and analysing the important influences in whole populations of children, their families and communities. More specifically, the Division strives to develop preventive strategies that promote and maintain the health and development of children in addition to their social, emotional, academic, and vocational wellbeing.

Contact
Email - steve@ichr.uwa.edu.au
Phone - +61 8 9489 7777
Fax - +61 8 9489 7700