Ivana is a Research Fellow applying systems thinking and simulation-based modelling to better understand complex public health issues and the potential effectiveness of policies on health behaviour and chronic disease outcomes. Based at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, she works in collaboration with the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Housing to generate evidence and support policy planning and action focused on improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations through healthy housing.
She also works with the Urban Health Collaborative at Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health in the United States, where she co-leads the systems aim of the SALURBAL Project... Read more
About me
Ivana is a Research Fellow applying systems thinking and simulation-based modelling to better understand complex public health issues and the potential effectiveness of policies on health behaviour and chronic disease outcomes. Based at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, she works in collaboration with the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Healthy Housing to generate evidence and support policy planning and action focused on improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations through healthy housing.
She also works with the Urban Health Collaborative at Drexel’s Dornsife School of Public Health in the United States, where she co-leads the systems aim of the SALURBAL Project and the Systems Working Group which focuses on using systems approaches to gain insight into the dynamic relationships between urban environments, health and climate impacts in Latin American cities. Ivana is also working on a National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities funded project leveraging complex systems approaches to identify policy levers to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in diet and obesity in Philadelphia, USA.
More broadly, her research to date has applied complexity science and its associated approaches to explore the influence of urban environments, including alcohol retail and transportation access, on a range of health outcomes, including physical activity, alcohol and marijuana use, intimate partner violence, and depression.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) The University of South Australia
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
5
3
|
2021 |
5
3
2
|
2021 |
Open access
13
8
13
|
2019 |
Open access
7
6
16
|
Year | Output |
---|---|
2023 |
Open access
|
2023 |
|
2023 |
Open access
|
2023 |
Open access
|
2022 |
Open access
5
3
|
2021 |
5
3
2
|
2021 |
Open access
67
55
|
2021 |
Open access
10
9
|
2021 |
Open access
13
8
13
|
2021 |
Open access
3
|
2020 |
Open access
8
4
22
|
2020 |
Open access
23
18
9
|
2020 |
7
6
|
2019 |
Open access
35
8
6
|
2019 |
Open access
24
17
3
|
2019 |
Open access
66
55
5
|
2019 |
Open access
77
58
11
|
2019 |
Open access
7
6
16
|
2019 |
Open access
10
15
26
|
2017 |
Open access
12
9
2
|
2012 |
Open access
86
90
|
2011 |
Open access
31
28
|
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Brookings Institution | UNITED STATES |
Case Western Reserve University | UNITED STATES |
Catholic University of Chile | CHILE |
Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University | PERU |
Cayetano Heredia University | PERU |
Drexel University | UNITED STATES |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | NETHERLANDS |
Federal University of Minas Gerais | BRAZIL |
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama | GUATEMALA |
Johns Hopkins University | UNITED STATES |
King's College London | UNITED KINGDOM |
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | GERMANY |
Menzies School of Health Research | AUSTRALIA |
National Institute of Public Health | CANADA |
National University of Lanús | ARGENTINA |
National University of Singapore | SINGAPORE |
New York University | UNITED STATES |
North-Eastern University | THAILAND |
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation | BRAZIL |
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | CHILE |
Queen's University Belfast | UNITED KINGDOM |
Universidad de los Andes | COLOMBIA |
Universidade Federal de Pelotas | BRAZIL |
University of California | UNITED STATES |
University of California San Diego | UNITED STATES |
University of California, Berkeley | UNITED STATES |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Chile | CHILE |
University of Ibagué | COLOMBIA |
University of Memphis | UNITED STATES |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | UNITED STATES |
University of Sao Paulo | BRAZIL |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Southern Denmark | DENMARK |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of the Andes | VENEZUELA |
University of the Andes Colombia | COLOMBIA |
Washington University | UNITED STATES |
Washington University in St Louis | UNITED STATES |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
---|---|
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2021 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2021 |
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2020 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2020 |
ReviewerPlosOne |
2020 |
ReviewerAir Quality, Atmosphere and Health |
2020 |
Abstract ReviewerSociety for Epidemiological Research (SER) Annual Meeting |
2019 |
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2019 |
MemberInternational Society for Urban Health (ISUH) |
2019 |
MemberSociety for Epidemiology Research (SER) |
2019 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2019 |
ReviewerBritish Medical Journal |
2019 |
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2018 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2018 |
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2017 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2017 |
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2016 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2016 |
ScholarshipAustralian Postgraduate Award (APA) Australian Government, SA |
2016 |
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2015 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2015 |
ScholarshipAustralian Postgraduate Award (APA) Australian Government, SA |
2015 |
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2014 |
MemberComplex Systems Society |
2014 |
MemberAustralasian Epidemiological Association (AEA) |
2014 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2014 |
ReviewerQualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health |
2014 |
ScholarshipAustralian Postgraduate Award (APA) Australian Government, SA |
2014 |
Board MemberPhysiotherapy Board of Australia |
2013 |
MemberPublic Health Association of Australia |
2013 |
ReviewerEuropean Physical Education Review |
2013 |
ReviewerJournal of Physical Activity and Health |
2013 |
ScholarshipAustralian Postgraduate Award (APA) Australian Government, SA |
2013 |
ScholarshipAustralian Postgraduate Award (APA) Australian Government, SA |
2012 |