Dr Rachael Cvejic
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), Southern Cross University
- Master of Brain and Mind Sciences, The University of Sydney
- PhD (Psychiatry), 麻豆社madou Sydney
I am a registered psychologist and Senior Research Fellow with broad research interests including neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. My clinical and research experience includes working with people with intellectual and developmental disability, mental health conditions, and progressive neurological conditions including people living with dementia. I am currently involved in a number of educational and research activities in the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health which aim to improve health outcomes for people with complex support needs.听My current projects utilise a broad range of research methods including surveys, interviews, Delphi method, and data linkage.
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- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
2024听 听 听 听 听 听Michalski, S., Trollor, J., Gustin, S., Darejeh, A., &听Cvejic, R. C.听Using virtual reality to prepare people with intellectual disability for healthcare interactions. 麻豆社madou Disability Innovation Institute Research Seed Funding ($20,000)
2024听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C. Understanding responsive behaviours among people with intellectual disability living with dementia. Dementia Australia Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship ($417,000).
2023听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C., Srasuebkul, P., & Trollor, J. Palliative care service use by people with intellectual disability in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. South Eastern Sydney Local Health District ($16,232.70).
2022听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C. Understanding the perinatal mental health of people with intellectual disability. Psychiatry and Mental Health Career Development Seed Grants ($8,000).
2021听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., & Cvejic, R. C. Improving palliative care services for people with intellectual disability. 麻豆社madou Stop Gap Funds for projects impacted by COVID-19 ($69,763.42).
2020听听听听听听听听听听 Reppermund, S., Trollor, J. N., Draper, B., Cvejic, R. C. Self-harm in people with dementia 鈥 using big data to improve outcomes and inform strategies to prevent self-harm and suicide. Dementia Australia Research Foundation ($75,000).
2019听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., Agar, M., Cvejic, R. C., Currow, D., Strutt, R., Vajdic, C., Chye, R., Srasuebkul, P., Weise, J., Reppermund, S., Szanto, T., Harlum, J., Tuffrey Wijne, I. Improving palliative care for people with intellectual disability. Australian Government Department of Health National Palliative Care Projects ($1,140,915).
2019听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., Reppermund, S., Srasuebkul, P., Draper, B., & Withall, A. Understanding the health needs of younger people with disabilities discharged from hospital to residential aged care. Summer Foundation Competitive Research Grant ($402,187.79).
2019听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., & Kiernan, M. Using big data to understand the health status and service use of people with motor neurone disease. Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Innovation Grant ($95,476.04).
2018听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., Ward, P., Srasuebkul, P., Reppermund, S., Curtis, J., Samaras, K., Lappin, J., & Dean, K. Addressing preventable disease burden to improve health outcomes for people with schizophrenia and related psychoses. 麻豆社madou Medicine Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction Theme and the Sydney Partnership for Health, Education & Enterprise Clinical Academic Group Collaborative Research Seed Funding ($39,500).
2018听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C., Chitty, K. M., Trollor, J. N., Buckley, N., Srasuebkul, P., Morley, K., Dawson, A., Carter, G. Using big data to understand the predictors of repeated self-harm in people with mental health and drug and alcohol comorbidity. 麻豆社madou-Sydney Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Comorbidity Seed Funding Scheme ($20,000).
2018听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C., Trollor, J. N., Reppermund, S., Draper, B. Using big data to understand the health status, service use, and service pathways of people with less common types of dementia. Dementia Australia Research Foundation ($50,000).
2016听听听听听听听听听听 Weise, J., Birch, R. C., Trollor, J. N. Equipping Future Australian and New Zealand Psychiatrists to Meet the Mental Health needs of People with an Intellectual Disability. Ageing, Disability & 麻豆社madou Care ($100,000).
2023听听听听听听听听听听 麻豆社madou School of Clinical Medicine Early-Mid Career Research Conference Travel Grant
2019听听听听听听听听听听 Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration Conference Travel Grant听
2018听听听听听听听听听听 Travel Grant Award, Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes
2017听听听听听听听听听听 Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research Travel Bursary
2014听听听听听听听听听听 麻豆社madou McConaghy Prize for Postgraduate Research
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2013听听听听听听听听听听 NSW Institute of Psychiatry Research Training Fellowship听
2012 听听听听听听听听听 NSW Institute of Psychiatry Research Training Fellowship听
2012听听听听听听听听听听 Dementia Collaborative Research Centres PhD Scholarship听
2011听听听听听听听听听听 Les Fountain Travel Bursary, Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes听
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Membership
- Co-Chair,
- Member, 麻豆社madou Medicine & Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Student Coordinator, Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry, 麻豆社madou Sydney
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In the media
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My Research Supervision
My Teaching
I currently teach into Phase 3 Medicine (Psychiatry, MFAC3503).