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Biography
Professor Robin Bell is a medical epidemiologist with broad-based experience in women's health epidemiology having previously worked at the Research Unit of the Jean Hailes Foundation, the Royal Women's Hospital and the Perinatal Data Collection Unit of the Victorian Department of Human Services. Professor Bell is Deputy Director of the Women's Health Research Program at Monash University and has published over 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts in women's health. Professor Bell is the coordinator of a large prospective cohort study of Victorian women with their first diagnosis of invasive breast cancer. She held a Victorian Cancer Agency Public Health Fellowship between 2011 and 2012 and her breast cancer research has also been supported by grants from the Bupa Health Foundation. She has had extensive funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia including being a CI on project grants, a Centre of Clinical Research Excellence and a Partnership grant. Professor Bell has experience with designing, running and analysing randomised trials, cohort studies and case control studies. She oversees the teaching into the undergraduate MBBS program from the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Women's Health
- Epidemiology
- Endocrinology
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MenoPROMPT: a co-designed, comprehensive, evidence-based program to improve the care of women at and after menopause
Davis, S., Manski-Nankervis, J. A. E., Bell, R., Islam, R., Vincent, A., Boyle, D., Temple-Smith, M. J., Ebeling, P., Jane, F., Allan, C., Tonkin, A. & McMorrow, R.
1/11/22 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Preventing bones loss and restoring sexual function in women with premature ovarian insufficiency: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Davis, S., Vincent, A., Stuckey, B. G. A., Ebeling, P. & Bell, R.
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia)
1/06/21 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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Does serum AMH aid in the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome?
Davis, S., Islam, R. & Bell, R.
11/01/21 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Optimising the health of women at midlife to minimise immediate and long-term morbidity
Davis, S., Brown, H., Bell, R. & Green, S.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/07/18 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Literature Review on the Effects of Fuel Solvent Exposure on Human Male Reproductive Outcomes
Kelsall, H., Sim, M., Glass, D., Bell, R., Wallace, E., Newman, D., McLachlan, R. & Webster, W.
19/03/18 → 31/05/19
Project: Research
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Association between testosterone and cognitive performance in postmenopausal women: a systematic review of observational studies
Sultana, F., Davis, S. R., Bell, R. J., Taylor, S. & Islam, R. M., 2023, In: Climacteric. 26, 1, p. 5-14 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Endogenous dehydroepiandrosterone and depression in postmenopausal women: a systematic review of observational studies
Hemachandra, C. D., Davis AO, S. R., Bell, R. J., Sultana, F. & Islam, R. M., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Menopause. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The association between sex hormones and the change in brain-predicted age difference in older women
Wrigglesworth, J., Harding, I., Islam, R. M., Ward, P. G. D., Woods, R. L., Bell, R. J., McNeil, J. J., Storey, E., Egan, G. F., Murray, A. M., Trevaks, R. E., Ward, S. A., Davis AO, S. R. & Ryan, J., 20 Feb 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Clinical Endocrinology. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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The association between testosterone and depression in postmenopausal women: A systematic review of observational studies
Hemachandra, C., Islam, R. M., Bell, R. J., Sultana, F. & Davis AO, S. R., Feb 2023, In: Maturitas. 168, p. 62-70 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Associations between blood sex steroid concentrations and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in healthy older women in Australia: a prospective cohort substudy of the ASPREE trial
Islam, R. M., Bell, R. J., Handelsman, D. J., McNeil, J. J., Nelson, M. R., Reid, C. M., Tonkin, A. M., Wolfe, R. S., Woods, R. L. & Davis, S. R., Feb 2022, In: The Lancet Healthy Longevity. 3, 2, p. e109-e118 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)