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Personal profile

Biography

Dr Rowan P. Ogeil is a Senior Research Fellow (Level C) in the Eastern Health Clinical School in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, and Deputy Strategic Lead of the National Addiction and Mental Health Surveillance Unit (NAMHSU) at Turning Point, Eastern Health.

To date, Rowan has authored >90 publications (collectively cited >1000 times) across the fields of substance use and sleep, with his research attracting more than $1.5 million in funding, including from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), the Australian Research Council (ARC), and the Commonwealth Department of Health.

Rowan has been the recipient of prestigious fellowships, including a Peter Doherty Biomedical Fellowship (NHMRC), and an Australia-Harvard Fellowship from the Harvard Club of Australia, which saw him undertake work as a Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

Supervision:

Rowan is available to supervise students at Honours, Master and Doctorate levels.

  • Please see the below 'Supervision interests' section and/or Supervisor Connect for more information.

Other commitments:

Outside of research, Rowan is significantly involved with teaching, community engagement, and representation on committees and boards. He coordinates a unit in the Master of Addictive Behaviours (M6014) within Monash University's Graduate Program of Addictive Behaviours, and is Program Chair of the Emerging Research Leaders Program for early-mid career researchers across Turning Point and Monash Addiction Research Centre.

Rowan represents the Eastern Health Clinical School on Monash University’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, as well as on the Early Career Researcher Steering Committee for the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. He also serves as a Turning Point representative to Alcohol Change Vic, a collaboration of health and allied agencies that develops and promotes evidence-based policy responses that are known to be effective in preventing and reducing alcohol-related problems.

Research interests

Rowan’s research employs translational methods across genetic, behavioural, and population levels. He has a particular interest in interactions between alcohol and other drug use and sleep and mental health outcomes, including shift work and circadian rhythm disturbances.

Rowan was awarded his PhD in Psychology from Monash University in 2012.

Supervision interests

This section is currently being updated.

Monash teaching commitment

University Service

  • Committee Member (Eastern Health Clinical School), Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, Monash University 

  • Committee Member (Eastern Health Clinical School), Early Career Researcher Steering Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University

  • Program Chair, Emerging Research Leaders Program, Turning Point and Monash Addiction Research Centre

Community service

Other highlights:

  • Delivery of three-day sleep workshops, designed to up-skill the alcohol and other drug (AOD) workforce, and providing training for >100 staff across the sector

  • Developed and disseminated a low-literacy 'healthy sleep' tool used across numerous Eastern Health sites and clinics

  • Invited presentations to clinicians and technicians on sleep

  • Invited expert on sleep and alcohol use for episodes of 'Sleep Talk' podcast as part of SleepHub, an online community and resource centre

  • Worked with and supported the CSIRO’s STEM Professionals in Schools Program to engage students with science

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):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

External positions

Deputy Strategic Lead, National Addiction and Mental Health Surveillance Unit (NAMHSU), Turning Point

Research area keywords

  • sleep
  • circadian rhythms
  • addiction
  • drug use
  • psychology
  • alcohol policy
  • alcohol

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