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 Strategic Lead of the National Addiction and Mental Health Surveillance Unit (NAMHSU) at Turning Point, Eastern Health.

Rowan has authored >100 publications (collectively cited >1800 times) across the fields of addiction, substance use, population surveillance, and sleep, with his research attracting more than $10 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. Rowan is a Deputy Editor of Drug and Alcohol Review (DAR), the Asia-Pacific's leading multidisciplinary journal addressing issues related to alcohol and drug-related problems.

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 is actively involved in the Eastern Health Clinical School's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, aand 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.

Rowan’s research is multidiciplinary and he has employed multiple techniques to study the impacts of alcohol and other drugs on individuals and on populations. As leader of the National Addiction and Mental health Survillance Unit at Turning Point, Rowan leads a team of 40 researchers, data analysts and RAs and coordinates novel datasets such as the National Ambulance Surveillance System. His research has had multiple policy impacts and is cited in key policy documents at the Local, State and Commonwealth levels.

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

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• Unit Coordinator, Master of Addictive Behaviours (M6014), Graduate Program of Addictive Behaviours

• 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

• Committee Member (Turning Point), Alcohol Change Vic

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