Rate My Professor Bree Hobden

Hobden's research interests include alcohol misuse, depression, mental health, cancer care, chronic conditions, and health promotion, with particular focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social, emotional, cultural, and spiritual wellbeing. She has obtained 22 grants totaling over $5.7 million, including as lead investigator on the $1,020,691 MRFF-funded 'Hope in Healing: Developing a Model of Care Approach for those Impacted by Traumatic Brain Injury through Domestic Family Violence' (2025-2027), $471,085 MRFF grant 'Understanding the Social Determinants of Young Peoples Mental Health' (2024-2026), and $225,000 Australian Rotary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019-2024). Other significant projects as investigator encompass the NHMRC Ideas Grant 'Yindymarra (to honour, respect) Aboriginal experiences in the conduct of health research' ($1,057,878, 2021-2025) and National Heart Foundation 'Improving the Well-Being of Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure' randomized controlled trial ($964,531, 2022-2025). Her scholarly output comprises 59 journal articles, 5 conference outputs, and 1 book chapter. Key publications are 'Effectiveness of interventions utilising telephone follow up in reducing hospital readmission within 30 days for individuals with chronic disease: a systematic review' (BMC Health Services Research, 2016) and 'Assisting the bereaved: a systematic review of the evidence for grief counselling' (Palliative Medicine, 2016). Additional honors include the Adam J Berry Junior Scientist award (Australian Academy of Science, 2016) and Three Minute Thesis finalist.