Dental Health Services Victoria

The Australian Population Health Improvement Research Strategy for Oral Health (APHIRST - Oral Health) is a translational research prevention centre.

APHIRST - Oral Health aims to increase the quantity and quality of public health improvement research that is focused on prevention research, to further understand and address factors that affect oral health inequality.

Our role

This initiative will build on the current activity and momentum in Australia to enhance the adoption of best practices in the community and improve population health.

APHIRST - Oral Health will bring together academics, policy makers, practitioners, community organisations and members of the public to plan and implement research that aims to improve oral health across the population.

This aim will be achieved by:

• Increasing the evaluation of natural experiments within the roll-out of new initiatives.
• Developing high quality collaborative proposals for research funding.
• Bringing together public health researchers in Australia.

The governance and management structure of APHIRST - Oral Health comprises an advisory group, a coordinating team and research development groups.

Coordinating team

Andrea de Silva-Sanigorski, Director
E: andrea.ds-sanigorski@dhsv.org.au 
T: +61 (0) 3 9341 1153
M: 0 466 004 522

Lauren Carpenter, Research Development
E: lauren.carpenter@dhsv.org.au
T: +61 (0) 3 9341 1131 

Lauren Prosser, Network Development
E: lauren.prosser@dhsv.org.au
T: +61 (0) 3 9341 1351

Address:

The Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne
Level 1, Corporate Office
720 Swanston Street, Carlton, VIC 3053