Lucas Calais Ferreira

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Dr Lucas Calais Ferreira is a Suicide Prevention Australia Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, and the Centre for Adolescent Health, Murdoch Children's Research Institute and Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne. He has an honorary appointment with the Justice Health Group at the enAble Institute, Curtin University. His research focuses on social determinants and their impact on people's lives, particularly for young people involved in the justice system.

Experience

  • 2023–present
    Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
  • 2021–2022
    Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
  • 2020–2022
    Academic Specialist, The University of Melbourne
  • 2015–2019
    Research Assistant, The University of Melbourne
  • 2013–2014
    Research Associate, Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil)
  • 2012–2013
    Accounts Manager, Hello Australia
  • 2011–2012
    Strategic Analyst (Healthcare), Unimed-BH (Brazil)
  • 2007–2011
    Research Associate, Fundação Dom Cabral (Brazil)

Education

  • 2019 
    The University of Melbourne, PhD, Epidemiology
  • 2013 
    The University of Queensland, Master of Technology and Innovation Management
  • 2008 
    Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil), BSc, Business

Grants and Contracts

  • 2022
    Suicide Prevention Australia Postdoctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Postdoctoral Fellow (2023-2024)
    Funding Source:
    Suicide Prevention Research Fund (Australian Government)

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