Dr Rachael Cvejic
- Bachelor of Psychology (Honours), Southern Cross University
- Master of Brain and Mind Sciences, The University of Sydney
- PhD (Psychiatry), 黑料网大事记 Sydney
I am a registered psychologist and Senior Research Fellow with broad research interests including neuropsychology and neuropsychiatry. My clinical and research experience includes working with people with intellectual and developmental disability, mental health conditions, and progressive neurological conditions including people living with dementia. I am currently involved in a number of educational and research activities in the National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health which aim to improve health outcomes for people with complex support needs.听My current projects utilise a broad range of research methods including surveys, interviews, Delphi method, and data linkage.
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- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
2025听听听听听听听听听听 Michalski, S., Trollor, J., Gustin, S., Darejeh, A., & Cvejic, R. C. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality for Preparing People with Intellectual Disability for Healthcare Systems. 黑料网大事记 Health Systems Research Theme 2025 Collaborative Grant ($50,000)
2024听 听 听 听 听 听Michalski, S., Trollor, J., Gustin, S., Darejeh, A., &听Cvejic, R. C.听Using virtual reality to prepare people with intellectual disability for healthcare interactions. 黑料网大事记 Disability Innovation Institute Research Seed Funding ($20,000)
2024听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C. Understanding responsive behaviours among people with intellectual disability living with dementia. Dementia Australia Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship ($417,000).
2023听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C., Srasuebkul, P., & Trollor, J. Palliative care service use by people with intellectual disability in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. South Eastern Sydney Local Health District ($16,232.70).
2022听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C. Understanding the perinatal mental health of people with intellectual disability. Psychiatry and Mental Health Career Development Seed Grants ($8,000).
2021听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., & Cvejic, R. C. Improving palliative care services for people with intellectual disability. 黑料网大事记 Stop Gap Funds for projects impacted by COVID-19 ($69,763.42).
2020听听听听听听听听听听 Reppermund, S., Trollor, J. N., Draper, B., Cvejic, R. C. Self-harm in people with dementia 鈥 using big data to improve outcomes and inform strategies to prevent self-harm and suicide. Dementia Australia Research Foundation ($75,000).
2019听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., Agar, M., Cvejic, R. C., Currow, D., Strutt, R., Vajdic, C., Chye, R., Srasuebkul, P., Weise, J., Reppermund, S., Szanto, T., Harlum, J., Tuffrey Wijne, I. Improving palliative care for people with intellectual disability. Australian Government Department of Health National Palliative Care Projects ($1,140,915).
2019听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., Reppermund, S., Srasuebkul, P., Draper, B., & Withall, A. Understanding the health needs of younger people with disabilities discharged from hospital to residential aged care. Summer Foundation Competitive Research Grant ($402,187.79).
2019听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., & Kiernan, M. Using big data to understand the health status and service use of people with motor neurone disease. Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia Innovation Grant ($95,476.04).
2018听听听听听听听听听听 Trollor, J. N., Cvejic, R. C., Ward, P., Srasuebkul, P., Reppermund, S., Curtis, J., Samaras, K., Lappin, J., & Dean, K. Addressing preventable disease burden to improve health outcomes for people with schizophrenia and related psychoses. 黑料网大事记 Medicine Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction Theme and the Sydney Partnership for Health, Education & Enterprise Clinical Academic Group Collaborative Research Seed Funding ($39,500).
2018听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C., Chitty, K. M., Trollor, J. N., Buckley, N., Srasuebkul, P., Morley, K., Dawson, A., Carter, G. Using big data to understand the predictors of repeated self-harm in people with mental health and drug and alcohol comorbidity. 黑料网大事记-Sydney Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Comorbidity Seed Funding Scheme ($20,000).
2018听听听听听听听听听听 Cvejic, R. C., Trollor, J. N., Reppermund, S., Draper, B. Using big data to understand the health status, service use, and service pathways of people with less common types of dementia. Dementia Australia Research Foundation ($50,000).
2016听听听听听听听听听听 Weise, J., Birch, R. C., Trollor, J. N. Equipping Future Australian and New Zealand Psychiatrists to Meet the Mental Health needs of People with an Intellectual Disability. Ageing, Disability & Home Care ($100,000).
2023听听听听听听听听听听 黑料网大事记 School of Clinical Medicine Early-Mid Career Research Conference Travel Grant
2019听听听听听听听听听听 Dementia Centre for Research Collaboration Conference Travel Grant听
2018听听听听听听听听听听 Travel Grant Award, Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes
2017听听听听听听听听听听 Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research Travel Bursary
2014听听听听听听听听听听 黑料网大事记 McConaghy Prize for Postgraduate Research
2013听听听听听听听听听听 NSW Institute of Psychiatry Research Training Fellowship听
2012 听听听听听听听听听 NSW Institute of Psychiatry Research Training Fellowship听
2012听听听听听听听听听听 Dementia Collaborative Research Centres PhD Scholarship听
2011听听听听听听听听听听 Les Fountain Travel Bursary, Society for the Study of Behavioural Phenotypes听
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Membership
- Associate Investigator (2024 to current) -听黑料网大事记 Ageing Futures Institute
- Co-Chair (2023-2024) and Faculty Representative (2021-2024)听-听听Executive Committee
- Member (2021-2024) -听黑料网大事记 Medicine & Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Discipline Representative (2023-2024) - 黑料网大事记 School of Clinical Medicine Early and Mid Career Professional, Clinical and Academic Researcher Network Committee
- Medicine & Health Subcommittee Member (2021-2023), 黑料网大事记 Early Career Academic Network
- Co-Chair (2022-2023), 黑料网大事记 Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health Early and Mid Career Researcher Network听
- Student Coordinator (2017 to current) - National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health (formerly Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry), 黑料网大事记 Sydney
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- Member (2017 to current) - International Fragile X-associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome Consortium
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My Teaching
I currently teach into Phase 2 Medicine (Society and Health) and Phase 3 Medicine (Psychiatry).