Hanny Calache

Professor Hanny Calache is a faculty member in the School of Dentistry at La Trobe University, Australia, specializing in dental public health research. Her work addresses critical gaps in oral healthcare access and equity, particularly for vulnerable populations including children, refugees, and people with intellectual disabilities.

Her research interests focus on Oral Epidemiology, Public Health Dentistry, and Health Services Research, with specific expertise in child oral health disparities, refugee healthcare access, and economic evaluations of preventive interventions. She employs innovative methodologies including social practice theory and geospatial analysis to examine systemic barriers to care.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications (2023-2025) reveals consistent emphasis on policy-relevant research across three core domains: 1) Refugee and migrant oral health access (6 articles), 2) Child oral health interventions and epidemiology (5 articles), and 3) Health economic modeling of preventive strategies (4 articles). Her work demonstrates strong translational potential for Australian healthcare policy.

Professor Calache maintains active collaborations with researchers across Australian institutions, evidenced by multi-institutional co-authorship on all recent publications. Her ORCID identifier (0000-0002-1613-0585) reflects ongoing scholarly engagement with 133 research outputs to date.