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Dr. Natalie Aboustate is a Research Fellow at the Adelaide Medical School, affiliated with the Robinson Research Institute’s Critical and Ethical Mental Health group. Her work focuses on improving understanding of mental health responses through evidence appraisal, with a current MRFF-funded project examining employment-related factors in suicide prevention. She holds expertise in social determinants of health and adolescent mental health, contributing to clinical trials and reanalysis initiatives like the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) under RIAT. Her research spans depression treatment efficacy, maternal-child health outcomes, and clinical trial methodology improvements.
Education and qualifications include advanced training in medical research and public health. Her recent publications address adolescent depression treatment, iron deficiency management in pregnancy, and cognitive dysfunction in major depressive disorder. She advocates for open science and data accessibility, evidenced by her work overcoming barriers to clinical trial data.
Her lab affiliation is the Critical and Ethical Mental Health group, which emphasizes ethical and evidence-based approaches to mental health challenges. Collaborations include the Supportive Oncology Research Group at SAHMRI, though her primary focus remains on socioeconomic and employment-related mental health interventions.
