Providing clinical, research and education services, CDDH is uniquely positioned to research the factors important to the healthcare needs of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

CDDH’s research objectives:

1. Wherever possible, research is guided in partnership with individuals with intellectual and developmental disability, their families, and carers,
2. Enhancing healthcare provider capacity to meet the healthcare requirements of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities,
3. Improving healthcare access for people with disability, with a focus on those with intellectual and developmental disability,
4. Evaluating the efficacy, safety, and broader health impacts of the Centre’s clinical programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and
5. Fostering a culture of research and evidence-based practice within CDDH.

Current research projects:

• An external project member on the MRFF funded ‘Listen to Me‘ project at Macquarie University.

Recent Publications:

Simpson, A.; Smith, J.; Yates, M.; Barden, H.; Gorton, C.; Templeton, M., (2025) Key Insights From a Rapid Review of Nondental Procedural Sedation Clinical Practice Guidelines for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Journal of Evidence Based Medicine.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jebm.70003

Golder, J.; Adams, R.; Calleja, S, Templeton, M.; Foster, A. (2024) Evaluation of an Australian community-based model of care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities undergoing procedures under sedation, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12528 

Šarkić, B., Douglas, J. M., & Simpson, A. (2024). “Nobody Has a Caseload Called, Patients With Traumatic Brain Injury”: Rationale to Include TBI Content Into Audiology Programs. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 9(1), 124-140.  https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-23-00092

Collaboration and Partnership

CDDH believes strongly in the importance and benefit of partnership and welcomes anyone interested in research collaboration to contact Dr Andrea Simpson at andrea.simpson@monashhealth.org