Michael Di Donato @michaelfdd
Research Fellow at School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. Opinions are my own. Joined May 2012-
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#TBT to when our @HealthyWLRG won the 2021 Dean's Award for excellence in research (social and economic impact) for the COMPARE project, looking at the most effective ways to help employees return to work after a workplace injury. Watch them here 🎬 youtube.com/watch?v=t-eYP_…
Join the webinar on 'Long-term work disability: What happens after workers' compensation ends?'. Apr 27. Organised by the ICOH Scientific Committee on Work Disability Prevention & Integration (WDPI). eventbrite.com.au/o/icoh-work-di…
Teachers found to have higher rates of #workerscompensation claims for mental health and assault-related work injury than the average worker. New paper from Fatimah M Al Afreed, @DrTLane, Dr Shannon Gray. Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.inju…
Teachers found to have higher rates of #workerscompensation claims for mental health and assault-related work injury than the average worker. New paper from Fatimah M Al Afreed, @DrTLane, Dr Shannon Gray. Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.inju…
TOMORROW @michaelfdd will present Report #3 in the #TransitionsStudy, the first Australian study to examine general practitioner, psychological and physical health service use toward the end of long workers' compensation claims, and afterwards. Register: bit.ly/3QAd5h0
Join us for our FINAL seminar the 2022 Healthy Working Lives Seminar Series for the Recovery stream on Wed 1 June presented by Dr Shannon Gray (HWLRG) and Andrew McGarity (Fire and Rescue NSW). 👉🏾Register for free now: bit.ly/3Lsr1Xy
Have you registered for our next event in the 2022 Healthy Working Lives Seminar Series yet? It's on this THURSDAY 19 May. It's free to register! Head here to secure your spot: lnkd.in/gmpUAH3x
What happens when workers’ compensation benefits stop? First report from the Transitions Study explores transitions to Centrelink after workers’ compensation.
What happens when workers’ compensation benefits stop? First report from the Transitions Study explores transitions to Centrelink after workers’ compensation.
@michaelfdd is talking about medicines for compensated Australian workers with #LBP and other musculoskeletal disorders. He is examining trends in medicines use and impact of policy #opioids #pregabalin #codeine #anzmusc2022
It’s #WorldHealthDay ! With our @MonashUni colleagues we’re celebrating our work building a #HealthierTomorrow by supporting resilient health services, thriving communities and healthy environments. More bit.ly/3DBCkdD @MonashResearch @Monash_FMNHS @MonashBDI @MonashMSDI
Pleased to present our recent study on patterns of opioid dispensing in compensated workers with low back pain at day 1 of @epicoh2021. Looking forward to virtually presenting again tomorrow at 6am Melbourne time!
Congrats to our researchers who won Dean's Awards for Excellence today! The team at @evidenceCOVID19 , @dr_chris1 from Dept. Gen. Practice, & @axcollie @ross_iles @ShanzkiGray @michaelfdd & @DrTLane from our Insurance Work & Health Team! Full deets: tinyurl.com/4thefmfn
Also a big thank you to @Monash_SPHPM for hosting an excellent PhD program. It was a great environment as a student, and now a great place to work too!
Also a big thank you to @Monash_SPHPM for hosting an excellent PhD program. It was a great environment as a student, and now a great place to work too!
And a massive thank you to my incredible supervisors Prof @axcollie A/Prof @ross_iles and Prof @RachelleBuchbin . Looking forward to continuing our work in the future!
Very cool! A massive thank you to my awesome PhD supervisors, Prof @axcollie, Dr @ross_iles and Prof @RachelleBuchbin!
In their review, Di Donato et al. examine how and in what contexts income support systems impact the healthcare quality for people with work disability and low back pain and their functional capacity.bit.ly/3lA6qVb #PAINJournal #EditorsChoice
The risk of a claim for low back pain is higher than limb fracture. Check out my latest article with Prof @RachelleBuchbin, Dr @ross_iles, Dr Shannon Gray, and Prof @axcollie in the Journal or Occupational Rehabilitation: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Pleased to present results from my latest study exploring low back pain in compensated Australian workers at #APATransform. Thanks to my co-authors @axcollie @ross_iles Shannon Gray and @RachelleBuchbin linkedin.com/posts/activity…
I mean, there have been worse ideas in the history of healthcare, but this is close to taking the cake... 'Shoot Bambi': NIB boss pushes to abolish Medicare theage.com.au/business/compa… via @theage

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