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Lauren Gardner

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Lauren Gardner

Dr. Lauren A. Gardner is a Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow within The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of Sydney.[1][2][3][4] She is currently also the Program Lead of School-Based Health Interventions at the University of Sydney.[1][2]

She has had significant impact on research into vaping, including leading the development of the OurFutures Vaping program, and its evaluation in the world's largest randomised controlled trial of a school-based digital intervention to prevent vaping (40 schools, >5,000 students).[1][5] Gardner's work on this trial, co-led with Professor Nicola Newton, has been found to reduce the likelihood of adolescent vaping by 65%, and has been applauded as one of the most successful school-based preventative strategies seen worldwide as of it's time.[5] Gardner also leads implementation research to drive large scale dissemination of the OurFutures health and wellbeing programs into schools both nationally and internationally.[1]

Gardner has authored 85 peer-reviewed publications (including 17 first-author and 28 senior-author papers).[6]

Career

Gardner holds a Bachelor of Psychology with first class Honours (2013) and PhD (2018) from University of Wollongong.[7][2][3][4] Her Bachelor dissertation explored “how implicit beliefs about the nature of athletic ability relate to competition anxiety in high level soccer players”.[7] Her PhD topic “explored how these beliefs, as well as key social figures, influence youth sports participants’ enjoyment, and in turn the decision to continue participating or drop out”.[7]

In 2018, Gardner began working in NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use at the University of New South Wales as a Research Program Officer on two digital-health projects for secondary school students.[7][8]

Later in 2018, she was promoted to Postdoctoral Research Fellow, by which time the centre had relocated to the University of Sydney and established itself under the new name of The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use.[7][4][9][10][8][11] In 2021 she moved to a Research Fellow role within the same centre, and in 2024 to Senior Research Fellow.[4]

She currently works as a Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Matilda Centre, University of Sydney.[2] She leads the School-Based Health Interventions program, overseeing more than $16 million in funded research.[9] Her work centres on the development, evaluation and implementation of digital school-based health interventions designed to improve adolescent health outcomes.[12][5]

Earlier in her career, Gardner managed Australia’s largest randomised controlled trial of a school-based prevention program (Health4Life), involving over 6,600 students from 71 schools.[7] The not-for-profit OurFutures Institute was established as a joint venture with the University of Sydney to support the large-scale implementation of evidence-based digital health interventions in schools.[13] Initiatives delivered through the institute have supported students from over 1,400 high schools across Australia.[13] Dr Lauren A. Gardner has been a leading researcher on the Matilda Centre’s digital prevention programs — including those now distributed under the OurFutures brand — and has contributed to large-scale trials and dissemination efforts in Australian schools.[12]

Gardner has authored 85 peer-reviewed publications (including 17 first-author and 28 senior-author papers) and written one book chapter.[6]

Her research interests include school-based prevention, vaping and e-cigarette interventions, digital and eHealth approaches, co-occurring lifestyle risk behaviours, health promotion through sport and physical activity, substance use prevention and education, and mental health promotion.[1]

Awards and Honours

2025

  • Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence: Research Excellence, The University of Sydney, 2025[14]

2023

  • Early Career Researcher Award, Australian Rotary Health and Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders Awards for Research Excellence, Nov 2023[1][15][16]
  • Mental Health Matters Youth Award, Highly Commended (OurFutures Mental Health Team), October 2023[1][17]
  • Faculty of Medicine and Health Makers and Shapers Award, Outstanding Research – Team (Health4Life). University of Sydney, September 2023 [1][16]
  • Professional Rapid Presentation Prize, The Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine Conference, February 2023 [1][17][16]

2022

  • SEMCAN Good Mentor award, The University of Sydney, December 2022 [1][16]
  • Best Presentation Award, The Faculty of Medicine and Health EMCR Showcase DHIN digital health session, December 2022 [1][16]
  • Makers & Shapers Award for Outstanding Research (Individual), The University of Sydney, September 2022 [1][17][16]
  • Rising Star Award, European Society for Prevention Research Awards 2022, September 2022 [1][17][16]
  • Award for Early Career Researcher Potential, 42nd Annual Society for Mental Health Research Conference, Hobart, March 2022 [1][17][16]
  • FMH Boost Publication and Travel Funding, The University of Sydney, 2022 [17][16]

2021

  • SEMCAN Viral Bytes People’s Choice Award, September 2021 [1][17][16]
  • The Mental Health Services (TheMHS) Mental Health Promotion/Mental Illness Prevention Service and Program Award 2021 (Team Award), October 2021. [1][17]
  • The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine & Health Q1 Makers and Shapers Award for Research Excellence - The Climate Schools Team, 2021 [1][17]
  • Early Career Research Award, 30th The Mental Health Services (TheMHS) Conference, Perth/Virtual, February 2021 [1][17][16]

2020

  • Early Career Research Award, 11th European Society for Prevention Research Conference, Portugal, October 2020 [1][17][16]
  • Research Excellence Emerging Leader Award, 2020 Matilda Centre Award [1][17][16]

Selected Publications

1.     GARDNER et al. (2025). The OurFutures Vaping intervention to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescent students in Australia: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Public Health, 10, E682.

2.    GARDNER et al. (2023). Prevalence, patterns of use, and socio-demographic features of e-cigarette use by Australian adolescents: a survey, Medical Journal of Australia, 219, 332-334.

3.     GARDNER et al. (2022). Lifestyle Risk Behaviours among Adolescents: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. BMJ Open, 12(6).

4.     GARDNER et al. (2024). Alcohol initiation before age 15 predicts earlier hazardous drinking: A survival analysis of a 7yr prospective longitudinal cohort of adolescents, Addiction, 119, 518-529.

5.    GARDNER et al. (2024). E-cigarette use and mental health during early adolescence: An Australian survey among over 5,000 young people. Aus & NZ Journal of Psychiatry, 58, 1103-1106.

6.     Smout, GARDNER et al. (2023). Dose–response assoGardnertions between modifiable lifestyle behaviours and anxiety, depression and psychological distress symptoms in early adolescence. ANZJPH, 47(1).

7.     GARDNER et al (2017). Enjoyment and behavioral intention predict organized youth sport participation and dropout. Journal of Physical Activity & Health, 14(11):861-865.

8.     Champion*, Newton*, GARDNER, et al (2022). Health4Life eHealth intervention to modify multiple lifestyle risk behaviours. Lancet Digital Health. 5(5); E276-E287. *Joint 1st authors

9.    GARDNER et al. (2020). Prevention of alcohol and other drug use and harm. Invited commissioned report, “Alcohol and Other Drugs in Queensland”, prepared for the QLD Mental Health Commission.

10.  GARDNER et al. (2024). A systematic review and meta-analysis of school-based preventive interventions targeting e-cigarette use among adolescents. Prevention Science, 25, 1104-1121.

Full Publication List

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References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 "People: Dr Lauren Gardner". University of Sydney. 2025-12-13. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Lauren Gardner". The Conversation. 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Lauren GARDNER | Research profile". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Lauren A. Gardner". Orcid. Retrieved 2025-11-19.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gardner, Lauren A.; Newton, Nicola C.; Rowe, Amy-Leigh; O’Dean, Siobhan; Teesson, Maree; Hides, Leanne; McBride, Nyanda; Sunderland, Matthew; Freeman, Becky; Egan, Lyra; Hawkins, Annabelle; Ellem, Rhiannon; Catakovic, Amra; Caradmone, Elise; Alcorn, Chloe (2025-08-01). "The OurFutures Vaping eHealth intervention to prevent e-cigarette use among adolescent students in Australia: a cluster randomised controlled trial". The Lancet Public Health. 10 (8): e682–e692. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00145-8. ISSN 2468-2667. PMID 40738553 Check |pmid= value (help).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Lauren A. Gardner". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Empowering young people to improve their health and wellbeing". University of Sydney. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2025-11-19. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Evidence Based Online Drug and Alcohol resource - Positive Choice". Positive Choices. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Matilda Centre: About Us". University of Sydney. 2025-11-19. Retrieved 2025-11-19. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ "News: Matilda Centre launches at the University of Sydney". The University of Sydney. 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2025-12-13. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ "CRE in Mental Health & Substance Use". UNSW. Archived from the original on |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help). Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Sydney-led school program reduces the odds of teen vaping by 65 percent, study finds". The University of Sydney. 2025-07-29. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Social venture improves risk taking and mental health in 1400 schools across Australia". The University of Sydney. 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  14. ↑ "Vice-Chancellor's Awards for Excellence". The University of Sydney. 2025-12-13. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  15. ↑ Developer, D. W. S. (2022-04-25). "Awards & Acknowledgements". Australian Rotary Health. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  16. ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 "Awards & Accolades". Our Futures Institute. Retrieved 2025-12-13.
  17. ↑ 17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 Wallis, Francesca (2024-02-15). "Our Awards". Our Futures Institute. Retrieved 2025-12-13.


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