Ana Orozco
Research Assistant
Working groups
Background
Ana is a Research Assistant within the Disease Elimination Program. Her key responsibilities include:
- Focusing on the health and wellbeing of young people, particularly in terms of sexual health. She coordinates the annual survey Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll.
- Working with and for multicultural communities.
- Advocating for menstrual health needs in Australia.
Ana completed her Honours degree in 2021. For this, she explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people's anxiety and depression symptoms using longitudinal data from the Coping with COVID study.
Ana has experience with qualitative and quantitative methods. She applies statistical analysis and data preparation as part of her quantitative research. Ana also implements participatory approaches, such as co-design methods, in her work.
Her main projects have been co-designing 2 pilot programs:
- The Gist, focused on sex and relationships education
- VOICE, focused on improving engagement with multicultural communities.
Qualifications
- 2021: Bachelor of Health Sciences (Honours), Monash University, Australia.
- 2020: Bachelor of Science. Major in Pure Mathematics.
- 2020: Bachelor of Arts. Extended major in Psychology, Monash University, Australia.
Positions
- 2022–current: Research Assistant, Burnet Institute
- 2022–current: Teaching Associate, Monash University
Burnet publications
Coping with COVID-19: a prospective cohort study on young Australians' anxiety and depression symptoms from 2020–2021
Archives of Public Health
Ana Lucia Orozco et al
Obesity prevention lessons from Latin America
Preventive Medicine
Ana Sofía Charvel Orozco
Derecho y salud pública : el caso del sobrepeso y la obesidad en México
Ana Sofía Charvel Orozco
Current projects
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Young people’s health in Australia: statistics from the Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll survey
Every year, we survey young people about their sexual health, drug use, mental health and wellbeing. That data informs public health policies and programs.
The Gist: a pornography education program to improve sexual health and wellbeing in young people
The Gist helps young people navigate sex and relationships. It includes a website, educational videos and in-person education sessions in schools and youth services in Victoria.
Understanding the needs of multicultural communities (VOICE partnership)
Working with communities and service providers to meet public health needs.
Past projects
Co-designing digital technologies to reduce young people’s exposure to online pornography
We're working with young people and their caregivers to review digital technologies that reduce access to online pornography.
Coping with COVID-19: Young people’s health and wellbeing in Australia
The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented disruption. We’re engaging with young people to design public health solutions that help this group and others in uncertain times.