Dr Holger Moeller

Senior Research Associate

PhD, MPH, MSc

Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

Holger is a Research Fellow in the School of Population Health at UNSW, Sydney and a conjoint in the injury division at the George Institute for Global Health. Holger is an epidemiologist with interest and expertise in injury epidemiology, the analysis of large population-based administrative datasets including linked data and quantitative health impact assessment. His main research areas are road transport safety, child injury, injury risk factors, and the cost-effectiveness of active transport. He works across a number of different research studies including the “DRIVE cohort study of 20 822 young drivers”, “Understanding burns in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: treatment, access to services and outcomes (Coolamon study)”, “Evaluating consumer product regulatory responses to improve child safety” and the “NSW active transport health model”.

Holger has worked in Public Health and Epidemiology at universities and in the health service in Germany, England and Australia and has experience in diverse fields such as the quantification of environmental and lifestyle related risk factors using the Global Burden of Disease study methodology, cancer epidemiology, palliative care and environmental and health indicators and injury epidemiology.

  • Journal articles | 2024
    Cullen P; Peden AE; Francis KL; Cini KI; Azzopardi P; Möller H; Peden M; Sawyer SM; Nathan S; Joshi R; Patton GC; Ivers RQ, 2024, 'Interpersonal Violence and Gender Inequality in Adolescents: A Systematic Analysis of Global Burden of Disease Data From 1990 to 2019', Journal of Adolescent Health, 74, pp. 232 - 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.044
    Journal articles | 2024
    Peden AE; Williamson S; Fozard F; Hanly M; Möller H, 2024, 'The effect of the ‘Swim Reaper’ program on water safety awareness, drowning mortality and morbidity among males aged 15–34 years in Aotearoa, New Zealand', Journal of Safety Research, 88, pp. 190 - 198, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2023.11.006
    Journal articles | 2023
    Catchpoole J; Niven C; Möller H; Harrison JE; Ivers R; Craig S; Vallmuur K, 2023, 'External causes of emergency department presentations: A missing piece to understanding unintentional childhood injury in Australia', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35, pp. 927 - 933, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14259
    Journal articles | 2023
    Cullen P; M'Ller H; Baffsky R; Martiniuk A; Senserrick T; Rogers K; Woodward M; Stevenson MR; McLean R; Sawyer S; Patton G; Ivers RQ, 2023, 'Self-harm in adolescence and risk of crash: A 13-year cohort study of novice drivers in New South Wales, Australia', Injury Prevention, 29, pp. 302 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2022-044807
    Journal articles | 2023
    Haigh F; Crimeen A; Green L; Moeller H; Conaty S; Prior J; Harris-Roxas B, 2023, 'Developing a climate change inequality health impact assessment for health services', Public Health Research and Practice, 33, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp3342336
    Journal articles | 2023
    Hossain S; Moeller H; Sharpe P; Campbell M; Kimlin R; Porykali B; Shannon B; Gray J; Afzali H; Harrison JE; Ivers RQ; Ryder C, 2023, 'Characterising the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patient journey after a serious road traffic injury and barriers to access to compensation: a protocol', Injury Prevention, 30, pp. 75 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-044997
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kerr JA; Gillespie AN; O'Connor M; Deane C; Borschmann R; Dashti SG; Spry EA; Heerde JA; Möller H; Ivers R; Boden JM; Scott JG; Bucks RS; Glauert R; Kinner SA; Olsson CA; Patton GC, 2023, 'Intervention targets for reducing mortality between mid-adolescence and mid-adulthood: A protocol for a machine-learning facilitated systematic umbrella review', BMJ Open, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068733
    Journal articles | 2023
    Möller H; Niven C; Catchpoole J; Ivers R; Harrison J; Vallmuur K, 2023, 'Bandaids are not the fix: Examining the patterns of injury-related emergency department presentations in Australian children', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 35, pp. 112 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1742-6723.14087
    Journal articles | 2023
    Niven C; Vuong KA; Nottage L; Harrison JE; Möller H; Catchpoole J; Ivers R; Vallmuur K, 2023, 'Navigating child product safety: Perspectives from experts on international challenges and priorities in regulation and research', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100103
    Journal articles | 2023
    Peden AE; Cullen P; Bhandari B; Testa L; Wang A; Ma T; Möller H; Peden M; Sawyer SM; Ivers R, 2023, 'A systematic review of the evidence for effectiveness of interventions to address transport and other unintentional injuries among adolescents', Journal of Safety Research, 85, pp. 321 - 338, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2023.03.005
    Journal articles | 2023
    Safdarian M; Trinka E; Rahimi-Movaghar V; Thomschewski A; Aali A; Abady GG; Abate SM; Abd-Allah F; Abedi A; Adane DE; Afzal S; Ahinkorah BO; Ahmad S; Ahmed H; Amanat N; Angappan D; Arabloo J; Aryannejad A; Athari SS; Atreya A; Azadnajafabad S; Azzam AY; Babamohamadi H; Banik PC; Bardhan M; Bashiri A; Berhie AY; Bhat AN; Brown J; Champs AP; Charalampous P; Chukwu IS; Coberly K; Dadras O; Yada DY; Dai X; Dandona L; Dandona R; Dessalegn FN; Desta AA; Dhingra S; Diao N; Diaz D; Dibas M; Dongarwar D; Dsouza HL; Ekholuenetale M; El Nahas N; Elhadi M; Eskandarieh S; Fagbamigbe AF; Fares J; Fatehizadeh A; Fereshtehnejad SM; Fischer F; Franklin RC; Garg T; Getachew M; Ghaffarpasand F; Gholamrezanezhad A; Gholizadeh Mesgarha M; Ghozy S; Golechha M; Goleij P; Graham SM; Gupta VK; Haagsma JA; Hamidi S; Harlianto NI; Harorani M; Hasanian M; Hassan A; Hassen MB; Hoveidaei AH; Iravanpour F; Irilouzadian R; Iwu CCD; Jacob L; Jaja CJ; Joseph N; Joshua CE; Jozwiak JJ; Kadashetti V; Kandel A; Kantar RS; Karaye IM; Karkhah S; Khader YS; Khan EA; Khan MJ; Khayat Kashani HR; Khonji MS; Khormali M; Kim G; Krishnamoorthy V; Kumaran SD; Malekpour MR; Meretoja TJ; Mesregah MK; Mestrovic T, 2023, 'Global, regional, and national burden of spinal cord injury, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019', The Lancet Neurology, 22, pp. 1026 - 1047, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00287-9
    Journal articles | 2023
    Senserrick T; Möller H; Boufous S; Stevenson M; Williamson A; Patton G; McLean R; Chen HY; Cullen P; Woodward M; Ivers R, 2023, 'Learning With a Supervisor Who has Traffic Offences and Young Driver Crashes: The DRIVE Study 13-Year Follow-Up', Journal of Adolescent Health, 73, pp. 859 - 865, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.06.018
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wanjau MN; Dalugoda Y; Oberai M; Möller H; Standen C; Haigh F; Milat A; Lucas P; Veerman JL; Moeller H, 2023, 'Does active transport displace other physical activity? A systematic review of the evidence', Journal of Transport and Health, 31, pp. 101631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2023.101631
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wanjau MN; Möller H; Haigh F; Milat A; Hayek R; Lucas P; Veerman JL, 2023, 'Physical Activity and Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Australia: A Lifetable Analysis', AJPM Focus, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2022.100030
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wanjau MN; Möller H; Haigh F; Milat A; Hayek R; Lucas P; Veerman JL, 2023, 'Physical Activity and Depression and Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Assessment of Causality', AJPM Focus, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2023.100074
    Journal articles | 2023
    Wanjau MN; Möller H; Haigh F; Milat A; Hayek R; Lucas P; Veerman JL, 2023, 'The Potential Impact of Physical Activity on the Burden of Osteoarthritis and Low Back Pain in Australia: A Systematic Review of Reviews and Life Table Analysis', Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 20, pp. 690 - 701, http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2022-0541
    Journal articles | 2022
    Boufous S; Moller H; Patton G; Woodward M; Stevenson MR; Senserrick T; McLean R; Cullen P; Wang A; Rogers K; Chen HY; Ivers RQ; Moeller H, 2022, 'Acculturation and risk of traffic crashes in young Asian-born Australian drivers', Injury Prevention, 29, pp. 74 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2022-044718
    Journal articles | 2022
    Mulligan CS; Adams S; Moeller H; Whyte T; Soundappan SSV; Brown J, 2022, 'Comparative analysis of off-road vehicle crashes in children: motorcycles versus quad bikes', Injury Prevention, 28, pp. 526 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ip-2022-044573
    Journal articles | 2022
    Möller H; Cullen P; Senserrick T; Rogers K; Boufous S; Ivers RQ; Moeller H, 2022, 'Driving offences and risk of subsequent crash in novice drivers: the DRIVE cohort study 12-year follow-up', Injury Prevention, 28, pp. 396 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044482
    Journal articles | 2022
    Peden AE; Cullen P; Francis KL; Moeller H; Peden MM; Ye P; Tian M; Zou Z; Sawyer SM; Aali A; Abbasi-Kangevari Z; Abbasi-Kangevari M; Abdelmasseh M; Abdoun M; Abd-Rabu R; Abdulah DM; Abdurehman AM; Abebe G; Abebe AM; Abedi A; Abidi H; Aboagye RG; Ali HA; Gharbieh EA; Adane DE; Adane TD; Addo IY; Adewole OG; Adhikari S; Adnan M; Adnani QES; Afolabi AAB; Afzal S; Afzal MS; Aghdam ZB; Ahinkorah BO; Ahmad AR; Ahmad T; Ahmad S; Ahmadi A; Ahmed H; Ahmed MB; Ahmed A; Ahmed A; Ahmed JQ; Rashid TA; Aithala JP; Aji B; Akhlaghdoust M; Alahdab F; Alanezi FM; Alemayehu A; Hamad HA; Ali SS; Ali L; Alimohamadi Y; Alipour V; Aljunid SM; Almidani L; Almustanyir S; Altirkawi KA; Alvis-Zakzuk NJ; Ameyaw EK; Amin TT; Amir-Behghadami M; Amiri S; Amiri H; Anagaw TF; Andrei T; Andrei CL; Anvari D; Anwar SL; Anyasodor AE; Arabloo J; Arab-Zozani M; Arja A; Arulappan J; Arumugam A; Aryannejad A; Asgary S; Ashraf T; Athari SS; Atreya A; Attia S; Aujayeb A; Awedew AF; Azadnajafabad S; Azangou-Khyavy M; Azari S; Jafari AA; Azizi H; Azzam AY; Badiye AD; Baghcheghi N; Bagherieh S; Baig AA; Bakkannavar SM; Balta AB; Banach M; Banik PC, 2022, 'Adolescent transport and unintentional injuries: a systematic analysis using the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019', The Lancet Public Health, 7, pp. e657 - e669, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00134-7
    Journal articles | 2021
    Achat HM; Hartcher NM; Lamb K; Stubbs J; Möeller H, 2021, 'Why would a woman screen? Facilitators and barriers for women least likely to participate in cervical screening in Australia.', Public Health Res Pract, 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.17061/phrp3132113
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cullen P; Möller H; Woodward M; Senserrick T; Boufous S; Rogers K; Brown J; Ivers R; Moeller H, 2021, 'Are there sex differences in crash and crash-related injury between men and women? A 13-year cohort study of young drivers in Australia', SSM - Population Health, 14, pp. 100816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100816
    Journal articles | 2021
    Möller H; Assareh H; Stubbs JM; Jalaludin B; Achat HM, 2021, 'Inequalities in end-of-life palliative care by country of birth in New South Wales, Australia: A cohort study', Australian Health Review, 45, pp. 117 - 123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH19269
    Journal articles | 2021
    Möller H; Ivers R; Cullen P; Rogers K; Boufous S; Patton G; Senserrick T, 2021, 'Risky youth to risky adults: Sustained increased risk of crash in the DRIVE study 13 years on', Preventive Medicine, 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106786
    Journal articles | 2021
    Mőller H; Rogers K; Cullen P; Senserrick T; Boufous S; Ivers R, 2021, 'Socioeconomic status during youth and risk of car crash during adulthood. Findings from the DRIVE cohort study', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 75, pp. 755 - 763, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2020-214083
    Journal articles | 2021
    Senserrick T; Moller H; Rogers K; Cullen P; Ivers R, 2021, 'Youth Resilience Education and 13-Year Motor Vehicle Crash Risk', Pediatrics, 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2021-053414
    Journal articles | 2020
    Möller H; Haigh F; Hayek R; Veerman L; Moeller H, 2020, 'What is the best practice method for quantifying the health and economic benefits of active transport?', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176186
    Journal articles | 2020
    Möller H; Senserrick T; Rogers K; Sakashita C; de Rome L; Boufous S; Davey C; Cullen P; Ivers R, 2020, 'Crash risk factors for novice motorcycle riders', Journal of Safety Research, 73, pp. 93 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2020.02.003
    Journal articles | 2019
    Möller H; Ivers R; Clapham K; Jorm L; Moeller H, 2019, 'Are we closing the Aboriginal child injury gap? A cohort study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 15 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12866
    Journal articles | 2019
    Sharwood LN; Möller H; Young JT; Vaikuntam B; Ivers RQ; Driscoll T; Middleton JW; Moeller H, 2019, 'The nature and cost of readmissions after work-related traumatic spinal injuries in New South Wales, Australia', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, pp. 1509, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16091509
    Journal articles | 2018
    Möller H; Falster K; Ivers R; Clapham K; Harvey L; Jorm L; Moeller H, 2018, 'High rates of hospitalised burn injury in Indigenous children living in remote areas: a population data linkage study', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42, pp. 108 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12729
    Journal articles | 2018
    Sharwood LN; Mueller H; Ivers RQ; Vaikuntam B; Driscoll T; Middleton JW; Moeller H, 2018, 'The epidemiology, cost, and occupational context of spinal injuries sustained while ‘working for income’ in NSW: A record-linkage study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, pp. 2121, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102121
    Journal articles | 2018
    Thurber K; Burgess L; Falster K; Banks E; Möller H; Ivers R; Cowell C; Isaac V; Kalucy D; Fernando P, 2018, 'Relation of child, caregiver, and environmental characteristics to childhood injury in an urban Aboriginal cohort in New South Wales, Australia', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12747
    Journal articles | 2017
    Möller H; Falster K; Ivers R; Falster MO; Clapham K; Jorm L, 2017, 'Closing the Aboriginal child injury gap: targets for injury prevention', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 41, pp. 8 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12591
    Journal articles | 2017
    Möller H; Harvey L; Falster K; Ivers R; Clapham KF; Jorm L, 2017, 'Indigenous and non-indigenous Australian children hospitalised for burn injuries: A population data linkage study', Medical Journal of Australia, 206, pp. 392 - 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja16.00213
    Journal articles | 2016
    Möller H; Falster K; Ivers R; Falster M; Randall D; Clapham K; Jorm L, 2016, 'Inequalities in hospitalized unintentional injury between aboriginal and non-aboriginal children in New South Wales, Australia', American Journal of Public Health, 106, pp. 899 - 905, http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.303022
    Journal articles | 2015
    Möller H; Falster K; Ivers R; Jorm L, 2015, 'Inequalities in unintentional injuries between indigenous and non-indigenous children: A systematic review', Injury Prevention, 21, pp. e144 - e152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041133
    Journal articles | 2013
    Möller H; Haigh F; Chris H; Kinsella T; Pope D, 2013, 'Rising unemployment and increasing spatial health inequalities in England: further extension of the North–South divide', Journal of Public Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fds085
    Journal articles | 2012
    Möller H; Dherani M; Harwood C; Kinsella T; Pope D, 2012, 'Health planning for the future: Comparative risk assessment of five major lifestyle risk factors: Evidence from the Wirral, UK', Journal of Public Health (United Kingdom), 34, pp. 430 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fds005
    Journal articles | 2011
    Moller H; Flatt G; Moran A, 2011, 'High cancer mortality rates in the elderly in the UK', Cancer Epidemiology, 35, pp. 407 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2011.05.015
  • Reports | 2019
    Moeller H; Haigh F; Sharma A; Veerman L, 2019, Proposal for a preferred method to cost the health benefits of active transport in New South Wales, NSW Health, Sydney
    Reports | 2017
    Moeller H; Hanly M; Jorm L; Falster KA, 2017, Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for injury in children who participated in the Brighter Futures program: a population-based data linkage study

Phase three of the Economic Active Transport Project: Deliver the New South Wales Active Transport Health Model (Ministry of Health NSW, 2022)

Phase two of the Economic Active Transport Project: Deliver a best practice method to cost the health benefits of active transport in NSW. (Ministry of Health NSW, 2020)

Intersectoral Collaboration for Health (The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre)

Phase one of the Economic Active Transport Project: Identify a best practice method to cost the health benefits of active transport in New South Wales. (Ministry of Health NSW, 2019)

Barriers to cervical cancer screening among women in Mount Druitt, Blacktown in Western Sydney Local Health District. (Cancer Institute NSW, 2017)

Investigating the impact of the Brighter Futures program on unintentional injuries in vulnerable children. (NSW Health, 2016,)

Cancer Intelligence for Strategic Commissioning. (Lancashire and South Cumbria Cancer Network)

My Research Supervision

I currently supervise:

  • One PhD students (co-supervisor)

I have previously supervised to completion:

  • One Masters of Health Data Science student (primary supervisor)
  • One Medical Honours student (co-supervisor)