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Mr Rhys Mantell

Mr Rhys Mantell

Research Assistant

Master of Public Health (MPH) - UNSW (2020)

Bachelor of Economics - University of Queensland (2016)

Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

Rhys is a PhD Candidate and Research Assistant within the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW. His PhD research involves designing, developing and testing novel digital health tools for older people in prison. He also works on the ReINVEST trial, a randomised control trial aiming to reduce impulsivity in repeat violent offenders.

Rhys has also gained extensive experience designing and evaluating large scale public health and social programs through his work at Australian Health Care Associates (AHA) and Deloitte Consulting.

Through all of his work, Rhys strives to design and deliver culturally safe and technically feasible health programs that create positive change and improve population-level outcomes. Given his background in management consulting and economics, he is also extremely conscious of the need for effective translation of health research and policy into tangible and cost-effective solutions.
E-mail
r.mantell@unsw.edu.au
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Mantell R; Hwang YIJ; Radford K; Perkovic S; Cullen P; Withall A; Hwang J, 2023, 'Accelerated aging in people experiencing homelessness: A rapid review of frailty prevalence and determinants', Frontiers in Public Health, 11, pp. 1086215, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1086215
    Journal articles | 2023
    Mantell R; Withall A; Radford K; Kasumovic M; Monds L; Hwang YIJ, 2023, 'Design Preferences for a Serious Game-Based Cognitive Assessment of Older Adults in Prison: Thematic Analysis', JMIR Serious Games, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/45467
    Journal articles | 2023
    Monds LA; Crowe A; Bravo M; Ridley N; Newcombe D; Mantell R; Lintzeris N; Withall A, 2023, 'The Feasibility of Goal Management Training to Address Cognitive Impairment in an Outpatient Alcohol Treatment Population: Findings from a Novel Case Series', International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11469-023-01052-8
  • Preprints | 2023
    Mantell R; Withall A; Radford K; Kasumovic M; Monds L; Hwang YIJ, 2023, Design Preferences for a Serious Game–Based Cognitive Assessment of Older Adults in Prison: Thematic Analysis (Preprint), http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.45467
    Preprints | 2023
    Monds LA; Crowe A; aguilera MB; Ridley N; Newcombe D; Mantell R; lintzeris N; Withall A, 2023, The Feasibility of Goal Management Training to address cognitive impairment in an outpatient alcohol treatment population: findings from a novel case series, http://dx.doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hka74

NHMRC PhD Scholarship (2021-2025)

 

Commissioned Research

Australian Association of Gerontology (2021-2022) - $30,000. Prison Leavers Project: care and support needs after leaving prison in old age - Preparation of a Background Paper, Position Paper for Government and "Things To Consider" for aged care providers. 

Current Projects

  • PhD: A serious game approach to understand and detect cognitive impairment issues in marginalised populations. Part of the NHMRC Ideas grant (2021-2023) ASCAPE: Audio delivered screening for cognition and age-related health in older prisoners.

  • ReINVEST: Reducing impulsive behaviour in male, repeat-violent offenders

My Teaching

Past

Teaching assistant for PHCM9761-PH Aspects of Mental Health (T2) - 2021 and 2022