Researcher directory

Dr Karl Andriessen is a well-known researcher in the field of suicide bereavement and prevention, and worked in Belgium, Australia, and internationally. He is particularly interested in integrating findings from research and practice, as both perspectives are ...

Dr Gregory Armstrong is an emerging expert in mental health and suicide research in low and middle income countries and among culturally diverse communities in Australia. He holds an Early Career Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council...

Phil Batterham is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Centre for Mental Health Research, The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. He is also a Visiting Fellow at UNSW and the Black Dog Institute. Phil is a research leader in develop...

Dr Michelle Blanchard is a Special Adviser at the National Mental Health Commission, leading the development of the National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy. Prior to joining the Commission, Michelle was Deputy CEO at SANE Australia and the foundi...

Sadhbh Byrne is a research assistant on the Suicide Prevention Research Unit at Orygen. She has recently moved to Australia from Ireland, where she completed her PhD research (currently under assessment, with final viva voce examination in March 2019) at the U...

Alison Calear is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Mental Health Research working in the areas of youth mental health, e-health and the prevention and early intervention of anxiety, depression and suicide. Alison heads the Prevention, Promotion and Educ...

Elise Carrotte is a Research Officer at SANE Australia, a national charity working to promote the wellbeing of people affected by complex mental illness. Elise is involved with SANE’s Anne Deveson Research Centre which partners with people with mental illness ...

Conjoint Professor GREGORY CARTER M.B.B.S. FRANZCP. Certificate of Training in Child Psychiatry. PhD. Professor Carter is currently the Senior Staff Specialist and Acting Director of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital, Waratah; a...

Dr Amanda Clacy is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience - Thompson Institute (SCMN-TI) in Queensland. Amanda’s research combines her research expertise in psychology, complex systems analysis, and neuroscience in the expl...

Appointment as Adjunct Professor, Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University. Undertakes research in Psychiatry, Suicide, Addiction Medicine, Disaster Medicine and Neuro-imaging and Mental Disord...