Professor Maree Teesson, Centre Director
Associate Professor Cath Chapman, Director of research development and strategy
Honorary Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin, Director of technology, innovation and translation
Professor Katherine Mills, Director of early intervention and treatment
Professor Nicola Newton, Director of prevention
Professor Tim Slade, Director of epidemiology and biostatistics
Mr Paul Newman, Operations Manager

Senior leadership team

Dr Emma Barrett, Program lead in trauma and crime research
Dr Katrina Champion, Program lead in healthy lifestyles research
Dr Christina Marel, Program lead in treatment and translation among complex populations
Associate Professor Lexine Stapinski, Program lead in intervention and implementation
Dr Emily Stockings, Program lead in smoking, vaping and mental health
Associate Professor Matthew Sunderland, Program lead in measurement and methodology
Dr Louise Thornton, Program lead in digital interventions and engagement

Academic leadership team

Research and professional staff

Ms Jasmin Bartlett
Ms Amanda Baumgart
Ms Julia Boyle
Mr Zachary Bryant
Ms Anamaria Buncuga
Ms Jo Cassar
Ms Chloe Conroy
Ms Katie Dean
Ms Hannah Deen
Ms Miriam Delailomaloma
Ms Amarina Donohoe-Bales
Ms Felicity Duong
Ms Lyra Egan
Ms Ainsley Furneax-Bate
Mr Roberto Garruccio
Ms Anna Grager
Ms Melissa Gray
Ms Lucinda Grummitt
Ms Tara Guckel
Mr Logan Harvey
Ms Emily Hunter
Mr Tariq Isaacs
Ms Ashling Isik
Ms Madeleine Keaveny
Ms Ivana Kihas
Ms Coleen Leung
Ms Samantha Lynch
Ms Erin Madden
Ms Karrah McCann
Ms Bridie Osman
Ms Julia Riches
Ms Kate Ross
Ms Kirsty Rowlinson
Mr Jayden Sercombe
Ms Anna Smout
Ms Scarlett Smout
Ms Rachel Visontay
Ms Caitlin Ward
Mr Matthew Watt
Mr Jack Wilson

Our students

Higher degree research students

Mr Zachary Bryant
Ms Lyra Egan
Ms Clara Fritchley
Ms Lucinda Grummitt
Ms Tara Guckel
Mr Logan Harvey
Dr Arvind Kendurkar
Ms Ivana Kihas
Ms Samantha Lynch
Ms Erin Madden
Ms Bridie Osman
Mr Leslie Peters
Mr Jayden Sercombe
Ms Scarlett Smout
Ms Rachel Visontay
Mr Jack Wilson

Our members

University of Sydney

Professor Andrew Baillie, Allied Health Sydney Local Health District
Associate Professor Garner Clancey, Sydney Law School
Associate Professor Adam Dunn, Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health, School of Medical Sciences
Professor Luigi Fontana, Healthy Longevity Research and Clinical Program, Charles Perkins Centre
Associate Professor Sally Gainsbury, Gambling Treatment & Research Centre
Professor Paul Haber, Central Clinical School
Professor Anthony Harris, Westmead Clinical School
Professor Ian Hickie, Brain and Mind Centre
Professor Caroline Hunt, School of Psychology
Dr Cynthia Kroeger, Charles Perkins Centre
Honorary Associate Professor Peter Malouf, Sydney Medical School
Associate Professor Kirsten Morley, Central Clinical School
Professor Joel Negin, Sydney School of Public Health
Professor Peter Phibbs, Henry Halloran Trust
Boe Rambaldini, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
Professor Julie Redfern, Westmead Applied Research Centre
Dr John Skinner, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
Professor Thomas Snelling, Sydney School of Public Health
Professor Tim Soutphommasane, Culture Strategy
Professor Heiko Spallek, Sydney Dental School

External Members

Professor Steve Allsop, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
Professor Phil Batterham, Centre for Mental Health Research, the Australian National University
Assistant Professor Natalie Castellanos Ryan, School of Psychoeducation at University of Montreal, Researcher at the Research Centre of Sainte Justine Hospital and the Research Unit of Children’s Psychosocial Maladjustment
Dr Mary Lou Chatterton, Deakin Health Economics, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University
Professor Helen Christensen AO, Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney
Professor Carla Kmett Danielson, National Crime Victims Research & Treatment Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Michelle Everett-Morgan, The Mental Health Services (TheMHS)
Dr Alana Fisher, eCentre Clinic, Macquarie University
Dr Miriam Forbes, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University
Professor Kevin Gournay, Emeritus Professor Kings College London
Paula Hanlon, Ryde Consumer Services
Professor Leanne Hides, National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, University of Queensland
Sara Hole, Parent and Community Member
Professor Jennie Hudson, Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney
Dr Sally Hunt, Faculty of Science, University of Newcastle
Dr Suzie Lavoie, Orygen, University of Melbourne
Professor Nicole Lee, 360Edge
Associate Professor Ashleigh Lin, Telethon Kids Institute
Associate Professor Carmel Loughland, Everymind
Associate Professor Nyanda McBride, EnAble Institute, Curtin University
Selina McGrath, Parent and Community Member
Dr Louise Mewton, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, UNSW Sydney
Vivienne Miller, The Mental Health Services (TheMHS)
Dr Belinda Parmenter, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
Dr Yael Perry, Telethon Kids Institute
Professor Alan Rosen AO, Sydney Medical School and The Mental Health Services (TheMHS)
Dr Joanne Ross, Centre for Alcohol and Other Drugs
Associate Professor Lindsay Squeglia, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina
Robert Stirling, Network of Alcohol and Other Drugs Agencies
Professor Paul Wallace, Health Innovation Network
Dr Aliza Werner-Seidler, Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney
Professor Murat Yucel, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University

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Our research

Our research aims to increase the knowledge base around the effective prevention, early intervention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders.