Facts & figures
Our team
- 26 Academic staff
- 35 Research and professional staff
- 12 Research students
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Our people
The Matilda Centre's academic and professional team
Our talented team of researchers and professional staff undertake world-leading research in the areas of mental health and substance use disorders.
Our staff
- 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
- Associate Professor Nicola Newton, Director of prevention
- Associate Professor Tim Slade, Director of epidemiology and biostatistics
- Mr Paul Newman, Operations Manager
- 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 Matthew Sunderland, Program lead in measurement and methodology
- Dr Louise Thornton, Program lead in digital interventions and engagement
- Dr Louise Birrell
- Dr Marlee Bower
- Dr Jennifer Debenham
- Dr Emma Devine
- Dr Lauren Gardner
- Dr Erin Kelly
- Dr Steph Kershaw
- Dr Ashleigh Morse
- Dr Siobhan O'Dean
- Dr Nick Olsen
- Dr Natalie Peach
- Dr Katrina Prior
- Dr Kylie Routledge
- Dr Ewa Siedlecka
- Ms Jasmin Bartlett
- Ms Amanda Baumgart
- Mr Zachary Bryant
- 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
- Ms Anna Grager
- Ms Melissa Gray
- Ms Olivia Green
- Ms Lucinda Grummitt
- Ms Tara Guckel
- Ms Katherine Haasnoot
- Mr Logan Harvey
- Ms Ashling Isik
- Ms Madeleine Keaveny
- Ms Ivana Kihas
- Ms Samantha Lynch
- Ms Erin Madden
- Ms Karrah McCann
- Ms Bridie Osman
- Ms Julia Riches
- Ms Kate Ross
- Mr Jayden Sercombe
- Ms Anna Smout
- Ms Scarlett Smout
- Ms Rachel Visontay
- Ms Caitlin Ward
- Mr Jack Wilson
Our students
- Mr Peter Clay
- Ms Lyra Egan
- Ms Clara Fritchley
- Ms Lucinda Grummitt
- Mr Logan Harvey
- Dr Arvind Kendurkar
- Ms Ivana Kihas
- Ms Samantha Lynch
- Ms Bridie Osman
- Ms Scarlett Smout
- Ms Rachel Visontay
- Mr Jack Wilson
Our members
- 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
- 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
