Facts & figures
Our team
- 30 Academic staff
- 38 Research and professional staff
- 15 Research students
People_
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
- 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
- Associate Professor 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 in complex populations
- Associate Professor Louise Mewton, Program lead in lifespan and brain health research
- 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
- Mr Jack Andrews
- Dr Louise Birrell
- Dr Marlee Bower
- Dr Emma Devine
- Dr Lauren Gardner
- Ms Lucinda Grummitt
- Dr Jillian Halladay
- Dr Amelia Henry
- Dr Erin Kelly
- Dr Steph Kershaw
- Dr Siobhan O'Dean
- Dr Natalie Peach
- Dr Katrina Prior
- Dr Amy-Leigh Rowe
- Dr Kriscia Tapia
- Dr Jack Wilson
- Jasmin Bartlett
- Julia Boyle
- Zachary Bryant
- Anamaria Buncuga
- Jo Cassar
- Chloe Conroy
- Amarina Donohoe-Bales
- Felicity Duong
- Lyra Egan
- Ainsley Furneax-Bate
- Roberto Garruccio
- Anna Grager
- Melissa Gray
- Tara Guckel
- Logan Harvey
- Annabelle Hawkins
- Emily Hunter
- Tariq Isaacs
- Madeleine Keaveny
- Ivana Kihas
- Coleen Leung
- Samantha Lynch
- Erin Madden
- Karrah McCann
- An Nguyen
- Bridie Osman
- Risha Premarajah
- Julia Riches
- Kate Ross
- Kirsty Rowlinson
- Amelia Russell
- John Ryan
- Jayden Sercombe
- Scarlett Smout
- Joshua Vescovi
- Rachel Visontay
- Caitlin Ward
- Matthew Watt
Our students
- Julia Boyle
- Zachary Bryant
- Lyra Egan
- Clara Fritchley
- Tara Guckel
- Logan Harvey
- Dr Arvind Kendurkar
- Ivana Kihas
- Erin Madden
- Bridie Osman
- Leslie Peters
- Jayden Sercombe
- Scarlett Smout
- Joel Tibbitts
- Rachel Visontay
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
- 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
