In 2019, PREMISE supported and awarded

9 First round projects
3 Major collaborative initiatives
9 Grants
4 Scholarships

PREMISE

NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence

The Matilda Centre hosts the PREMISE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Prevention and Early Intervention in Mental Illness and Substance Use.

Directed by Professor Maree Teesson AC with strategic support from Program Director Associate Professor Cath Chapman, the Prevention and Early Intervention in Mental Illness and Substance Use Centre of Research Excellence (PREMISE) was funded in 2018 by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.

Our Youth Advisory Board provides input into the governance and research priorities of PREMISE and contribute to specific youth-focused research projects.

Our mission

The objective of the PREMISE Centre of Research Excellence is to provide a world first synergy of the leading prevention and early intervention research and translation programs in mental health and addiction across five Australian universities:

the University of Sydney
the University of New South Wales
the University of Melbourne
the University of Newcastle, and
Deakin University.

Our vision is that world-class, innovative, evidence-based prevention and early intervention for substance use and mental disorders is available to all young Australians.

Our people

Chief Investigators

Professor Maree Teesson (Director), the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney
Professor Patrick McGorry, Orygen National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, the University of Melbourne
Professor Helen Christensen, Black Dog Institute, the University of New South Wales Sydney
Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin (Program Lead, Translation), Centre for Brain and Mental Health Priority Research Centre, University of Newcastle
Associate Professor Nicola Newton (Program Lead, Prevention), the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney
Professor Katherine Mills (Program Lead, Early Intervention), the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney
Associate Professor Cathy Mihalopoulos (Program Lead, Health Economics), Deakin Health Economics, Population Health Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University
Associate Professor Tim Slade (Program Lead, Epidemiology), the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney
Associate Professor Cath Chapman (Program Director), the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney
Professor Andrew Baillie, the University of Sydney

Associate Investigators

Dr Alison Calear, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
Professor Patricia Conrod, CHU Sainte-Justine Mother and Child Hospital Centre, University of Montreal
Professor Pim Cuijpers, VU University, Amsterdam
Professor Ian Hickie, Brain and Mind Centre, the University of Sydney
Professor Eoin Killackey, Orygen National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, the University of Melbourne
Dr Mark Larsen, Centre of Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention, Black Dog Institute, the University of New South Wales Sydney
Leonie Manns, Consumer Advocate
Dr Lexine Stapinski, the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney
Dr Matthew Sunderland, the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney
Dr Louise Thornton, the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney

PREMISE Researchers

Associate members

Associate Professor Philip Batterham, Centre for Mental Health Research, Research School of Population Health, Australian National University
Dr Mary Lou Chatterton, Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University
Dr Miri Forbes, Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
Professor Paul Haber, Drug Health Services, Sydney Local Health, District Discipline of Addiction Medicine, Central Clinical School, the University of Sydney
Professor Jennie Hudson, Centre for Emotional Health, Department of Psychology, Macquarie University
Dr Sally Hunt, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle
Dr Suzie Lavoie, Orygen National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, the University of Melbourne
Dr Ashleigh Lin, Telethon Kids Institute, Western Australia
Dr Louise Mewton, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, the University of New South Wales Sydney
Associate Professor Kirsten Morley, Central Clinical School, the University of Sydney
Dr Brian O'Donoghue, Orygen National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, the University of Melbourne
Dr Yael Perry, Telethon Kids Institute, Western Australia
Dr Jaelea Skehan, Everymind, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Dr Aliza Werner-Seidler, Black Dog Institute, the University of New South Wales Sydney
Matilda Centre staff