Our people
Learn more about our team of passionate and pioneering people that strive to revolutionise the treatment of severe mental health issues.
Our research centre has merged
The Centre for Mental Health and Brain Sciences was established in 2023 – merging together the Centre for Mental Health, the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology and the Swinburne Neuroimaging Facility – to lead Swinburne's psychological and neurobiological mental health research.
Our staff
| Name |
Position | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Ben Bullock |
Senior Lecturer / Course Director Undergraduate Programs |
ATC937 |
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| Dr Simone Buzwell | Senior Lecturer in Psychology |
ATC930 | |
| Dr Sean Carruthers | Postdoctoral Reseach Fellow | ADMC907 | |
| Associate Professor Joseph Ciorciari | Associate Professor | ATC1035 | |
| Professor Brian Dean | bdean@swinburne.edu.au |
ATC914 | |
| Dr Robert Eres | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | GS204 | |
| Ms Fiona Foley |
Digital Mental Health Program Manager |
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| Ms Sally Grace |
Research Assistant |
sgrace@swin.edu.au |
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| Associate Professor Jordy Kaufman |
Associate Professor |
ATC933 |
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| Dr Michelle H Lim | Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology | EN204 | |
| Dr Stephanie Louise |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Clinical Psychologist (Registrar) |
AMDC907 | |
| Amy Malcolm | Postdoctoral Research Fellow | ||
| Professor Denny Meyer | Professor | ATC1037 | |
| Mr Sam Muir |
Evaluation Officer |
100B 400 Burwood Rd | |
| Professor Greg Murray |
Director, Centre for Mental Health |
ATC917 |
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| Associate Professor Maja Nedeljkovic | Associate Professor of Psychology | ATC1011 | |
| Dr Andrea Phillipou |
Senior Research Fellow |
AMDC907 |
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| Professor Susan Rossell | Professorial Research Fellow | ATC916 | |
| Dr Liz Seabrook |
Digital Mental Health Fellow |
eseabrook@swinburne.edu.au |
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| Dr Suku Sukunesan | Senior Lecturer | BA1013 | |
| Philip Sumner |
psumner@swinburne.edu.au |
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| Dr Eric Tan |
NHMRC Early Career Research Fellow |
AS334 | |
| Associate Professor Neil Thomas | Deputy Director, Centre for Mental Health | ATC921 | |
| Dr Wei Lin Toh |
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | AMDC907 |
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| Ms Caitlin Yolland |
Research Associate |
AMDC907 |
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Dr Chelsea Arnold |
Research Fellow |
100B 400 Burwood Road |
Our PhD students
| Name |
Thesis / project title |
|---|---|
| Joshua Gold |
The Psychophysiology of Flow States |
| Yan Yang | Targeting vulnerability of self-concept in bipolar disorder: An investigation of self-compassion and nonattachment to self as therapeutic mechanisms |
| Chelsee Garrett | Long-term learning from touchscreen technology |
| Molly Fitzpatrick | Hoarding Disorder: Current Treatment and Future Directions |
| Stephanie Louise |
An investigation of mindfulness as a therapeutic tool for the distress and disruption associated with hearing persistent voices. |
| Zalie Merrett |
The role genes play in language and affective function in psychosis |
| Sarah Brennan |
Traumatic Childhood Experiences and Auditory Voice Hallucinations (AVH) |
| Monique Scott |
Responses to negative voice content in persons with auditory verbal hallucinations |
| Siobahn Marie James |
Investigating touch screen technology as a medium for delivering interventions for children with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder |
| Brittany Huber |
Touch screen media use and cognition in young children |
| Jamie Byrne |
The Circadian Mechanisms of Mood |
| Bronte Macleod |
Processes of internalised stigma associated with perceptions of severe mental illness |
| Emma Morton |
The Construct and Measurement of Quality of Life in Bipolar disorder |
| Selma Music |
The trajectory of trauma: an integrative approach |
| Maree Reser |
Investigating factors that influence the efficacy of cognitive remediation therapy in a chronic schizophrenia sample |
| Kate FitzGerald |
Attachment and Reassurance Seeking in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder |
| Sean Carruthers |
The Muscarinic Cholinergic System and Cognition in Schizophrenia |
| Phillip Sumner |
An investigation of Neurogenetic Factors in Formal thought Disorder |
| Imogen Bell |
Advancing Psychological Interventions for Treatment of Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia |
| Annabel Avrahami |
Homework Compliance in Online Psychotherapy for OCD |
| Sally Grace |
A multi-sensory investigation of body dysmorphic disorder |
| Sarah Fraser |
Does insecure attachment mediate the relationship between Cyclothymic temperament and relationship satisfaction? |
| Jessica Guy |
Evaluation of the effectiveness of educational apps for children with and without an Autism Spectrum |
| Ariel Roxburgh |
The Interplay of Anxiety, Behavioural Inhibition, and Impulsivity on Addiction and its Underlying Neural Correlates |
| Celeste Tipple |
Exploring a Source Theta-based Neurofeedback Protocol in Mood, Dorsal Dentate Gyrus Functioning and Neurogenesis |
| Claire Peck |
Using Mobile Device Based tools to Enhance Self-Management in Psychosis |
| Chelsea Elizabeth Arnold |
Online peer modelling as an intervention for persisting auditory hallucinations |
| Dororthea Martin |
Altruism of Infants and Children |
| Benjamin Shields |
The effectiveness of neurofeedback as a treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) populations |
| Rachel Brand |
Trauma-focused interventions for auditory verbal hallucinations: feasibility, efficacy and mechanisms of change |
| Francesca Beilharz |
A Novel Eye tracking Intervention for Body Image Disorders: A Comparison of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Anorexia Nervosa |
| Caitlin Yolland |
N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) in schizophrenia resistant to Clozapine: A Double Blind Randomised Placebo Controlled Trial Targeting Negative Symptoms |
| Toni Pikoos |
Uncovering the Neural Correlates of Response Inhibition in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Body Dysmorphic Disorder using high-resolution magnetoencephalography |
| James Karantonis |
Mapping Cognition to Brain Structure in Psychosis |
| Eleanor Bailey |
Development of self-harm response guidelines for secondary schools: A Delphi study |
| Hailey Tremain |
Centre stage: An investigation of the role of stage of illness in psychosocial interventions for Bipolar Disorders |
| Ali Kodsi |
Sleep Problems in Young People: Assessing Impact on Mental Health, Behaviour and Educational Outcomes |
| Paola Araiza Alba |
Reasons why children diagnosed with ADHD can pay attention to video games and what type of videogames can help them to increase their attention levels |
| Jacqueline Tassone |
The neural basis of auditory verbal hallucinations in psychotic disorders |
| Alexandra Gaillard |
The neural basis of stop-signal inhibition in schizophrenia |
| Urszula Bobrowski |
Does Carrying FoxP2 risk gene (result in) predict poorer neuro cognition/language symptoms in patients with schizophrenia |
| Sampathawaduge Sandun Malpriya Silva |
Innovative Statistical Methods to Evaluate and Model Corporate Physical Activity Programs: The Global Corporate Challenge 100 Day Journey |
| Benjamin Slade |
Investigating neural processing and neuroplastic changes in mild cognitive impairment using music therapy: A magneto-encephalography study |
| Reneta Slikboer |
The relationship between trichotillomania phenomena and quality of life, client treatment experiences and assessment of a support program |
| Carla McEnery |
Comic Relief: Targeting Social Anxiety in First-Episode Psychosis |
| Neil Lucas |
Exploring the Predictors of Social Anxiety Disorder among HIV+ Gay Men |
| Julia Cheah | One size does not fit all: How to better meet the needs of young people in early psychosis |
| Amanda Daluwatta |
Understanding depression and barriers to treatment-seeking in Sri-Lankan Australians |
| Zhao Hui Koh | Towards adaptive, holistic and evidence-based digital mental health assessments for the general public |
Executive committee
| Name |
Position | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professor Greg Murray |
Director |
+61 3 9214 8300 |
ATC917 |
| Associate Professor Joseph Ciorciari |
Associate Professor |
+61 3 9214 8363 |
ATC1035 |
| Associate Professor Jordy Kaufman | Associate Professor | +61 3 9214 5757 |
ATC933 |
| Professor Susan Rossell |
Professorial Research Fellow |
+61 3 9214 8173 |
ATC916 |
| Associate Professor Neil Thomas | Deputy Director | +61 3 9214 8742 |
ATC921 |
| Professor Brian Dean |
+61 3 39214 509 |
ATC914 | |
| Professor Denny Meyer | Professor | +61 3 9214 4824 |
ATC1037 |
| Associate Professor Maja Nedeljkovic |
Associate Professor |
+61 3 9214 4428 |
ATC1011 |
| Dr Chelsea Arnold | Early Career Researcher Representative | carnold@swinburne.edu.au | |
| Amanda Daluwatta |
Higher Degree Research Student Representative |
adaluwatta@swinburne.edu.au |
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Contact the Centre for Mental Health and Brain Sciences
We work with academia, industry and government to form meaningful and impactful partnerships. For more information, please email cmhbs@swinburne.edu.au.