Expert Profiles

Prof Jane Burns

Founder of the Young and Well CRC and Project Synergy, Professor of Innovation & Industry at the University of Sydney, MELBOURNE Working between Melbourne and Sydney, Professor Jane Burns is the founder, and former CEO of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, and founder of Project Synergy. A Graduate of the Australian Institute of…

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Prof Julio Licinio

Head, Mind & Brain Theme, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute & Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Flinders University, ADELAIDE Professor Julio Licinio is a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at Flinders University, Adelaide. He is also a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide and University of New…

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Prof Ian Hickie

Co-Lead Investigator, Australian Genetics of Depression Study & Co-Director for Health & Policy, Brain & Mind Centre,The University of Sydney, SYDNEY Professor Ian Hickie, AM is a psychiatrist and prominent mental health campaigner. A former NHMRC Australia Fellow, Prof Hickie heads up the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre as a Co-Director for Health…

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Prof Nick Martin

Head, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute & Lead Investigator, Australian Genetics of Depression study, BRISBANE Obtaining his Bachelor of Science Degree in Genetics from the University of Adelaide in 1972, followed by his Ph.D. where his thesis explored the classical twin study in human behaviour genetics from the University of Birmingham in…

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