Launch of the Australian Consortium for Women’s Mental Health
The Australian Consortium for Women’s Mental Health is founded by Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc).
The Consortium aims to address the lack of awareness, support, treatments, services and translational research which currently surround women’s mental health by developing a national agenda focused specifically on this area of healthcare. It will establish integrated physical and mental health strategies and approaches to care as a national focus, putting women’s mental health on the map and ultimately optimising robust outcomes.
The Australian Consortium for Women’s Mental Health is the collaboration of a number of expert individuals and organisations who are leading the way in advocating for women’s mental health in Australia. This multidisciplinary team has expertise in women’s mental health research, evaluation and clinical practice, primary care and policy.
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The Australian Consortium for Women's Mental Health Foundation Members:
Prof Jayashri Kulkarni- Chair and Director of MAPrc, Melbourne, VIC
Ms Emmy Gavrilidis- Women’s Mental Health Team Coordinator; MAPrc, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Roisin Worsley- Endocrinologist, MAPrc; Women’s Mental Health Team, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Jasmin Grigg- Post Doctoral Researcher, MAPrc; Women’s Mental Health Team, Melbourne, VIC
Ms Heather Gilbert- Senior Clinical Research Nurse, MAPrc; Women’s Mental Health Team, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Deborah Bateman – Director of Family Planning, NSW
Prof Jane Fisher & Janet Michelmore – Jean Hailes for Women’s Health, VIC
Ms Rosemary Calder – Director, Australian Health Policy Collaboration, Melbourne, VIC
Dame Quentin Bryce – University of Queensland, QLD
Prof Anne Sved – Williams, President, Australian Marce Society, Adelaide, SA
Dr Sally Cockburn – Media and Primary Health, Melbourne, VIC
Ms Susan Armstrong – Consumer Advocate, Women Only Wards, Melbourne, VIC
Dr Felice Watt – Director of Psychiatry, Womens Health Clinical Care Unit, Women and Newborn Health Service, WA
Kathy Blitz-Cokis – Manager, Womens Health Clinical Care Unit, WA
Jenny O’Callaghan – Director, Womens Health Clinical Care Unit, WA
Leanda Verrier – State Co-ordinator, Womens Health Clinical Care Unit, WA
