Michael Tarren-Sweeney Lecturer, Discipline of Psychiatry University of Newcastle Office Address: Centre for Mental Health Studies James Fletcher Hospital Newcastle NSW 2300 Ph: (02) 49246633   Fax: (02) 49246608 Michael.TarrenSweeney@newcastle.edu.au
Research Interests - Mental health of children in foster care and kinship care - Clinical assessment of maltreated children - Intercountry adoption - Public health interventions with high risk children - Psychiatric epidemiology - Development of psychiatry short courses for continuing education

Margarett Terry Team Manager Hunter New England Mental Health Office Address: Kirkwood House James Fletcher Hospital Newcastle NSW 2300 Ph: (02) 49246654   Fax: (02) 49246657 margarett.terry@hnehealth.nsw.gov.au
Research Interests - Dual Diagnosis - Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - Service Evaluation

Dr Juanita Todd Lecturer University of Newcastle Office Address: Discipline of Psychology School of Behavioural Sciences University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Ph: (02) 49215977   Fax: (02) 49216980 Juanita.Todd@newcastle.edu.au
Research Interests - Schizophrenia - Early Psychosis - Cognitive Neuroscience - Functional Neuroimaging - Auditory system function

Dr Paul Tooney Senior Research Officer NISAD Office Address: Discipline of Experimental Pharmacology School of Biomedical Sciences Callaghan NSW 2308 Ph: (02) 49218691   Fax: (02) 49217903 Paul.Tooney@newcastle.edu.au
Research Interests - Neurobiology of schizophrenia - Gene expression changes in schizophrenia

Dr Marina Vamos Clinical Director HAHS Office Address: HAHS James Fletcher Hospital Newcastle NSW 2300 Ph: (02) 49213660   Fax: (02) 49213653 marina.vamos@newcastle.edu.au
Research Interests - CL Psychiatry - Medical Ethics - Psychiatry teaching

Karen Vincent Project Officer Hunter Institute of Mental Health Office Address: Hunter Institute of Mental Health James Fletcher Hospital Newcastle NSW 2300 Ph: (02) 49246721   Fax: (02) 49246724 projecthimh@hunterlink.net.au
Research Interests - Child & Adolescent Mental Health - Suicide Prevention - Health Promotion

Michelle Wallace Administrative Assistant Hunter Institute of Mental Health Office Address: Hunter Institute of Mental Health James Fletcher Hospital Newcastle NSW 2300 Ph: (02) 49246721   Fax: (02) 49246724

Professor Trevor Waring Chancellor, University of Newcastle Office Address: The Chancellory The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308
Research Interests - Mental health promotion - Stress related disorders - Protective Factors

Dr Rosemary Webster Lecturer University of Newcastle Office Address: School of Behavioural Science Psychology Callaghan NSW 2308 Ph: (02) 49215975   Fax: (02) 49216980 rosemary.webster@newcastle.edu.au
Research Interests - PTSD

Dr Alan Weiss Director Academic Team & Private Practice Lingard Private Hospital Office Address: The Junction Cottage 130 Glebe Road The Junction NSW 2291 Ph: (02) 49610330   Fax: (02) 49610331 a.weiss@hunterlink.net.au
Research Interests - Post Natal Depression - Pharmacotherapy and Affective Disorders - ECT

Chris Willcox Clinical Psychologist Hunter New England Mental Health Office Address: Centre for Psychotherapy Po BOx 833 Newcastle 2300 James Fletcher Hospital NSW 2300 Ph: (02) 49246820 Fax: (02) 49246801 chris.willcox@hnehealth.nsw,gov.au
Research Interests - Borderline Personality Disorder - Comparisons between psychotherapeutic interventions - Group-based psychotherapeutic interventions