CTNMH brings together key people, harnessing the extensive expertise across the University and Hospital sectors in basic and clinical neuroscience.

The Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health (CTNMH) seeks to increase understanding of cause, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention of brain/mental disorders on the basis of the scientific study of individual differences in vulnerability and resilience within a lifespan developmental framework. This entails multi-disciplinary collaboration across several levels, namely, the basic sciences, translational, intervention and population research aiming for both discovery and, importantly, translation between basic and clinical neuroscience.

The CTNMH is a unique research entity in Australian terms, bringing together high-quality neuroscience research in nationally important disease areas (Schizophrenia, Depression, Addiction, Stroke, Dementia, Balance disorders, and Pain), and building tight linkages across multiple levels of enquiry and between basic neuroscience, clinical neuroscience and mental health and neurological health service delivery.