e-Mental Health

Professor Greg Carter

Senior Staff Specialist and Acting Director of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital

Professor Carter is the Senior Staff Specialist and Acting Director of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital, Waratah; and Conjoint Professor in Psychiatry in the Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle. He is a Chief Investigator for the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention (CRESP 2.0) at Black Dog UNSW. He is the Chair for the RANZCP for the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Deliberate Self-Harm.

Professor Sally Chan

Deputy Director, Priority Research Centre, Brain and Mental Health Research, University of Newcastle

Professor Sally Chan is a global healthcare educator and researcher with more than 25 years’ experience in the university sector. She played an integral role in promoting the University’s nursing and healthcare research globally through developing and maintaining collaborative relationships with research partners in universities, hospitals and health providers in countries all over the world including Singapore, Thailand, China, Europe and the United Kingdom. Having featured in more than 400 international publications and presentations, Professor Chan’s passion for combining research, education and practice has significantly impacted nursing education, mental healthcare policy and service delivery across the globe.

Professor Chan has been honored for her significant contributions to healthcare. In 2013, she was inducted into the ‘International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame’ by the Sigma Theta Tau International Honors Society of Nursing and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr Sally Fitzpatrick

Acting Program Manager, Mental Health and Research, Everymind

Dr Fitzpatrick is a clinical psychologist and researcher who is passionate about understanding the factors that contribute to the mental health and wellbeing of all Australians. She is particularly passionate about translating this knowledge into evidence-based programs that enhance the mental health and wellbeing of our communities. She holds a Master of Clinical Psychology and a PhD, and is a conjoint Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle and holds an Honorary Postdoctoral Fellowship with Macquarie University.

Professor David Perkins

Director and Professor of Rural Health Research Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, University of Newcastle

Professor David Perkins is Director of the Centre for Rural and Remote Mental Health, University of Newcastle, which is based in Orange, NSW. The Centre adopts a translational research approach to the promotion of mental health, the development of mental health services and the prevention of suicide. He has held academic positions in Australia and the UK and was a senior NHS manager. He is co-director of the International Foundation for Integrated Care Australia and served as a member of the international IFIC Board. An active researcher, he is an associate editor of the International Journal of Integrated Care and immediate past Editor-in-Chief of the Australian Journal of Rural Health.  He is a member of a number of national and state advisory bodies on rural mental health and wellbeing. Most recently he was the coordinator of the Orange Declaration on Rural Mental Health which seeks to reframe national and international approaches to rural mental health services.