Our Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Harvard University
Invited Speakers
QIMR Berghofer Institute
Australia
Swinburne University of Technology
Australia
Te Kupenga Hauora Māori
New Zealand
University of Otago
Black Dog Institute
Australia
Dr Andrew Nierenberg
Mass General - Harvard
Dr Brittany Mitchell
QIMR Berghorf Institute - Australia
Dr. Brittany Mitchell is a psychiatric
geneticist and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow based at QIMR Berghofer Medical
Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia. She is an emerging leader in
psychiatric genomics with a focus on the genetic architecture and heterogeneity
of mental health disorders. She holds a leadership role within the
international Psychiatric Genomics Consortium and has contributed to
large-scale genome-wide association studies, including major meta-analyses of
major depressive disorder, anxiety and bipolar disorder published in leading
journals. Her research leverages genetics to quantify disease risk, unravel the
complex heterogeneity within psychiatric disorders, and explore whether genetics
can help understand differential treatment response.
Professor Greg Mitchell
Swinburne University - Australia
Professor Greg Murray, PhD is Director of Mood Disorder Research and Practise at Swinburne University of Technology. He conducts biopsychosocial research into bipolar disorders, circadian rhythms, and personality: he is ranked in the top 1% of researchers in each of these fields and recognised as a world expert (top 0.1%) in mood disorders. Dr Murray is a registered Clinical Psychologist and an elected Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. His > 250 journal articles are cited > 1000 times a year and he has been a Chief Investigator on > $31 million in national and international competitive research funding. He currently leads a Wellcome Trust funded multi-national project investigating sleep and circadian disruption as a predictor of relapse in bipolar disorder, and the Australian arm of a UC Berkeley led project investigating ‘failure to power down’ in bipolar disorder. As an author of DSM-5-TR (2022), Dr Murray introduced chronobiological vulnerability as an associated feature of bipolar I disorder. His public-facing article on the psychology of sleep disturbance has been read more than 1.3 million times. Dr Murray also has a long list of career blunders, disappointments and rejections (available on request).
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
Te Kupenga Hauora Māori - New Zealand
Professor Suzanne Pitama
New Zealand
Suzanne is the Head of Faculty, University of Otago Faculty of Medicine. Suz is a registered psychologist and a member of the New Zealand Psychological Society. Suz has been involved in Māori health research and health professional education for over 20 years. Her work has included the development of an Indigenous Health model of health, and research in mental health, cardiovascular health and medical education. Suzanne has received a number of awards including the Prime Minister’s Supreme Award for tertiary teaching excellence and both the Indigenous Leadership Award and Lifetime award from the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME). Suzanne was awarded the Joan Metge Medal for her research in Indigenous medical education, and the Dame Marie Clay Award for contributions to educational and developmental psychology.
Dr Clinton Schultz
Black Dog Institute – Australia
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