Students
Michelle Banfield
BA (Hons), BSc
Studying for a PhD, Michelle is researching consumer priorities
for depression and bipolar research. Michelle also works on a
variety of projects including examining the quality of depression websites,
side effects of antidepressants and interventions for improving sleep.
T: +61-2-6125 0108 E: Michelle.Banfield@anu.edu.au
Lara Bishop
BA (ANU), BAppSc(Hons) (CSU)
Lara's research interests include mental health literacy
and the development and implementation of specific interventions to
raise the mental health literacy of targeted groups in Australia.
T. +61 2 6125 8699 E.
Lara.Bishop@anu.edu.au
Barbara Boyer
BEd(NCAE), BPsych(Hons)(ANU), GradDipPsychStud(Deakin)
Barbara is undertaking a PhD in Clinical Psychology. Her research project
will examine the associations between spousal bereavement in the elderly
and cognitive change. She is analysing data from the PATH through life
project as well as undertaking a community based Clinical study.
T: +61 2 6155 1448 E: Barbara.Boyer@anu.edu.au
Jacqui Brewer
BPsych(Hons)(ANU)
Jacqui’s research interest is the relationship between physical and mental health, particularly the effect of physical activity on depression symptoms in youth.
T. +61-2-6125 7122 E. Jacqui.Brewer@anu.edu.au
Natalie Chan
BPsych(Hons) (ANU)
Natalie is undertaking a PhD in Clinical Psychology
and is examining the role of formal and informal social support in the
maintenance of physical and psychological health in late adulthood.
T. +61 2 6125 1448 E.
Natalie.Chan@anu.edu.au
Daniel Costin
B.Sc. (ANU), Post Grad Dip Psyc (UOW)
Daniel is undertaking a professional doctorate in clinical psychology at the ANU School of Psychology and conducts the research component of his degree at CMHR. His thesis topic is: "The effect of e-mail based depression information interventions on help seeking behaviour, mental health literacy and helping behaviour in young adults with depression: randomised controlled trial".
T. +61 2 6125 1524 E. Daniel.Costin@anu.edu.au
Louise Farrer
BPsych(Hons)(ANU)
Lou is a Clinical PhD student working on a collaborative project between CMHR and Lifeline Australia. She is examining the effectiveness of web-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and psychoeducation in lowering depression in Lifeline callers, when supported by telephone counsellors. She will also investigate factors that predict adherence to Internet-based interventions.
T. +61 2 6125 8859
E. Louise.Farrer@anu.edu.au
Prapti Gautam
BSc (Hons) (University of Auckland)
Prapti's honors thesis covered the guidance of migrating neurons in pre-term brain injury. Her PhD research is on the pre-frontal cortex of the brain, looking at the relationship between dementia and ageing using data from the PATH Through Life project.
T. +61 2 6125 1457 E. Prapti.Gautam@anu.edu.au
Amanda George
BAppPsych (Hons) (UC)
Amanda's PhD uses date from the PATH Through Life Project to examine the characteristics associated with use of the drug "ecstasy". She is exploring the relationship between ecstasy use and mental health and cognition.
E. Amanda.George@anu.edu.au
Sarah Gill
BA(Hons) (Melb)
Sarah began a PhD in Clinical Psychology at the Family
and Community Health Research Unit at CMHR in 2005. Her research project
will investigate the relationship between workforce participation and
retirement and mental health among middle-age to older adults in a nation-wide
survey, and the PATH Through Life study.
T. +61-2-6125 3379 E.
Sarah.Gill@anu.edu.au
Amelia Gulliver
BA (UC), BAppPsych (UC), BScPsych (Hons) (UC)
Amelia is a PhD research student working on a joint project between CMHR and the Australian Institute of Sport. She is examining mental health help-seeking in elite athletes.
T. +61-2-6125 9472E.
Amelia.Gulliver@anu.edu.au
Christopher Hatherly
BSc (Hons) (ANU)
Chris started his PhD with the Centre in 2007. He is looking at cognitive and visual factors as predictors of driving ability in older adults. His research forms part of a project on older driver safety supported by the ARC and the NRMA ACT Road Safety Trust.
T. +61-2-6125 1489E.
Christopher.Hatherly@anu.edu.au
Affrica Jenkins
BA (Hons) (Melb), BSc (Hons) (Melb)
Affrica is a PhD student working on the Beyond Ageing Project, a community-based
depression prevention trial for older people. She is investigating the
effectiveness of a print-plus-telephone physical activity intervention
for encouraging physical activity and preventing depression in older
adults at risk of depression.
T. +61-2-6125 0674
E.
Affrica.Jenkins@anu.edu.au
Liana Leach
BAppPsych(Hons) (UC)
Liana is a PhD student investigating the impact of relationship and
family life transitions on depression. She is using data from the PATH
through life project to examine these transitions and their contribution
to the preponderance of depression in women.
T: +61-2-6125 1457 E:
Liana.Leach@anu.edu.au
Karen Mather
BSc (Hons)(La Trobe), GradDip (Psych) (CSU), BSc (Hons) (ANU)
Karen began her PhD in 2003 and is investigating genetic risk factors
associated with cognitive deficits in an aging population. She is also
interested in gene-gene, gene-environment interactions and the genetic
epidemiology of mental health disorders.
T. +61 2 6125 8415 E.
Karen.Mather@anu.edu.au
Alison Neil
BAppPsych(Hons) (UC)
Alison is a PhD student coordinating the YouthMood project. The YouthMood
project is investigating whether MoodGYM, an interactive web program,
is effective in lowering depression, improving self-esteem, and lowering
stigmatising attitudes to depression amongst adolescents.
T. +61 2 6125 8406 E.
Alison.Neil@anu.edu.au
Kerry Sargent-Cox
BAppPsych(Hons) (UC)
Kerry is a PhD student investigating psychosocial aspects of ageing
and mortality. She is particularly interested in longitudinal change
in self-rated health and its predictive quality of major health events
and mortality in the elderly.
T. +61-2-6125 9725 E.
Kerry.Sargent-Cox@anu.edu.au
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