News and Events
May 2008
Assoc Prof Kathy Griffiths awarded the Charles Tuttle Award
A paper co-authored by CMHR staff member Associate Professor Kathy Griffiths was awarded the Charles Tuttle Award from the American Society of Aerospace Medicine at the Society’s awards dinner on 14th May, 2008. This award is for the paper that contributed most to solving an issue in aerospace medicine in 2007 and was published in Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine.
Details: Ross, J., Griffiths, K. M., Dear, K., Emonson, D., & Lambeth, L. (2007). Antidepressant use and safety in civil aviation: A case-control study of 10 years of Australian data. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 78, 749-755
April 2008
Forum for Research on Ageing and Longevity - 24 April 2008
The ANU stream of the ARC/NHMRC Research Network in Ageing Well sponsored a Forum for Research on Ageing and Longevity at The Australian National University on Thursday, 24 April 2008.
Keynote speakers were:
Professor Felicia Huppert, current and founding Director of The Well-Being Institute (WBI), University of Cambridge, and Director of the Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing (CIRCA); and
Professor David Melzer, Director of the Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter and Plymouth.
Involvement in Australia 2020 Summit
Associate Professor Kaarin Anstey was invited to participate in the Australia 2020 summit convened by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on April 19 and 20. Assoc Prof Anstey participated in the discussion area of health with the given objective of developing ideas for a long-term national health strategy – including the challenges of preventative health, workforce planning and the ageing population.
Kaarin also took part in the local Canberra 2020 summit which was organised in the lead-up to the national summit and convened by Chief Minister Jon Stanhope on April 5.
For more information, please visit the Australia 2020 Summit website and read the Canberra 2020 Summit media release.
COTA Over 50s' Postgraduate Research Award
Natalie Chan was one of six students awarded COTA’s Postgraduate Research Award for a research paper of excellence at the Emerging Researchers in Ageing Masterclass, held in late March 2008. Natalie will now collaborate with a mentor from COTA to develop her paper for publication in the Issues in Ageing: A Journal of Award-Winning Postgraduate Research published on the COTA Over 50s’ website by its National Policy Research Centre.
September 2007
Consumers
encouraged to engage with mental health research
Michelle Banfield (CMHR PhD student) recently shared her story with
the Canberra Times (published 17th Sepember 2007). Click
here to download
and read a pdf version of the article.
Click here for more information about the Depression & Anxiety Consumer
Research Unit (CRU), and how you can get involved in CRU's research.
YouthMood wins Gold at the 2007 Mental Health Services (THEMHS) Conference
YouthMood received the 2007 Gold Award for Achievement in Infant, Child and Adolescent Services/Programs
at The Mental Health Services (THEMHS) Conference in Melbourne.
YouthMood is a project which aims to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing MoodGYM in schools to prevent depression and increase resilience skills in young people aged 15-16 years.
Click here for more information on YouthMood and other MoodGYM-based programs.
The THEMHS Achievement Awards program is a peer review process which acknowledges excellence in mental health services. The Gold Award recognises a program's significant contribution to the field of mental health, as well as its effectiveness and high standard of service. The 2007 THEMHS Achievement Awards were presented on Wednesday 5th September 2007, by Senator the Hon. Brett Mason, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing.
Posted August 2007
*New* Strength to Speak Awareness Campaign
Amy Banson started her walk from Perth to Canberra to raise awareness about depression.
The Centre for Mental Health Research in conjunction with AFFIRM provided the mental health information for her campaign.
Follow Amy's walk on her website: strengthtospeak.com.au
Posted July 2007
e-couch program released for public use
e-couch is the latest online program developed by the
e-hub team. e-couch provides information about emotional problems -
what causes them, how to prevent them and how to treat them. e-couch
also provides a set of evidence-based online interventions designed
to equip the user with strategies to improve their mood and emotional
state, along with a workbook to track progress and record experiences.
e-couch is available to the public free of charge at ecouch.anu.edu.au.
e-couch has been developed and produced by the e-hub
team at the Centre for Mental Health Research. The program has been
funded by beyondblue: the national depression initiative, and the National
Health and Medical Research Council.
Posted September 2006
Media Release: Canberra community, schools and businesses Glow to AFFIRM 28th September 2006.
Click here to read more about AFFIRM's Glow to AFFIRM campaign.
Posted August 2006
CMHR Korten Prize for Best Published Research Paper by a PhD Candidate
The Centre for Mental Health Research is proud to announce the Korten
Prize. The Korten Prize is open to students enrolled in the Centre’s
PhD program and will go to the student judged as having written the
best research paper in any one calendar year. The prize winner will
receive $2,000.
Assessment of the research paper will be made by the Panel of researchers
appointed by the Director of the Centre for Mental Health Research.
The prize will be awarded to the candidate who, in the opinion of the
Panel, published the highest standard paper.
In order to be eligible for the prize, students must have been enrolled
in the PhD program at the Centre for Mental Health Research, and in
the year of the award of the prize, published, or had accepted a paper.
The student must submit a copy of the paper to the Director, CMHR, by
30 November in that year. Students who have submitted their thesis,
but not yet been notified by the University of the outcome are also
eligible to apply.
If, in any year, submitted papers are, in the opinion of the CMHR panel,
deemed inappropriate and do not justify awarding the prize, the prize
shall not be awarded in that year.
The Korten Prize has been created in memory of Mrs Ailsa Korten who
worked as a research officer in the CMHR between 1986 and 2005. Ailsa
Korten published over 120 research papers during this period.
Posted July 2006
Media Release: New
Study into Australia Ageing Gracefully 6th July 2006
July 2006: Congratulations to Nicolas Cherbuin and Rajeev Kumar on
their graduation for the successful completion of their PhDs.
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Photo: Dr Allan Hawke, Dr Nicolas Cherbuin and Dr Rajeev Kumar after
the ceremony.
Posted January 2006
January 2006: Congratulations to Rajeev Kumar for the successful completion
of his PhD.
Posted December 2005
September 2005: Dr Kaarin Anstey was awarded the Margret M. Baltes
Early Investigator Award in Behavioral and Social Gerontology . She
travelled to Florida, USA to accept the award in November 2005.
October 2005: Two NHMRC Research Fellowships awarded to researchers
at the CMHR. Dr Kaarin Anstey and Prof Helen Christensen were awarded
5 year fellowhips from the NHMRC to support their work in ageing and
mental health.
November 2005: The Centre has been successful in attracting two ARC
linkage grants. These grants will investigate new delivery platforms
in call centres (with Lifeline Australia) and driving assessment in
older people (with NRMA and NICTA). Two new PhD positions will be
supported in 2006-2008. For more information about these positions
please contact
Michelle.Powderly@anu.edu.au.
November 2005: Congratulations to Ms Liana Leach and Ms Affrica Jenkins
for their success in winning competitive NHMRC Public Health Scholarships
for 2006-2008.
Posted July 2005
MoodGYM wins AHA Baxter Healthcare National Innovation Award
Posted June 2005
Federal Secretary for Health Christopher Pyne visits the Centre for Mental Health Research
Posted May 2005
National Drug Action Week Seminar: Illicit
substance use in the ACT: A focus on ecstasy and injecting drug use,
to be held 23rd June 2005.
Foundation public lecture &
seminar for White Wreath Day 2005: Suicide in
Australia: Are we making progress?
40th Anniversary
of the Australian Association of Gerontology Conference, to be held
16th June 2005.
Posted January 2005
New Director for CMHR
From January 2005, Professor Helen Christensen will take up the role of Director of the Centre For Mental Health Research. Formerly Deputy Director of the Centre from 2000, Helen is a leading researcher in cognitive ageing and web-based mental health applications in mental health. Professor Tony Jorm, who has held the position of Director of the Centre from 2000, and Deputy Director prior to this time, is relocating to the Orygen Research Centre, at the University of Melbourne in April 2005. Professor Jorm will continue his active involvement in the Centre's research program.
Posted September 2004:
The Ageing Research Unit in partnership with VYNE is hosting a seminar presented by Professor Diego De Leo on Strategies for Late-Life Suicide Prevention , to be held on 1st November, 2004.
Posted July 2004:
Staff win awards for PATH Through Life Project, Mental Health First Aid, MoodGYM and BluePages
Posted June 2004:
BrolgaNet launched!
Virtual network and resource site for consumer participatory mental
health research
Promoting Consumer Participation in
Mental Health Research: A National Workshop
Posted May 2004:
MoodGYM wins iAward!
Posted April 2004:
MoodGYM Clinician & User Manual now available for sale. Mental
Health First Aid Manual also available.
Click here to download order form in
pdf format.
Posted March 2004:
Research is Everybody's Business! Seminar
series for the general public
Next lecture: 22nd April 2004 - Postpartum Depression in Australia:
the beyondblue Postnatal Depression Program
Mental Health Council of Australia Call for public participation in
survey:
Survey
of Consumer, Carer and Family Members' Experiences with Mental Health
Services
Seminar: Professor Jochen Vollmann
Medical ethics applied: Formal and clinical assessment of capacity in
mental health research.
Friday 26th March 2004, 2pm. Innovations Lecture Theatre, Blg 124, Eggleston
Rd. All welcome.
Research is Everybody's Business! Seminar series
for the general public
Next lecture: 25th March 2004 - Consumer & Carer Perspectives on
Depression: A National Study
Posted February 2004:
The Ageing
Research Unit is hosting an event of the Australian Psychological
Society
Psychology
and Ageing: Clinical and Research Perspectives, Friday 19th March 2004.
Research is Everybody's Business! Seminar series
for the general public
Next lecture: 19th February 2004 - Suicide Prevention is Possible.
Posted January 2004:
Research is Everybody's Business!
Seminar series for the general public
Next lecture: 22nd January 2004 - Adolescent Mental Health, Antidepressants
and Electroconvulsive Therapy
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