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Academic Staff

Kaarin Anstey (co-Deputy Director) Lisa Barney Philip Batterham Allison Bielak Richard Burns Alison Calear Peter Butterworth Nicolas Cherbuin Helen Christensen (Director)

Kathy Griffiths (co-Deputy Director) Liana Leach Elspeth MacDonald Sarah Olesen Kerry Sargent-Cox Robert Tait Janine Walker Tim Windsor

 

Professor Kaarin Anstey

Co-Deputy Director

BA(Hons)(Syd), PhD (Qld)

Key Interests: Adult development and ageing in the following areas: cognitive epidemiology, cognitive impairment, depression, suicidality, wellbeing, driving, falls and cross-national comparisons

T. +61-2-6125 8410 E. Kaarin.Anstey@anu.edu.au

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Dr Lisa Barney

Postdoctoral Fellow

BAppPsych (Hons)(UC), PhD (ANU)

Key Interests: Beliefs about depression; stigma of mental illness; help-seeking; online resources; health interventions

T. +61 2 6125 1029 E. Lisa.Barney@anu.edu.au

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Philip Batterham

BSc (Psych)(Hons) (UNSW), MPH (UCLA)

Researcher

Key Interests: biostatistics, research methods, epidemiology of mental illness, identification of mental illness, e-health, cognitive ageing and mortality.

T. +61-2-6125 1031 E. Philip.Batterham@anu.edu.au

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Dr Allison Bielak

Postdoctoral Fellow

BA (Honours), MSc, PhD (Victoria, Canada)

Key Interests: Cognitive aging, Lifestyle engagement, intraindividual variability, longitudinal research analysis.

T. +61 2 6125 8413 E. Allison.Bielak@anu.edu.au

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Dr Richard Burns

Postdoctoral Fellow

BMus (ANU), BA (CSU), PGDE (UC), MSc (Manchester, UK), PhD (USQ)

Key Interests: Well-being and mental health; The role of vigour and engagement in healthy ageing; Attitudes of self and their impact on achievement and interpersonal processes; Organisational climate and employee well-being; Research methods and longitudinal analysis.

+61-2-6125 3132 E. Richard.Burns@anu.edu.au

Dr Peter Butterworth

Senior Research Fellow

PhD (UQ)

Key Interests: Mental health and social issues, psychiatric epidemiology, social policy.

T. +61-2-6125 8097 E. Peter.Butterworth@anu.edu.au

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Dr Alison Calear

Postdoctoral Fellow

BAppPsych(Hons) (UC), PhD (ANU)

Key Interests: Depression, anxiety, youth, e-health, early intervention and prevention, help-seeking.

T. +61-2-6125 8406 E. Alison.Calear@anu.edu.au

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Dr Nicolas Cherbuin

Postdoctoral Fellow

BA(Hons) (UNSW/ANU), PhD (ANU)

Key Interests: Cognitive neuroscience, healthy ageing, neuroimaging, laterality, neurobiology-personality-environment interactions as determinants of well-being, dementia screening.

T. +61-2-6125 3858E. Nicolas.Cherbuin@anu.edu.au

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Professor Helen Christensen

Director

BA(Hons) (Syd), MPsych, PhD (NSW), FASSA

Key interests: Depression, anxiety, e-health, early intervention and prevention; lifespan cognitive change

T. +61-2-6125 8409 E. Helen.Christensen@anu.edu.au

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Professor Kathy Griffiths

Co-Deputy Director

BSc(Hons), PhD (ANU)

Key Interests: Depression, stigma, e-health (interventions and quality), rural mental health.

T. +61-2-6125 9723 E. Kathy.Griffiths@anu.edu.au

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Dr Liana Leach

Postdoctoral Fellow

BAppPsych(Hons) (UC), PhD (ANU)

Key Interests: psychiatric epidemiology, the impact of work and family on mental health, social policy.

T. +61-2-6125 9725 E. Liana.Leach@anu.edu.au

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Dr Elspeth MacDonald

Senior Research Fellow

BOccThy (UQ), PhD (LaTrobe)

Key Interests: Consumer and practitioner participation in research, recovery and mental health promotion and prevention, subjective experiences of mental health problems, coping, social support, mental health related to children and youth.

T. +61-2-6125 8412 E. Elspeth.Macdonald@anu.edu.au

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Sarah Olesen

Postdoctoral Fellow

BA(Hons) (Melb)

Key Interests: psychiatric epidemiology, social participation and mental health, barriers to health service use and participation, mental health promotion

T. +61-2-6125 3379 E. Sarah.Olesen@anu.edu.au

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Dr Kerry Sargent-Cox

Postdoctoral Fellow

BAppPsych (Hons)(UC), PhD (ANU)

Key Interests: Positive and Health Ageing, Lifespan Development Psychology, Stereotypes and Anxiety of Ageing, Longitudinal Methods

T. +61 2 6125 8439 E. Kerry.Sargent-Cox@anu.edu.au

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Dr Robert Tait

Fellow

BSc (Hons) (UWA), PhD (UWA)

Key Interests: Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, co-morbidity, brief interventions, on-line interventions and data mining

T. +61 2 6125 9106 E. Robert.Tait@anu.edu.au

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Dr Janine Walker

Research Fellow

BA(Hons), MA (Melb), PhD (Melb)

Key Interests: Psychosocial aspects of chronic illness: the impact of stigma on individuals with physical medical conditions; bio-psychosocial investigations of the stress response system; the definition and measurement of disability and mental health outcomes

T. +61 2 6125 3079 E. Janine.Walker@anu.edu.au

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Dr Tim Windsor

Research Fellow

BA(Hons) (UNE), PhD (UNE)

Key Interests: Lifespan development, self-regulatory and psychosocial aspects of ageing well, social relations, control motivation, driving behaviour

T. +61-2-6125 8407 E. Tim.Windsor@anu.edu.au

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