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Students

Michelle Banfield
Lauren Bartsch
Philip Batterham
Kylie Bennett
Lara Bishop
Barbara Boyer
Jacqui Brewer
Natalie Chan
Daniel Costin

Dimity Crisp
Louise Farrer
Prapti Gautam
Amelia Gulliver
Christopher Hatherly
Bethany Jones
Kim Kiely
Sarah Walker



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


Lauren Bartsch

BPsych (Hons)(SCU)

Lauren Bartsch

Lauren is a Research Assistant within the Ageing Research Unit. She is currently working on the PATH Through Life project and the Health and Memory study. Lauren is also undertaking her clinical PhD and is interested in the link between depression and mild cognitive impairment.

T: +61 2 6155 1610 E: Lauren.Bartsch@anu.edu.au


Philip Batterham

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

Philip Batterham

Phil is a Researcher currently working in the areas of cognitive ageing, online interventions for depression and anxiety, and identification of mental health problems. His background is in statistical analysis and data management for behavioural studies, and he has experience designing and implementing longitudinal studies of adolescents and adults.

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


Kylie Bennett

BA (Hons), BSc (ANU)

Kylie Bennett

Kylie is conducting research into the effectiveness of e-hub's online mental health programs for spontaneous community users.

T: +61 2 6155 8405 E: Kylie.Bennett@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 Brewer

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 Chan

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 Costin

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

 

Dimity Crisp

M.Sc. Research (UC)

Dimity is a PhD student working on the Transitions In Later Life study (TRAILLs) aimed at examining the transition of older people from living in the community to a retirement village. Her interests include investigating changes over time in subjective well-being, social networks, and engagement with life.

T: +61 2 6155 1033 E: Dimity.Crisp@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)

Gautam

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

 

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



Bethany Jones

Bethany's PhD research will investigate the acceptability and efficacy of the MoodGYM program for the prevention of postnatal depression in at-risk women.

E. Bethany.Jones@anu.edu.au


Kim Kiely

 

T: +61 2 6155 7881 E: Kim.Kiely@anu.edu.au


Sarah Walker

 

T: E: Sarah.Walker@anu.edu.au