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Staff

Michelle Banfield Lisa Barney Phil Batterham Anthony Bennett Kylie Bennett David Berriman Jacqui Brewer Alison Calear Mick Carney Helen Christensen Daniel Costin

Lou Farrer Kathy Griffiths Amelia Gulliver Kanupriya Kalia Elspeth Macdonald Alison Parsons Julia Reynolds Jola Samoc Robert Tait Ada Tam Georgia Tayler

Visiting Fellows

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: +61-2-61250108 E: Michelle.Banfield@anu.edu.au

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Lisa Barney

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

Lisa is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Depression & Anxiety Consumer Research Unit. Lisa’s research interests include using qualitative and quantitative methodology to investigate the use of online support for depression, stigma about depression and help-seeking, and the development and evaluation of interventions to reduce stigma.

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

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Phil Batterham

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

Phil is a research fellow currently working in the areas of cognitive ageing, online interventions for depression and anxiety, and consumer perceptions of depression treatments. Phil is one of the researchers working on the Mental Health Identification Project.

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

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Anthony Bennett, e-hub IT Manager

BAppSc (RMIT)

Anthony is the IT manager for the e-hub's e-couch project. He also provides IT support for other e-hub projects including BluePages, BlueBoard and BrolgaNet.

T: +61-2-6125 9721 E: Anthony.Bennett@anu.edu.au

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Kylie Bennett, e-hub Development Manager

BSc, BA(Hons) (ANU)

Kylie is the e-hub Development Manager, and undertakes project development across e-mental health and consumer informatics research projects.

T: +61-2-6125 8405 E: Kylie.Bennett@anu.edu.au

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David Berriman

BSc (ANU)

David is a programmer working on e-hub projects.

T: +61-2-6125 2428 E: David.Berriman@anu.edu.au

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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

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Alison Calear

BAppPsych(Hons) (UC)

Alison is a post-doctoral researcher at e-hub. She works on various e-hub and CRU projects, including 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.Calear@anu.edu.au

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Mick Carney

 

Mick is a graphic designer and illustrator. He is currently working on the e-couch site and the Beyond Ageing project.

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Professor Helen Christensen, e-hub Director

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

Helen’s research interests include prevention and early intervention in depression and anxiety, the development of public health interventions for depression, anxiety and other mental disorders, the use of Internet technology in conducting randomized controlled trials, the integration of Internet and other tools in health services, risk factors for anxiety and depression, cognitive ageing and mental health across the lifespan.

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

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Daniel Costin

BSc (ANU) Post Grad Dip Psyc (UOW)

Daniel is a Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) student. His research interests include young people's help seeking behaviour, mental health literacy and interventions encouraging help seeking for depression.

T: +61-2-6125 1624 E: Daniel.Costin@anu.edu.au

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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

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Professor Kathy Griffiths, e-hub Director

BSc(Hons), PhD (ANU)

Kathy’s research interests include consumer informatics (and particularly the evaluation of the quality of Internet-based health information), the development and evaluation of Internet psycho-educational, early intervention and preventive interventions, the evaluation of online self help communities, and the use of the Internet in reducing stigma. She also leads a number of consumer focused projects including consumer priorities for research, consumer reports of treatment effectiveness, consumer information needs and the evaluation of stigma associated with depression. Kathy is a Senior Fellow and is also the Director of the Depression & Anxiety Consumer Research Unit.

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

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Amelia Gulliver

BA (UC), BAppPsych (UC), BScPsych (Hons) (UC)

Amelia is a PhD research student and research assistant working on various projects within ehub. Her past projects have included a systematic review of models of primary mental health care for depression/and or anxiety, and a systematic review examining models/treatments for comorbid substance use disorders and the high prevalence disorders of depression and/or anxiety.

T: +61-2-6125 9472 E: Amelia.Gulliver@anu.edu.au

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Kanupriya Kalia

BPsych (Hons) (ANU)

Kanupriya is the Trial Co-ordinator for the GAD project, and a Research Assistant for Prof. Helen Christensen. Kanupriya is also an Ambassador for the Australian Foundation for Mental Health Research (AFFIRM).

T: +61-2-6125 8411 E: Kanupriya.Kalia@anu.edu.au

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Elspeth Macdonald

BOccThy (UQ), PhD (LaTrobe)

Elspeth’s research interests include consumer and practitioner participation in research, recovery and mental health promotion and prevention, subjective experiences of mental health problems, and coping and social support. Elspeth is currently involved in the What Works for Us online depression survey.

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

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Alison Parsons

BA(Hons), UNB

Alison is a research assistant working on the WellBeing project, as well as a collaborative project with the Australian Institute of Sport.

T: +61-2-6125 1485 E: Alison.Parsons@anu.edu.au

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Julia Reynolds, e-hub Clincial Services Manager

BA (Hons) (UWA) MPsych (Clin) (UWA), MAPS, MBPS, CPsychol

Julia is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked in private practice and in agencies that provide services for people affected by substance use and major mental health concerns. Julia works closely with the e-hub management team to ensure best-practice delivery of e-hub web services.

T: +61-2-6125 7275 E: Julia.Reynolds@anu.edu.au

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Jola Samoc

BPsych(Hons) (ANU)

Jola is a casual Project Officer for the e-hub web programs.

E: Jolanta.Samoc@anu.edu.au

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Robert Tait

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

Robert is a Research Fellow at e-hub. His research interests are based on alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and in particular how these relate to mental health disorders. He is also interested in the development of new treatment interventions, delivery of interventions to new groups and the use of new modes of delivery. He is also keen to use existing data sets to assess the long-term relationships between substance use and mental / physical health disorders.

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

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Ada Tam

BSc(Hons) (UNSW), GradDipSciComm (ANU)

Ada is the Web Content Research Assistant for the e-hub web programs. Ada is particularly involved in preparing content for the BluePages Depression Information website.

T: +61-2-6125 9724 E: Ada.Tam@anu.edu.au

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Georgia Tayler, e-couch Consultant Psychologist

Georgia is a Clinical Psychologist with many years experience in both the public and the private health sectors.

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Visiting Fellows

Dr Janie Busby Grant

BSc(UQ) PhD(UQ)

Janie is a Visiting Fellow with an interest in cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and statistical research techniques. Janie is one of the researchers working on the Mental Health Identification Project.

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Dr Dave Hawking (CSIRO Information Retrieval Group)

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