About AAMH

Asia-Australia Mental Health Advisory Council

 

Asia-Australia Mental Health has an Advisory Council comprising of government, non-government and philanthropic partners. The Advisory Council functions to broaden the scope of information that informs Asia-Australia Mental Health's decision making processes.

 

Current members of the Advisory Council are:

 

  • Prof. Graham Brown, Foundation Director, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne
  • Prof. Ed Chiu, Academic Unit for Psychiatry of Old Age, St. George’s Aged Psychiatry Service, Melbourne
  • A/Prof. Alex Cockram, Director, NorthWestern Mental Health, Melbourne
  • Mr Andrew Coghlan, National Manager, Emergency Services, Australian Red Cross
  • Ms Liz Crowther, Chief Executive Officer, Mental Illness Fellowship Victoria
  • Dr Julian Freidin, Department of Psychiatry, Alfred Hospital
  • Prof. Helen Herrman, Director, Melbourne WHO Collaborating Centre in Mental Health
  • Ms Barbara Hocking OAM, Executive Director, SANE Australia
  • Prof. Patrick McGorry, Executive Director, ORYGEN Research Centre
  • Mr Les Potter, Director Mental Health, Austin Health
  • Prof. Beverley Raphael, Professor of Population Mental Health and Disasters, University of Western Sydney
  • Prof. Bruce Singh, Deputy Dean, Medical, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
  • Ms Irene Verins, Senior Program Advisor, Mental Health and Wellbeing, VicHealth
  • Dr Ruth Vine, Chief Psychiatrist, Mental Health and Drugs Division, Victorian Government Department of Human Services
  • Prof. Garry Warne, Director, Royal Children’s Hospital International (RCHI), Melbourne
  • Prof. Harvey Whiteford, Kratzmann Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health, University of Queensland
  • Ms Leonie Young, Chief Executive Officer, beyondblue
  • Representative from Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA)