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Current Investigators

Principal Investigator      

Professor Harvey Whiteford, MBBS, MPH, D.Univ, FRANZCP, FAFPHM

Policy & Economics, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research

The Park Centre for Mental Health Research

P:           +61 7 3371 5899 

F:           +61 7 3371 5081

Email:     h.whiteford@uq.edu.au

Harvey Whiteford is the Kratzmann Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health at The University of Queensland and Director of the Policy and Economics Group at QCMHR. His expertise is in mental health policy, financing and service delivery and he has worked with the World Bank, World Health Organization and national governments on the development and implementation of mental health programs. He is the Mental Health Advisor to the Australian Government.

Professor Whiteford trained in medicine, psychiatry and health policy in Queensland, Australia and at Stanford University in the USA. He has held senior clinical and administrative positions, including those of Director of Mental Health in the Queensland and Federal governments in Australia and with the World Bank in Washington DC.

 

Chief Investigator

Michael Hilton, Ph.D. (Project Director)

Policy & Economics, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research

The Park Centre for Mental Health Research

P:           +61 (0)7 3271 8666

Email:     michael_hilton@qcmhr.uq.edu.au

Co-Investigator

Professor Paul Scuffham Ph.D. (Economist)

Professor, School of Medicine,

Griffith University Logan Campus

p:        +61(0)7 338 21367

Email:    p.scuffham@griffith.edu.au

Co-Investigator

Nerina Vecchio Ph.D. Economist

Senior Lecturer, Griffith Business School,

Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus

p:         +61(0)7 5552-8284

Email:    n.vecchio@griffith.edu.au

 

Co-Investigator

Libby Holden, Research Facilitator

School of Medicine

Griffith University

p:        +61(0)7 3382-1364

Email:    l.holden@griffith.edu.au

 

Past Investigators

Senior Clinical Psychologist     

Judith Sheridan D. Clin. Psych

Email:     judiths@triplep.net

 

Project Coordinator         

Catherine Cleary Grad. Dip. App. Sc.

Email:     katecathy@hotmail.com

 

Research Assistant          

Amanda Baxter B.Sc.

P:           +61 7 3271 8668

Email:     Amanda_baxter@qcmhr.uq.edu.au

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Collaborators

 

Senior Investigator / Collaborator

Greg Simon MD MPH

Centre for Health Studies, Behavioural Health Service

Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Washington USA

1730 Minor Ave., Suite 1600 , Seattle, WA 98101-1448

P:           +1 617 432-3396    

F:           +1 617 232-8602

Email:     simon.g@ghc.org

 

Professor of Health Care Policy / Collaborator

Ronald Kessler Ph.D.

Department of Health Care Policy

Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115

P:           +1 617 432-3587                            

F:           +1 617 432-3588

Email:     kessler@hcp.med.harvard.edu

 

Assistant Professor of Health Care Policy / Collaborator

Philip Wang DR.P.H., M.D.

Department of Health Care Policy

Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge Bldg SPH 3-9th Floor, Boston, MA 02115

P:           +1 617 432-3396    

F:           +1 617232-8602

Email:     pwang@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

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