Our Leaders

Professor Rosemary Purcell is Chief of Knowledge Translation at Orygen. She is also the Deputy Head of Department of the Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne and a registered psychologist.

Professor Eóin Killackey is chief of research and head of the functional recovery research program at Orygen. He has worked as a clinical psychologist in adolescent and adult public mental health settings and in private practice.

Professor Stephen Wood is Associate Director, Research and also leads the Clinical Neuroscience research area at Orygen. He holds honorary positions at the School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne and the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham (UK).

Paul Amminger is a Professorial Research Fellow at Orygen and also Professor of Youth Mental Health at the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne. His research spans traditional high-risk research in schizophrenia to cutting-edge intervention studies in the onset phase of psychosis and affective disorders.

Michael Berk is a Professorial Fellow with Orygen and contributes to our Mood Disorders Research program. Michael’s major interests are in the discovery and implementation of novel therapies as well as learning more about the risk factors and prevention of psychiatric disorders. He has published over 500 papers predominantly in mood disorders.

Professor Sue Cotton is the Head, Health Services and Outcomes Research.

Professor Andrew Chanen is Chief of Clinical Practice. Andrew’s research, clinical and training interests lie in prevention and early intervention for severe mental disorders, principally personality disorders, along with mood and psychotic disorders.

Dr Cali Bartholomeusz is a Senior Research Fellow and provisional clinical psychologist, and a leader in cognitive and neurobiological research within the Clinical and Translational Neuroscience Research program at Orygen.

Helen is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Orygen and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health in Melbourne. She is a psychiatrist and public health physician with national and international experience in mental health research and its translation, and service provision. She is appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and included in the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.