Research leaders

Associate Professor Dominic Dwyer is a leading researcher in youth mental health and artificial intelligence, with a vision to make care more proactive, personalised, and preventative. For over a decade, he has worked to harness AI to transform mental health systems—not as an end in itself, but as a tool for meaningful, lasting change.

After pioneering AI research in London and Munich for seven years, Dominic returned to Orygen to lead the National Critical Research Infrastructure for AI in Mental Health, a federally funded initiative that provides technical consultancy and builds software platforms to translate research into real-world clinical tools.

Dominic also holds an NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (EL2) and leads the portfolio of AI research grants as Principal and Chief Investigator. His work focuses on developing next-generation algorithms using deeply phenotyped youth data and translating them into safe, effective technologies.

In parallel, Dominic is helping shape Orygen’s social enterprise strategy, ensuring that innovation remains grounded in its mission: to improve outcomes for young people experiencing mental ill-health.