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Meet our survey team and our survey reference group

Survey team

  • Associate Professor David Lawrence, Principal Research Fellow, Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia and Honory Research Associate, The Kids Research Institute Australia
  • Professor Steve Zubrick, The Kids Research Institute Australia, The University of Western Australia
  • Jennifer Bartlett, Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia
  • Dr Sarah Johnson, The Kids Research Institute Australia
  • Katrina Boterhoven de Haan, The Kids Research Institute Australia
  • Dr John Ainley, Australian Council for Education Research
  • Professor Michael Sawyer, Head, Research and Evaluation Unit, Women's and Children's Health Network, University of Adelaide

Survey reference group

  • Professor Harvey Whiteford - Kratzmann Professor of Psychiatry and Population Health Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (Chair)
  • Brenton Alexander, Assistant Secretary, Systems Improvement Branch, Mental Health and Drug Treatment Division, Department of Health and Ageing
  • Paul Balnaves, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
  • Keiran Booth (Carer Representative)
  • Dr Peter Brann, Director Research and Evaluation Senior Clinical Psychologist Eastern Health CAMHS
  • Bill Buckingham, Director, Buckingham & Associates
  • Dr Robyn Davies, Acting Director Drug Strategy Analysis Unit, Drug Strategy Branch, Population Health Division
  • Holly Erskine, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research (Assistant to the chair)
  • Dr Brian Graetz, Senior Program Manager beyondblue
  • Colleen Krestensen, Assistant Secretary Drug Strategy Branch Population Health Division
  • Renaye Lucchese, Early Intervention and Prevention Branch Mental Health and Drug Treatment Division, Department Of Health and Training
  • David Mackay, Assistant Secretary Early Intervention and Prevention Branch Mental Health and Drug Treatment Division, Department Of Health and Training
  • Dr Cathy Mihalopoulos, Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics Unit, Population Health Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University
  • Professor Frank Oberklaid, Professor of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
  • Professor George Patton, Director of Adolescent Health Research, Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's hospital
  • Sue Phillips, Director, Disability and Mental Health, Health and Disability Branch, Australian Bureau of Statistics
  • Dr Helen Rogers, Longitudinal Study of Australian Children and Research Management, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
  • Associate Professor Lena Sanci, General Practice and Primary Health Care Academic Centre, The University of Melbourne
  • Dr James Scott, Consultant psychiatrist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Centre for Clinical Research, University of Queensland
  • Dr Tim Slade, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
  • Dr Titia Sprague, Associate Director Clinical Policy and Service Development MH-Kids, New South Wales Ministry of Health
  • Gavin Stewart, Principal, Applied Epidemiology
  • Dr Sue Thomson, Director, Educational Monitoring and Research Division Australian Council for Education Research (ACER)
  • Vittoria Tonin, (Consumer Representative)