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Scientists seeking Australian volunteers for groundbreaking genetics of depression study
Australian scientists are calling for adults who have been treated for clinical depression, to volunteer for the world’s largest and most rigorous genetic investigation into the illness to date. The Australian Genetics of Depression Study is the local arm of a groundbreaking international scientific collaboration designed to detect genetic factors that contribute to clinical depression,…
Read MoreScientists seeking Australian volunteers for groundbreaking genetics of depression study
Next Tuesday, April 4, 2017, Australian scientists will call for adults who have been treated for clinical depression, to volunteer for the world’s largest and most rigorous genetic investigation into the illness to date. The Australian Genetics of Depression Study is the local arm of a groundbreaking international scientific collaboration designed to detect genetic factors…
Read MoreProf Jane Burns
Founder of the Young and Well CRC and Project Synergy, Professor of Innovation & Industry at the University of Sydney, MELBOURNE Working between Melbourne and Sydney, Professor Jane Burns is the founder, and former CEO of the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, and founder of Project Synergy. A Graduate of the Australian Institute of…
Read MoreProf Julio Licinio
Head, Mind & Brain Theme, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute & Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Flinders University, ADELAIDE Professor Julio Licinio is a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at Flinders University, Adelaide. He is also a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Adelaide, Adelaide and University of New…
Read MoreProf Ian Hickie
Co-Lead Investigator, Australian Genetics of Depression Study & Co-Director for Health & Policy, Brain & Mind Centre,The University of Sydney, SYDNEY Professor Ian Hickie, AM is a psychiatrist and prominent mental health campaigner. A former NHMRC Australia Fellow, Prof Hickie heads up the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre as a Co-Director for Health…
Read MoreProf Nick Martin
Head, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute & Lead Investigator, Australian Genetics of Depression study, BRISBANE Obtaining his Bachelor of Science Degree in Genetics from the University of Adelaide in 1972, followed by his Ph.D. where his thesis explored the classical twin study in human behaviour genetics from the University of Birmingham in…
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