Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (APRC) Programs of Research and Staff & Student Profiles

Research Programs

APRC Programs of Research and Chief Investigators (pdf, requires Adobe Reader)

The APRC team comprises of a Director (Professor Jayashri Kulkarni), Deputy Director (Professor Paul Fitzgerald), Research Manager (Mr Anthony de Castella), Senior Researchers, Senior Academics, Clinical Research Assistants, Postgraduate students, and Administrative Staff. The academic background and clinical experience of the team is vast; with qualifications in medicine, nursing, psychology, science and social work. Staff members within the Department of Psychiatry also conduct research in association with the APRC, including medical and other clinical staff.

APRC Staff:

• Professor Jayashri Kulkarni - Director APRC 
• Professor Paul Fitzgerald - Deputy Director APRC
• Anthony de Castella - Research Manager APRC / Research Fellow 
• Dr David Barton - Senior Lecturer
• Frances Biffin - Research Assistant
• Galdys Britto - Executive Adminstrator MBBS Psychiatry 
• A/Professor Steve Ellen - Senior Researcher / MPM Director 
• Peter Enticott - Research Fellow
• Michael Field - Project Officer
• Kate Filia - Research Assistant
• Sacha Filia - Research Fellow
• Fiona Foley - Research Assistant
• Emmy Gavralidis - Research Assistant
• Heather Gilbert - Research Nurse
• Steve Goldsmith - Research Nurse
• Dr Caroline Gurvich - Research Fellow
• Marg Hay - Senior Lecturer MBBS
• Dr Sally Herring - Research Psychologist
• Dr Kate Hoy - Research Fellow
• Dr Nadjme Jadidi - Research Medical Officer
• Stuart Lee - Research Fellow
• Adeline Lee - Research Psychologist
• Dr Kazem Madani - Research Medical Officer
• Susan McQueen - Research Nurse
• Natasha Marston - Research Assistant
• Jerome Maller - Research Fellow
• Ling Mu - Research Assistant
• Sean Olsen - Research Nurse
• Dennyse Riach - Executive Assistant - Professor Kulkarni
• Dr Rob Selzer - Deputy Director MBBS Psychiatry
• A/Professor Susan Rossell - Senior Researcher 
• Felina Scalzo - Administration / Reception
• Rebecca Segrave - Research Assistant
• Kelly Sinclair - Research Assistant
• Neil Thomas - Psychologist
• Pamela Williams - Research Assistant

APRC Honorary Staff:

• Dr Shantha Rajaratnam - Senior Researcher
• Dr Brian Lithgow - Senior Researcher
• Dr Arkady Lipkin - Senior Researcher
• Dr Yitzak Hollander - Consultant Psychiatrist
• Steve Miller - Practitioner Fellow

APRC Students:

• Rachel Batty - PhD Candidate
• Claire Donne
• Patricia Dredge
• Jodie Feil
• Simone Field
• Christina Furtado - D. Psych.
• Robin Laycock
• Mark Lipkin
• Erica Neil
• Jasmina Markovski
• Suzi Reiss
• Rebecca Segrave - D. Psych
• Daniel Upton