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Michelle Banfield Phil Batterham Anthony Bennett Kylie Bennett Mick Carney Helen Christensen Daniel Costin Lou Farrer

Kathy Griffiths Amelia Gulliver Liana Leach Elspeth Macdonald Alison Neil Lisa Olive Jola Samoc Georgia Tayler

Visiting Fellows

Technical Collaborators

Michelle Banfield

BA (Hons), BSc

Studying for a PhD, Michelle is researching consumer priorities for depression and bipolar research. Michelle also works on a variety of projects including examining the quality of depression websites, side effects of antidepressants and interventions for improving sleep.

T: +61-2-61250108 E: Michelle.Banfield@anu.edu.au

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Phil Batterham

BSc (Psych)(Hons) (UNSW), MPH (UCLA)

Phil is a Research Assistant currently working in the areas of cognitive ageing, online interventions for depression and anxiety, and consumer perceptions of depression treatments.

T. +61-2-6125 1031 E. Philip.Batterham@anu.edu.au

Anthony Bennett, e-hub IT Manager

BAppSc (RMIT)

Anthony is the IT manager for the e-hub's e-couch project. He also provides IT support for other e-hub projects including BluePages, BlueBoard and BrolgaNet.

T. +61-2-6125 9721 E. Anthony.Bennett@anu.edu.au

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Kylie Bennett, e-hub Development Manager

BSc, BA(Hons) (ANU)

Kylie is the e-hub Development Manager, and undertakes project development across e-mental health and consumer informatics research projects.

T. +61-2-6125 8405 E. Kylie.Bennett@anu.edu.au

Mick Carney, Graphic Designer

Mick is a graphic designer and illustrator. He is currently working on the e-couch site and the Beyond Ageing project.

Professor Helen Christensen, e-hub Director

BA(Hons) (Syd), MPsych, PhD (NSW), FASSA

Helen’s research interests include prevention and early intervention in depression and anxiety, the development of public health interventions for depression, anxiety and other mental disorders, the use of Internet technology in conducting randomized controlled trials, the integration of Internet and other tools in health services, risk factors for anxiety and depression, cognitive ageing and mental health across the lifespan.

T. +61-2-6125 8409 E. Helen.Christensen@anu.edu.au

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Daniel Costin

BSc (ANU) Post Grad Dip Psyc (UOW)

Daniel is an Intern Psychologist and Doctor of Psychology (Clinical) student with e-hub. Daniel is developing and investigating the efficacy of a program which delivers health information to young adults via e-mail.

T. +61-2-6125 1624 E. Daniel.Costin@anu.edu.au

Louise Farrer

BPsych(Hons) (ANU)

Lou is a Clinical PhD student working on a collaborative project between CMHR and Lifeline Australia. She is examining the effectiveness of web-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and psychoeducation in lowering depression in Lifeline callers, when supported by telephone counsellors. She will also investigate factors that predict adherence to Internet-based interventions.

T. +61-2-6125 8859 E. Louise.Farrer@anu.edu.au

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Dr Kathy Griffiths, e-hub Director

BSc(Hons), PhD (ANU)

Kathy’s research interests include consumer informatics (and particularly the evaluation of the quality of Internet-based health information), the development and evaluation of Internet psycho-educational, early intervention and preventive interventions, the evaluation of online self help communities, and the use of the Internet in reducing stigma. She also leads a number of consumer focused projects including consumer priorities for research, consumer reports of treatment effectiveness, consumer information needs and the evaluation of stigma associated with depression. Kathy is a Senior Fellow and is also the Director of the Depression & Anxiety Consumer Research Unit.

T. +61-2-6125 9723 E. Kathy.Griffiths@anu.edu.au

Amelia Gulliver

BA (UC), BAppPsych (UC), BScPsych (Hons) (UC)

Amelia is a PhD research student and research assistant working on various projects within ehub. Her past projects have included a systematic review of models of primary mental health care for depression/and or anxiety, and a systematic review examining models/treatments for comorbid substance use disorders and the high prevalence disorders of depression and/or anxiety.

T: +61-2-6125 9472 E: Amelia.Gulliver@anu.edu.au

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Liana Leach

BAppPsych(Hons) (UC)

Liana works on analysis of mental health literacy data sets, population based data sets on the use of the Internet, protocol for an evaluation of tele-counselling and web counselling.

T: +61-2-6125 1457 E: Liana.Leach@anu.edu.au

Elspeth Macdonald

BOccThy (UQ), PhD (LaTrobe)

Elspeth’s research interests include consumer and practitioner participation in research, recovery and mental health promotion and prevention, subjective experiences of mental health problems, and coping and social support. Elspeth is currently involved in the What Works for Us online depression survey.

T: +61-2-6125 8412 E: Elspeth.Macdonald@anu.edu.au

Alison Neil

BAppPsych(Hons) (UC)

Alison is a PhD student and research assistant at e-hub. She works on various e-hub and CRU projects, including the YouthMood project. The YouthMood project is investigating whether MoodGYM, an interactive web program, is effective in lowering depression, improving self-esteem, and lowering stigmatising attitudes to depression amongst adolescents.

T: +61-2-6125 8406 E: Alison.Neil@anu.edu.au

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Lisa Olive

BPsych(Hons)

Lisa is the Project Officer for MoodGYM, an interactive self-help web program, and BluePages, a depression information website.

T: +61-2-6125 3479 E: Lisa.Olive@anu.edu.au

Jola Samoc

BPsych(Hons) (ANU)

Jola is the casual Project Officer for MoodGYM, an interactive self-help web program, and BluePages, a depression information website.

E: Jolanta.Samoc@anu.edu.au

Georgia Tayler, e-couch Consultant Psychologist

Georgia is a Clinical Psychologist with many years experience in both the public and the private health sectors.

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Visiting Fellows

Dr Dave Hawking (CSIRO Information Retrieval Group)

Technical Collaborators

Mr David Berriman

Mr Richard Pass

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