Our People
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A/Prof Bridget Hamilton
Bridget is the Director of CentreMHN, leading the team of clinical nurse academics and consumer academics.
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Vrinda Edan
Vrinda is the Senior Consumer Academic for CentreMHN and has has been working for over 20 years in the consumer field.
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Cat Van Remmen
Cat is a Consumer Academic and Project Manager for LEW projects. Cat has many years of experience in peer support and consumer perspective work.
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Cath Roper
Cath is a Senior Consumer Academic. Cath has held the role of consumer academic at CentreMHN since 2000.
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Cathie Miller
Cathie is a Mental Health Nurse Academic at Centre MHN. She is passionate about Trauma Informed Care, LGBTIQ+ health and wellbeing, and supporting the learning and development of mental health nurses.
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Dr Teresa Kelly
Teresa is a credentialed mental health nurse and an academic at the CentreMHN. Her areas of expertise include relational heart health, qualitative research, and clinical supervision for mental health nurses.
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Roshani Prematunga
Roshani is a Research Assistant at the CentreMHN and has a background in Public Health and Statistics.
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Megan Porter
Megan is the Programs, Events and Communications Officer at the CentreMHN and promotes the CentreMHN and events through digital/non-digital communications.
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Wanda Bennetts
Wanda is a Consumer Academic at CentreMHN and has a background in education and a lived experience of mental health services.
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Natasha Swingler
Natasha is a Consumer Academic in CentreMHN.
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Leah McKenner
Leah is a Consumer Academic in CentreMHN.
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Nina Joffee-Kohn
Nina is a Consumer Academic in CentreMHN.
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Hamilton Kennedy
Hamilton is a Consumer Academic at the CentreMHN. They have a lived experience of madness and psychiatric hospitalisation which informs their work.
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Hosu Ryu
Hosu is a PhD student. PhD Title: Evaluation of Clinical Supervision Implementation for Mental Health Nurses in Victoria, Australia.
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Helena Roennfeldt
Helena is a PhD Student. PhD Title: All roads lead to ED: an analysis of the discourses surrounding responses to mental health crises.