Welcome to the webpage of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research

The Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR) is a national peak body for psychiatric and mental health research in Australia and New Zealand.

It includes researchers from a range of disciplines (including psychiatrists, psychologists, statisticians, epidemiologists, neuroscientists, geneticists, social scientists, mental health nurses, health economists) and provides them with an opportunity to come together to report on their most recent work, to stay abreast of developments in their own and related fields, to strengthen old collaborations and to develop new ones.

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ASPR Conference 2012

Abstract Submissions Now Open

ASPR award winners 2011

ASPR is pleased to announce the ASPR award winners for 2011:

Founders Medal: Professor Perminder Sachdev
Eli Lilly Oration Award: Professor Gin Malhi
Lundbeck Institute Award: Dr Alex Fornito
AFFIRM Early Career Researcher Scholar Award: Dr Philip Batterham
Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Research Trust Fund Bursary Award: Rachel Batty
Depression & Anxiety Consumer Research Unit (CFU) Medal: Not awarded in 2011
Australian Rotary Health (ARH) Knowledge Dissemination Award: Not awarded in 2011
ASPR Consumer-Researcher Award: Not awarded in 2011
ASPR-Schizophrenia Fellowship Consumer Researcher Award: A/Professor Eoin Killackey
Best Debut Presentaion: Not awarded in 2011
Best Poster : Dr Inger-Lise Saether
Grants-in-aid: Tamsyn Van Rheenen, Carolyn Coulson, Fiona Cocker, Rachel Batty

The Committee congratulates all award recipients and thanks every-one for their nominations. In some categories, the voting was very close and we encourage those who were not successful to try again in the future.