The appointment of Associate Professor Femke Buisman-Pijlman

On behalf of the Melbourne Children's Campus, we are delighted to announce the appointment of Associate Professor Femke Buisman-Pijlman (BSc, MSc, PhD) as the Education Lead for the Melbourne Children's Campus Mental Health Strategy.

Femke joins us from her previous role as Academic Program Director at the Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education where she supported a multimillion-dollar teaching portfolio for the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Science.

Femke is a leader in online education and curriculum development. She has developed online postgraduate degrees in addiction studies jointly between the University of Adelaide, run with King's College London (UK) and Virginia Commonwealth University (USA).

Femke is passionate about supporting mental health, and we are very excited to welcome her to this crucial position. Femke will work with professionals from various clinical backgrounds to develop and deliver impactful evidence-based education and training that empowers staff to provide mental health care of the highest quality.