Department Welcomes and Congratulations

We’re delighted to welcome some new faces to the Department of Psychiatry in 2025. Bringing with them a multitude of expertise and experience, we look forward to achieving some great results across the department. A very warm welcome to all our new starters!

Welcome to our New DoP Starters:

• Joo Yee Chiam, Finance Manager, Phoenix Australia
• Audrey Fairhall, Mental Health Clinician, Phoenix Australia
• Josselin Houenou, Professor of Psychiatry at Northern Health
• Alfred Lo, Research Assistant
• Claire McLaren, Department Administrator
• Sunny Nakajima, MD Mental Health Site Coordinator
• Caitlyn Rogers, Research Assistant
• Shaheen Samnani, Clinical Research Assistant, Phoenix Australia
• Erin Santamaria, Research Assistant, Phoenix Australia
• Alisa Turbic, Clinical Trial Coordinator

Congratulations across the department

We’re very pleased to announce the recent promotions across the department. Please join us in congratulating the following staff promotions.

• Lee Allen, Associate Professor (Level D)
• Frances Saunders, Associate Professor (Level D)