2025 Research Themes

Our research themes have now been confirmed for 2025, representing the department’s research strengths and promoting collaboration across staff and partners. The researchers involved in each theme have a shared desire of transforming health systems and healthcare delivery, and improving the lives of individuals and communities locally and globally.

See further details on the 2025 research themes below:

Neuroscience in Ageing
Co-lead: Prof Nicola Lautenschlager
Co-lead: A/Prof Samantha Loi

Mood, Anxiety and Trauma  
Co-lead: Prof Ben Harrison
Co-lead: Prof Meaghan O’Donnell

Neuropsychiatry 
Co-lead: Prof Christos Pantelis
Co-lead: Prof Richard Kanaan

Systems Neuroscience
Co-lead: Prof Andrew Zalesky
Co-lead: Dr Maria Di Biase

Keep an eye on your emails and the Department of Psychiatry website to learn more about these themes soon. Researchers will be encouraged to work across themes.