International challenges in Brain and Mind Sciences

Special Event
International
challenges in Brain
and Mind Sciences:
Will technology
deliver new
answers to old
questions?
Tour and public lecture
Key Speaker
Professor Ian Hickie
Program
4.30pm
Tour of Brain & Mind Research
Institute (BMRI) and the National
Imaging Facility Research Cyclotron
6.00pm
Refreshments and
Key Speaker
7.00pm
Professor Ian Hickie
Optional Dinner at
Buon Gusto (Italian) 368 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale
From 2000 to 2003, Professor Hickie was CEO of beyondblue: the national
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depression initiative, and from 2003 to 2006 served as its Clinical Advisor.
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In 2003, Professor Hickie was appointed as the Executive Director of the
Tuesday 12 May 2015
Brain & Mind Research Institute (BMRI). From 2008 to 2013, he was one of the
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first round of new NHMRC 2008 Australian Fellows and was appointed to the
Brain & Mind Research Institute,
94-100 Mallett Street, Camperdown
Federal Health Minister’s National Advisory Council on Mental Health and then,
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in 2010 to 2011, the Federal Ministers Mental Health Expert Advisory Group.
From 2012, Professor Hickie has been appointed as a Commissioner in the new
National Mental Health Commission to oversee enhanced accountability for
mental health reform in Australia.
Free tour and meeting.
Optional dinner is $50p.p.
RSVP
Tuesday 5 May
Bookings:
www.anstohickie.eventbrite.com.au
Enquiries:
02 9717 3090 or [email protected]
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