Professor Susan Rees (Australia)

Professor Rees, PhD, is a full-time Professor in Psychiatry and Mental Health. She is also on the Faculty of the Global Mental Health Course, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Program in Global Trauma. Her research focus is the mental health of conflict-affected populations, trauma, gender based violence, military mental health and suicide risk, and collaborating on mental health projects led by First Nations academics. She publishes in highly ranked medical and social science journals, including JAMA, Lancet, BMJ and Nature Translation Psychiatry. She has attracted over $8,000,000 Category 1 funding in her career. She has worked as a practitioner in the domestic violence and child protection sectors, as well as in government policy positions related to women’s health and welfare service development and delivery. Dr Rees has extensive research experience in countries in our region, including Timor-Leste, West Papua and Indonesia. Professor Rees has expertise in research translation, social policy, mental health interventions, program evaluations and cohort studies. Her methodological expertise includes longitudinal studies, interventions, mental health surveys and observations, mixed methods and qualitative methods.