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‘MINDHACK’ Hackathon – Australia, May 2016

‘MINDHACK’ Hackathon – Australia, May 2016 Meeting for Minds held Australia’s first ever mental health Hackathon, partnering with Spacecubed, on 20 and 21 May 2016. During the 24-hour event, a selected group of students drawn from a broad base of disciplines, attempted to ‘MindHack’ inventive tools and methods for initiating interaction between research scientists and people with lived … Continue reading ‘MINDHACK’ Hackathon – Australia, May 2016

Workshop – Australia, April 2016

Workshop – Australia, April 2016 The Meeting for Minds Workshop was held on Tuesday, 12 April 2016 at Notre Dame University, Fremantle. The Workshop looked to gain input on research priorities of postgraduate researchers in brain sciences, postgraduate trainee psychiatrists &  psychologists, and people with lived experience of mental illness who were interested in forging a … Continue reading Workshop – Australia, April 2016

Meeting for Minds Public Lecture – Australia, August 2015

Meeting for Minds Public Lecture – Australia, August 2015 On 4 & 5 August 2015 Meeting for Minds presented a public lecture “Freedom from Schizophrenia – A Twin’s Quest” with Professor Shannon Weickert, BA, MPhil, PhD, Macquarie Group Foundation Chair of Schizophrenia Research Faculty – School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales.  

Professor Patrick McGorry Lecture – Australia, February 2015

Professor Patrick McGorry Lecture – Australia, February 2015 In February 2015 Meeting for Minds presented a lecture by Professor Patrick McGorry on “Hope and help for young people experiencing early signs of mental illness“. The event was hosted by Christ Church Grammar School’s Centre for Ethics. When we see young minds breaking down, what real … Continue reading Professor Patrick McGorry Lecture – Australia, February 2015

2014 Philippe & Maria Halphen Foundation Prize – Professor Marie-Odile Krebs

2014 Philippe & Maria Halphen Foundation Prize – Professor Marie-Odile Krebs Maria Halphen pictured with Professor Jean Rouser, and the 2015 Philippe & Maria Halphen Prize winner Professor Marie-Odile Krebs, under the Cupola at Academie des sciences, Paris.Professor Krebs was awarded the Prize for her research on the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders.