Welcome to the webpage of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research

The Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research (ASPR) is a national peak body for psychiatric and mental health research in Australia and New Zealand.

It includes researchers from a range of disciplines (including psychiatrists, psychologists, statisticians, epidemiologists, neuroscientists, geneticists, social scientists, mental health nurses, health economists) and provides them with an opportunity to come together to report on their most recent work, to stay abreast of developments in their own and related fields, to strengthen old collaborations and to develop new ones.

News & Events

Scholarship, Research Grants, Job Opportunities

A new section called "Scholarships and Grants" has been added under the "Early Career Researchers" heading in the menu on the right hand side of the ASPR webpages. This page will be updated monthly and will provide information on scholarships, grants and job oppportunities.

ASPR award winners 2009

ASPR is pleased to announce the ASPR award winners for 2009:

Founders Medal: No medal awarded in 2009
Eli Lilly Oration Award: Alison Yung
Shering-Plough Organon Award: Timothy Slade
Early Career Researcher Scholar Award: Lana Williams and Alison Calear
Australian Rotary Health Knowledge Dissemination Award: Perminder Sachdev
Best Debut 2009: Laura Hart
Best Poster 2009: Katie Crocker and Phylippa McKay
ASPR Consumer-Researcher Award: Michelle Banfield
ASPR-Schizophrenia Fellowship Consumer Researcher Award: Johanna Badcock
Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Research Trust Fund Bursary Award: Kristen Moeller-Saxone
Grants-in-aid: Michelle Blanchard, Jacqueline Brewer, Katie Crocker, Laura Hart, Su Mon Kyaw-Myint, Rachel Mountjoy, Dearne Sanday, Jean-Francois Schmouth

The Committee congratulates all award recipients and thanks every-one for their nominations. In some categories, the voting was very close and we encourage those who were not successful to try again in the future.