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

ASPR 2013 Conference

The annual ASPR Conference will be held in Melbourne from December 4th - 6th 2013, with workshops being offered on December 3rd and 7th 2013.

The Theme of the conference this year is Mental Health Research: The Whole Picture.

The conference will highlight all areas of research from the subcellular to the translation into practice and policy. We look forward to your participation in a vibrant and engaging conference.

Further details will be available shortly.

ASPR award winners 2012

ASPR is pleased to announce the ASPR award winners for 2012:

Founders Medal: Professor John McGrath
Eli Lilly Oration Award: Professor Paul Fitzgerald
Lundbeck Institute Award: Dr Katherine Mills
AFFIRM Early Career Researcher Scholar Award: Dr Nicola Newton
Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Research Trust Fund Bursary Award: Alana Shepherd
Depression & Anxiety Consumer Research Unit (CFU) Medal: Dr Michelle Banfield
Australian Rotary Health (ARH) Knowledge Dissemination Award: Professor Jan Copeland
ASPR Consumer-Researcher Award: Kellie Bennett
ASPR Consumer-Researcher Award runner up: Kristi Ann Villagonzalo
ASPR-Schizophrenia Fellowship Consumer Researcher Award: not awarded in 2012
NERU ASPR Carer Speaker Award: Ms Kali Paxinos
Best Debut Presentaion: Shae Quirk
Best Poster : Ms Alix Mellor
Grants-in-aid: Mark Deady, Pooj Pallavi, Kelly Allott, Alana Shepherd, Gail Alvares, Ryan Kaplan

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.