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Meet our team

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM
Director
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM graduated in Medicine from Monash University in 1981 and became a Fellow of the College of Psychiatrists in 1988, commencing her appointment as Professor of Psychiatry at The Alfred and Monash University in 2002.
Professor Kulkarni founded and serves as the director of two research centres, the Multidisciplinary Alfred Psychiatry research centre (MAPrc) and partner site HER Centre Australia, and also serves as Head of the Department of Psychiatry for the Monash University Central Clinical School. She also developed and launched Australia’s first women’s mental health hospital at Cabrini Health in September 2021, and was awarded an Order of Australia (AM) in 2019 for her services to Psychiatry.
Professor Kulkarni has conducted ground-breaking clinical research and is internationally acknowledged as a leader and expert in the field of Women’s Mental Health, particularly for her innovative work on reproductive hormones and mental illness. Her world-first research in hormones and mental health has led to the development of new treatments for women with mental ill health.
Management / Administration

Dr Leo Chen
Deputy Director & Senior Research Fellow
Anthony de Castella
Research & Business Manager
Emmy Gavrilidis
Clinical Trials Manager



Dr Eveline Mu
Senior Research Fellow & Research Manager, HER Centre Australia

Dr Lizzie Thomas
Manager, Brain Stimulation Lab & Senior Research Fellow

A/Prof Caroline Gurvich
Head, Cognition and Hormones Group & Deputy Director, HER Centre Australia

Marie Iglesias
Executive Assistant to Professor Kulkarni & WMH Clinic Coordinator
James Cutler
Communications Manager & Senior Project Officer
Robyn Johnston
Receptionist & Executive Assistant to Anthony de Castella


Research & Clinical Trial Support Staff

Dr Rebecca Ho
Medical Officer

Dr Eva Gregertsen
Research Fellow & Study Coordinator, Li-THRED

Dr Jodie Tester
Medical Officer

Violet Francis
Research Nurse, Brain Stimulation Lab

Prue Read
Research Nurse

Marta Malicka
Clinical Trials Coordinator

Amanda Karagiannidis
Clinical Trials Coordinator

Ebony Rauer
Clinical Trials Coordinator

Ella Plant
Research Assistant

Dr Chitra Vinnakota
Research Assistant, Brain Stimulation Lab

Mimi Truong
Research Assistant, Brain Stimulation Lab

Lucy Ingleby
Research Assistant
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