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PIF sponsorship - 2025 RANZCP Tasmania Branch Travelling Scholar Events

Tasmanian PIF members are invited to express their interest to attend the RANZCP Tasmania Branch Travelling Scholar events presented by Professor Michael Berk in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie.

Professor Michael Berk is currently a NHMRC Senior Principal research Fellow and is Deakin Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health, where he heads the Institute for Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT).

Presenter

Professor Michael Berk

Professor Michael Berk is currently a NHMRC Senior Principal research Fellow and is Deakin Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health, where he heads the Institute for Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT). He also is an Honorary Professorial Research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health and Orygen Youth Health at Melbourne University, as well as in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. He was awarded the Brain & Behaviour (NARSAD) Colvin Award for Mood Disorders in 2015, the Victoria Prize for life sciences in 2019, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Bob Post award for mentorship in 2020 and the RANZCP Senior Research Award in 2021. He is past president of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and current vice president of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. He has published over 1400 papers and is listed by Thompson Reuters ISI as highly cited (2015-2022). He has been awarded over $147M in grant funding. His major interests are in the discovery and implementation of novel therapies, and risk factors and prevention of psychiatric disorders.
Professor Michael Berk is currently a NHMRC Senior Principal research Fellow and is Deakin Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health, where he heads the Institute for Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT). He also is an Honorary Professorial Research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health and Orygen Youth Health at Melbourne University, as well as in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. He was awarded the Brain & Behaviour (NARSAD) Colvin Award for Mood Disorders in 2015, the Victoria Prize for life sciences in 2019, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Bob Post award for mentorship in 2020 and the RANZCP Senior Research Award in 2021. He is past president of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and current vice president of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. He has published over 1400 papers and is listed by Thompson Reuters ISI as highly cited (2015-2022). He has been awarded over $147M in grant funding. His major interests are in the discovery and implementation of novel therapies, and risk factors and prevention of psychiatric disorders.

Hobart event

Disease modifying agents in psychiatry: Which, when and how?

  • Date: Wednesday 20 August 
  • Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm 
  • Venue: Movenpick Hotel, 28 Elizabeth St, Hobart TAS 

Register: LIMITED sponsored spots available. Register your interest now by emailing pif@ranzcp.org, but be quick before they run out!

Launceston event

The aggregation of marginal gains as a pragmatic philosophy of clinical care

  • Date: Thursday 21 August 
  • Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm 
  • Venue: Peppers Silo Hotel, 89-91 Lindsay Street, Invermay, TAS 7248

Register: LIMITED sponsored spots available. Register your interest now by emailing pif@ranzcp.org, but be quick before they run out!

Burnie event 

Staging and early intervention for Bipolar Disorder

  • Date: Friday 22 August 
  • Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm 
  • Venue: Level 1, The Cancer Centre, NW Regional Hospital, 23 Brickport Road, Burnie, TAS

Register: FREE event, register here TAS Travelling Scholar Burnie.

 

Last updated 04 August 2025