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Megan Galbally
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Professor Megan Galbally
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Professor Megan Galbally is a clinical and academic leader with over two decades of leadership, clinical, research, and governance experience whose qualifications include FRANZCP, MBBS, MPM, AFRACMA, and PhD.
Professor Galbally is the current Program Medical Director of the Mental Health Program at Monash Health, leading Victoria’s largest mental health service delivering services across the lifespan. She is also the Professor/Director of the Centre for Women’s and Children’s Mental Health at Monash University, a research centre where she leads internationally-regarded research in perinatal psychiatry. She has over 150 peer reviewed publications, led over $10million in grants as chief investigator and has supervised and continues to supervise PhD students.
Her previous role was the Medical Director of Women’s Health, Mental Health and Genetics at King Edward Memorial Hospital in WA and Professor of Psychiatry. In this role she oversaw a range of statewide services as well as undertook teaching and research in her academic role.
Megan was a Board Member for the International Marce Society and is currently a Board Member for Women’s and Infant Research Foundation.
Within RANZCP, Megan has twice been a member of Victorian Branch Committee, Chair of WA Branch and led the purchase and fit out of new branch premises. She was also Chair of the Gender Equity Working Group that developed the first Gender Equity Action Plan for RANZCP, has been a member of the Academic Steering Committee, and Chair of the Bi-national Section of Perinatal and Infant Psychiatry from 2017-2024. Megan is the 2026 recipient of the RANZCP Margaret Tobin Award for leadership in psychiatry.
Professor Galbally was elected to the Board in May 2026 for a two-year term.
Professor Megan Galbally is a clinical and academic leader with over two decades of leadership, clinical, research, and governance experience whose qualifications include FRANZCP, MBBS, MPM, AFRACMA, and PhD.
Professor Galbally is the current Program Medical Director of the Mental Health Program at Monash Health, leading Victoria’s largest mental health service delivering services across the lifespan. She is also the Professor/Director of the Centre for Women’s and Children’s Mental Health at Monash University, a research centre where she leads internationally-regarded research in perinatal psychiatry. She has over 150 peer reviewed publications, led over $10million in grants as chief investigator and has supervised and continues to supervise PhD students.
Her previous role was the Medical Director of Women’s Health, Mental Health and Genetics at King Edward Memorial Hospital in WA and Professor of Psychiatry. In this role she oversaw a range of statewide services as well as undertook teaching and research in her academic role.
Megan was a Board Member for the International Marce Society and is currently a Board Member for Women’s and Infant Research Foundation.
Within RANZCP, Megan has twice been a member of Victorian Branch Committee, Chair of WA Branch and led the purchase and fit out of new branch premises. She was also Chair of the Gender Equity Working Group that developed the first Gender Equity Action Plan for RANZCP, has been a member of the Academic Steering Committee, and Chair of the Bi-national Section of Perinatal and Infant Psychiatry from 2017-2024. Megan is the 2026 recipient of the RANZCP Margaret Tobin Award for leadership in psychiatry.
Professor Galbally was elected to the Board in May 2026 for a two-year term.
