Michael Berk

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Professor Michael Berk

Congratulations to Professor Michael Berk AO, on being appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to epidemiology, to preventative medicine, to mental health, and to tertiary education. 

Professor Michael Berk AO is currently a NHMRC Leadership 3 research Fellow and is Deakin Distinguished Chair 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 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 has published over 1650 papers and is listed by Thompson Reuters ISI as highly cited (2015-2025). His major interests are in the discovery and implementation of novel therapies.  

Congratulations to Professor Michael Berk AO, on being appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to epidemiology, to preventative medicine, to mental health, and to tertiary education. 

Professor Michael Berk AO is currently a NHMRC Leadership 3 research Fellow and is Deakin Distinguished Chair 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 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 has published over 1650 papers and is listed by Thompson Reuters ISI as highly cited (2015-2025). His major interests are in the discovery and implementation of novel therapies.  

Last updated 19 June 2026