Kings College, UK
Organising Committee
Professor Felice Jacka
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
Professor Michael Berk
Impact SRC, Deakin University, Australia
Professor Jerome Sarris
National Institute of Complementary Medicine Health Research Institute, Australia
Amelia McGuinness
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
Catherine Helson
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
Dr Heidi Staudacher
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
A/Prof Adrienne O’Neil
University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr Tetyana Rocks
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
ECR committee
Dr Brendon Stubbs
Kings College, UK
Dr Erin Hoare
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
Scientific Committee
Dr Wolfgang Marx PhD
Head of Scientific Committee
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
Associate Professor Vicent Balanzá PhD
University of Valencia Medical School, Spain
Dr. Joe Firth PhD
National Institute of Complementary Medicine Health Research Institute, Australia
Dr Erin Hoare PhD
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
Assistant Professor Kathleen Holton, PhD, MPH
American University, USA
Assistant Professor Jeanette Johnstone, MFT, PhD
Jeni Johnstone
Jeni Johnstone is a Research Investigator at the Helfgott Research Institute in Portland, Oregon, completing a National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical research fellowship. She has a dual appointment at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) as an Assistant Professor and practicing Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Her research focuses on micronutrient supplementation in populations with ADHD, mood issues, and aggression. She leads the Science of Nutrition Affect and Cognition in Kids (SNACK) Lab at OHSU. Dr. Johnstone is leading the Micronutrients in ADHD Youth, the “MADDY” Study, a three-site, international, randomized controlled trial for children who have ADHD and irritable mood. Through an examination of participant biological samples, she and her collaborators are examining the micronutrients’ biological signature, and potential mechanisms of action.
Dr Yutaka J. Matsuoka, MD, PhD
National Cancer Center and The Jikei University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Professor Julia Rucklidge
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Dr Anu Ruusunen PhD
Food & Mood Centre, Deakin University, Australia
Professor Zoltan Sarnyai MD, PhD
James Cook University, Australia
Scott Teasdale, APD
Keeping the Body in Mind Program, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District and University of New South Wales, Australia