- Nicholas Procter, Adelaide University
Nicholas Procter PhD MBA GradDip Adult Ed BA CertAdvClinNsg RN is Academic Lead and Chair in Mental Health Nursing at Adelaide University. For more than twenty years Professor Procter has been an advisor to state and federal governments in mental health, suicide prevention, and trauma informed practice. He has longstanding interests in nursing research, education, knowledge translation, and quality improvement initiatives. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Council of National Representatives to the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Chair of Australia's National Suicide Prevention Office Advisory Board and as Associate Editor for Archives of Suicide Research. Professor Procter is author of more than 350 academic outputs.
- Rhonda L. Wilson, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Rhonda L. Wilson is a Professor of Mental Health Nursing at RMIT University and President of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses. A Wiradjuri descendant, registered nurse, and Credentialed Mental Health Nurse, her work spans mental health nursing, social and emotional well-being, First Nations health, digital health, menopause, workforce development, and health policy. Rhonda has held academic and leadership positions across Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, and has published extensively in mental health nursing, and health services research. She is a passionate advocate for equity, kindness, human rights, and culturally responsive approaches to mental health and well-being.
- Helen P. Hamer, University of Auckland
Helen P. Hamer is a nurse consultant and senior lecturer, University of Auckland, with many years of experience in mental health nursing, and Fellow of Te Ao Māramatanga: New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses. Helen's research focuses on citizenship, social justice and social inclusion for people with mental health problems. Helen is recognised internationally as a leader in the development of consumers as co-researchers and academics, and the facilitation of recovery-focused and trauma-informed practice; particularly, for people experiencing psychosis. Helen also holds an honorary research position at Yale University, Programme for Recovery and Community Health, Department of Psychiatry USA.
- Denise McGarry, University of Tasmania
Denise McGarry PhD is a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse and a Fellow of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses. She is a senior lecturer in mental health nursing in the School of Nursing, University of Tasmania Health. In this capacity she enjoys working with undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Mark Loughhead, Adelaide University
Mark Loughhead is the inaugural lecturer of lived experience in mental health within the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Adelaide University. His work aims to promote lived-experience perspectives relating to personal recovery and person-centred care, and how mental health supports and systems can be redesigned with lived experience leadership and co-production. Mark is a lived experience leader within the university's Mental Health Suicide Prevention Research and Education Group. Here, he guides research and education relating to the lived-experience workforce and the recovery-orientated practice skills of learned experience/ clinical workforces. His background includes thirty years' experience in community mental health education, consumer advocacy and tertiary education.