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The Deakin Food and Mood Centre is a world-leading, multi-disciplinary research centre that aims to understand the complex ways in which what we eat influences our brain, mood, and mental health. Our team works to bring our research from our laboratory to you. We are an evidence-based resource, and aim to provide top-quality Nutritional Psychiatry information for all.
Learn about our researchOur Nutritional Psychiatry research initiatives aim to identify nutrition-based approaches to prevent and treat mental disorders that may improve brain and mental health, both in Australia and globally. We research nutrition-based approaches to prevent and treat mental and brain disorders.
Mental disorders are one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, while diet is now a proven determinant of mental and brain health. We are the only centre in the world dedicated to researching Nutritional Psychiatry, the groundbreaking field that explores the food-mood-brain connection.
Our work has already had a global impact, influencing clinical guidelines, high-level policy, the media and public knowledge.
The Deakin Food and Mood Centre is made up of a group of Deakin University academics united by a drive to better understand the complex relationship between our diet and our brain.
Led by Deakin Distinguished Professor Felice Jacka OAM, our team comes from a diverse range of backgrounds, and our world-class research spans the health spectrum from microbiology to public health.
“Science is not finished until it’s communicated” – this quote from Sir Mark Walport, the UK government’s chief scientific advisor, is one of my favourite adages about the importance of science communication and research translation. With thousands of biomedical papers published every day, it’s becoming increasingly important to get research to the people it impacts most.
Food & Mood Centre researchers have published a new study in Cell Reports Medicine looking at a food- vs. supplement-based diet and its effect on the gut microbiome. Led...
Limited access to prenatal dietary support in regional and rural Australia increases the risk of perinatal depression and anxiety (PNDA), adversely affecting child cognitive outcomes. A new clinical trial,...