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The Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University 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. We are a team of world-class researchers from various backgrounds, studying the food-mood relationship at various levels, from microbiology to public health.

Within in the field of Nutritional Psychiatry, our research initiatives aim to identify nutrition-based approaches to preventing and treating mental disorders that may improve brain and mental health both in Australia and globally. Our team works to bring our research from our laboratory to you; we are an evidence-based resource, and aim provide top-quality Nutritional Psychiatry information for all.

The Food & Mood Centre are committed to conducting high quality research that helps us to learn about how diet and nutrition can prevent, treat and reduce risk of mental disorders.

Felice Jacka

Professor Felice Jacka

Felice Jacka OAM is Deakin Distinguished Professor of Nutritional Psychiatry and founder and director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University

Our Team

Our Team

Led by Professor Felice Jacka, the Food & Mood Centre are a multi-disciplinary team studying the ways in which what we eat influences our brain, mood, and mental health.

Our Food & Mood Centre research program is focused on expanding the important research in this new field of Nutritional Psychiatry so that we can discover risk factors and develop solutions to mental health problems using dietary and nutritional strategies.

Staff Profiles
Our Research

Our Research

Our Food & Mood Centre research program is focused on expanding the important research in the new field of Nutritional Psychiatry so that we can discover risk factors and develop solutions to mental health problems using dietary and nutritional strategies. We are the only research centre in the world and we hope that you find our work as fascinating and important as we do.

Our Research