Our team | Deakin Food and Mood Centre

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.

Our team

Professor Felice Jacka Founder and Director

Associate Professor Wolfgang Marx Deputy Director

Professor Adrienne O’Neil

Amelia McGuinness Research Fellow

Dr Debbie Ashtree Research Fellow

Felicity Pendergast Clinical Trial Manage

Dr Hajara Aslam Dean’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Jasmine Cleminson Associate Research Fellow and Research Officer

Dr Jenny Murfield Research Fellow

Dr Jessica Green Senior Research Fellow

Karyn Richardson Clinical Trial Manager

Dr Md Parvez Mosharaf Associate Research Fellow

Dr Meghan Hockey Associate Research Fellow and Clinical Trial Coordinator

Dr Melissa Lane Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Ruben Fernandez-Rodriguez Associate Research Fellow

Dr Samantha Dawson Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Dr Sarah Gauci Research Fellow

Dr Tetyana Rocks Senior Research Fellow

Deb Zhang PhD student

Elizabeth Gamage PhD student

Emma Todd PhD student

Farzaneh Asoudeh PhD student

Jacinta McMahon Clinical Trial Coordinator

Jodie Cram Project Officer

Lara Radovic PhD student

Marlene Gojanovic

Phelia Harrison Research Assistant

Pishva Arzhang PhD student

Rachel Fiddes Clinical Trial Manager

Rebecca Orr PhD student and Associate Research Fellow

Sophie Mahoney Associate Research Fellow and Accredited Practising Dietitian

Tabinda Jabeen PhD student

Honorary appointments

Associate Professor Heidi Staudacher

Associate Professor Anu Ruusunen