Meet the team

About us

The Inroads team is made up of a group of researchers, clinical psychologists, and health economists from the University of Sydney (Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use), Macquarie University, University of New South Wales, Monash University and University of Newcastle. We are experts in developing and evaluating evidence-based programs that draw on the latest scientific research in the mental health and alcohol/drug use fields. Based on 15 years of researching the most effective treatments for anxiety and alcohol use specifically, we developed the Inroads program. You can read more about the Inroads program and the results of a previous trial of the program here.

Below are the team members who you will hear from throughout the course of the program, and other important team members who helped develop the program. 

 

The Team

The team

Associate Professor Lexine Stapinski

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

 

Dr Katrina Prior

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

 

Dr Ivana Kihas

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

 

Ms Tara Guckel

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

 

Ms Laura Wade

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

 

Ms Eliza-Rose Gordon

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

 

Ms Ainsley Furneaux-Bate

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

 

Professor Andrew Baillie

The University of Sydney

Professor Nicola Newton

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

 

Professor Maree Teesson

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use (Director), The University of Sydney

Dr Yong Yi Lee

Monash University

Dr Mark Deady

Black Dog Institute, The University of New South Wales

Professor Ronald Rapee

Macquarie University

Professor Jennifer Hudson

Black Dog Institute, The University of New South Wales

Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin

The University of Newcastle

Professor Tim Slade

The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney

Professor Paul Haber

The University of Sydney

Dr Mary Lou Chatterton

Monash University

Professor Cathy Mihalopoulos

Monash University

Youth Advisory Board

The Inroads program has been uniquely co-designed with iterative feedback from members of the Matilda Centre's Youth Advisory Board, which is comprised of a culturally, linguistically and gender diverse group of 10 members aged 16-25 from across Australia. They bring expertise and an interest in mental health and substance use via their own lived experience, that of their families or communities.

 

We would like to thank them for their insights and valuable contribution to the program. You can learn more about the Youth Advisory Board here