Occhipinti, Jo-An
Skinner, Adam
Carter, Samantha
Heath, Jacinta
Lawson, Kenny
McGill, Katherine
McClure, Rod
Hickie, Ian B.
Article History
Received: 11 April 2021
Accepted: 17 May 2021
First Online: 27 May 2021
Competing interests
: Authors AS, SC, JH, KL & RM declare they have no conflicts of interest relevant to this work. A/Professor Jo-An Occhipinti (née Atkinson) is both Head of Systems Modelling, Simulation, & Data Science at the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre and Managing Director of Computer Simulation & Advanced Research Technologies (CSART). Katie McGill’s MH-READ position is supported by funding from the Burdekin Suicide Prevention Program, administered by Hunter New England Mental Health Service. Katie McGill is the recipient of a Suicide Prevention Australia PhD scholarship, made available through a partnership with Regional Australia Bank. Professor Ian B. Hickie was an inaugural Commissioner on Australia’s National Mental Health Commission (2012–2018). He is the Co-Director, Health and Policy at the Brain and Mind Centre (BMC) University of Sydney, Australia. The BMC operates an early-intervention youth services at Camperdown under contract to headspace. Professor Hickie has previously led community-based and pharmaceutical industry-supported (Wyeth, Eli Lily, Servier, Pfizer, AstraZeneca) projects focused on the identification and better management of anxiety and depression. He was a member of the Medical Advisory Panel for Medibank Private until October 2017, a Board Member of Psychosis Australia Trust and a member of Veterans Mental Health Clinical Reference group. He is the Chief Scientific Advisor to, and a 5% equity shareholder in, InnoWell Pty Ltd. InnoWell was formed by the University of Sydney (45% equity) and PwC (Australia; 45% equity) to deliver the $30 M Australian Government-funded Project Synergy (2017–2020; a three-year program for the transformation of mental health services) and to lead transformation of mental health services internationally through the use of innovative technologies.