Meet our team!

Please use the drop down menu above to learn more about our wonderful multidisciplinary team.
Absent: Barb Donnan, Emma Doolan, Donna Drew, Karen Johnston, Tracey O'Brien, Vera Russell, Selena Russo, Helen Wilson, Alyssa Wilson, Mark Donoghoe, Alistair Lum, David Mizrahi, Leigh Donovan, Alison Young, Emily Duve, and Lisa Tarantino
Here you can have a look at a video about the BSU team, made by some of our team members
(be sure to watch until the end for some great deleted scenes!). You can also read more about each of our team members below.
The BSU team is currently recruiting survivors and families for over 15 studies, across five major themes:
1. Mental Health
2. Nutrition
3. Cognition and Education
4. Health Behaviours
5. Ethics and Genetics

Management team

Operational team

Jennifer Clough
Finance Officer
Mark Donoghoe
Statistician
Emma Doolan 
Statistician/Research Officer
Alyssa Wilson
Project Officer
Lisa Tarantino
Research Administrator

Research Team

Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly
Team Leader- Mental Health
Lauren Carlson 
​Research Officer
​​Dr Kate Hetherington
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Sarah Ellis
PhD Candidate
Brittany McGill 
Clinical Psychologist
Holly Evans 
PhD Candidate
Helen Wilson
Research Officer
Theophila Hayes
ILP Student
Vania Raharjo
ILP Student
Dr Jennifer Cohen 
Team Leader - Nutrition
Paayal Gohil
PhD Candidate
Lauren Touyz 
PhD Candidate
​​​Dr Joanna Fardell
Team Leader - Cognition & Education
Mary Burns
Research Officer
Barb Donnan
Educational Research Psychologist
Clarissa Schilstra
Research Officer
Clancy Read
​ILP
​​Dr Joanna Fardell
Team Leader - Health Behaviours
Dr Christina Signorelli 
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Karen Johnston
​Clinical Nurse Consultant
Dr Selena Russo
Research Consultant
Rebecca Hill
PhD Candidate
Mary-Ellen Brierley
Research Officer
David Mizrahi
PhD Candidate
Dr Janine Vetsch
Team Leader - Ethics & Genetics
Dr Lauren Kelada
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Dr Leigh Donovan
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Vera Russell 
Bereavement Counsellour
Donna Drew 
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Pete Techakesari
​Research Officer
 Eden Robertson 
PhD Candidate
Alison Young
​PhD Candidate
Brittany McGill
PhD Candidate
Emily Duve 
Research Officer

Current volunteers

Lachlan Munro
Hannah Yee
Stephanie Konings
Jessica Deng
Kyra Webb
Lianne Wong
Sophie Champion
Kimberley Jones
Janice Yung
Claudia Goswell
Yuki Wen
Fiona Lee
Julie Van