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Lecture

TAS Travelling Scholar Hobart - Professor Michael Berk

Disease modifying agents in psychiatry: Which, when and how?

Date

20 August 2025
6 - 9 pm

Location

Movenpick Hotel
28 Elizabeth St
Hobart TAS

Organised by

TAS RANZCP Branch

Delivery

Hybrid
Branch event

Event information

You are invited to the 2025 Travelling Scholar Hobart event with special guest Professor Michael Berk.

Lecture title: Disease modifying agents in psychiatry: Which, when and how?

Date

Wednesday 20 August 2025

Time

6-9 pm

Venue

Movenpick Hotel, 28 Elizabeth St, Hobart

Cost

$65 per person (incl. GST) for dinner and lecture (free for Tasmanian trainees*)
$75.00 for non-Members

Presenter

Professor Michael Berk

Professor Michael Berk is currently a NHMRC Senior Principal research Fellow and is Deakin Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health, where he heads the Institute for Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT). He also is an Honorary Professorial Research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health and Orygen Youth Health at Melbourne University, as well as in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. He was awarded the Brain & Behaviour (NARSAD) Colvin Award for Mood Disorders in 2015, the Victoria Prize for life sciences in 2019, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Bob Post award for mentorship in 2020 and the RANZCP Senior Research Award in 2021. He is past president of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and current vice president of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. He has published over 1400 papers and is listed by Thompson Reuters ISI as highly cited (2015-2022). He has been awarded over $147M in grant funding. His major interests are in the discovery and implementation of novel therapies, and risk factors and prevention of psychiatric disorders.
Professor Michael Berk is currently a NHMRC Senior Principal research Fellow and is Deakin Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health, where he heads the Institute for Innovation in Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation (IMPACT). He also is an Honorary Professorial Research fellow in the Department of Psychiatry, the Florey Institute for Neuroscience and Mental Health and Orygen Youth Health at Melbourne University, as well as in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. He was awarded the Brain & Behaviour (NARSAD) Colvin Award for Mood Disorders in 2015, the Victoria Prize for life sciences in 2019, the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Bob Post award for mentorship in 2020 and the RANZCP Senior Research Award in 2021. He is past president of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and current vice president of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. He has published over 1400 papers and is listed by Thompson Reuters ISI as highly cited (2015-2022). He has been awarded over $147M in grant funding. His major interests are in the discovery and implementation of novel therapies, and risk factors and prevention of psychiatric disorders.

Online attendance

Zoom attendance available for members in the north/north west.

Live stream attendees will be sent the Zoom link prior to the event. Confirmation of start time for the webinar will also be sent with the link.

This is an in-person event. If you are unable to attend in person i.e., for members in the north / north west of the state, there will be an option to view the event via live stream. Please note, as this is an in-person event, attendees will have the priority and their questions addressed first, if there is time, questions may be taken from the online audience.

Registration cut off

Please register by 4 pm on 12 August 2025.

Cancellations and refunds

*This event is free for Tasmanian trainees to attend. Those who don't attend on the night will be invoiced for the cost of the meal ($65), unless there are extenuating circumstances. If you are no longer able to attend, you must advise ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org before 4 pm on 12 August, and you won't be charged.

Change of mind cancellations must be made in writing and sent to ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org for a full refund by 4 pm on 12 August 2025. Cancellations made after this date will not be refunded.

COVID-19 Compliance

All participants attending in person will be required to comply with the COVID Safety Guidelines and protocols in place with the venue/s and the event which will be aligned and compliant with all relevant Commonwealth and state government health advice at that time. By registering for this event, the RANZCP reserves the right to provide your contact details to authorities for the purposes of contact tracing and any other relevant government requirements.

Details of the protocols and requirements will be available on the website and all registrants will be bound by these requirements. The RANZCP reserves the right to update the COVID protocols to ensure the health and safety of participants, including but not limited to event entry requirements. Participants may be excluded if they do not comply with the requirements of the COVID Safety Guidelines and protocols.

Directions

Parking options: on street parking; Argyle st carpark parking (closes 10 pm).

Contact

Please contact the Tasmania Branch if you have any questions.
ranzcp.tas@ranzcp.org
03 6235 1804