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Jayashri Kulkarni
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Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM
Professor Kulkarni graduated from Monash Medical School in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981. She became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and was awarded a PhD from Monash University in 1997 for her thesis, Women and Psychosis.
Jayashri Kulkarni was appointed Professor of Psychiatry at The Alfred and Monash University in 2002. She founded and directs two large psychiatry research centres, the Multidisciplinary Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) and HER Centre Australia, with over 200 staff and students, conducting over 130 clinical trials. She has won numerous awards and accolades for her work with mental health patients, including an Order of Australia in 2018 and two FRANZCP Awards in 2024: Senior Researcher and the Ian Simpson Award for clinical innovation. Women's Mental Health is Professor Kulkarni's major area of interest and research.
She was the President of the International Association for Women's Mental Health from 2017-2019. In 2021, Professor Kulkarni developed, established and directed Australia's first Women's Mental Health Hospital in Cabrini Health, where innovative treatments are provided for women with a range of mental illnesses.
Professor Kulkarni graduated from Monash Medical School in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981. She became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and was awarded a PhD from Monash University in 1997 for her thesis, Women and Psychosis.
Jayashri Kulkarni was appointed Professor of Psychiatry at The Alfred and Monash University in 2002. She founded and directs two large psychiatry research centres, the Multidisciplinary Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPrc) and HER Centre Australia, with over 200 staff and students, conducting over 130 clinical trials. She has won numerous awards and accolades for her work with mental health patients, including an Order of Australia in 2018 and two FRANZCP Awards in 2024: Senior Researcher and the Ian Simpson Award for clinical innovation. Women's Mental Health is Professor Kulkarni's major area of interest and research.
She was the President of the International Association for Women's Mental Health from 2017-2019. In 2021, Professor Kulkarni developed, established and directed Australia's first Women's Mental Health Hospital in Cabrini Health, where innovative treatments are provided for women with a range of mental illnesses.
