Ms Pat Thompson

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Dr Sheila Clark is a general practitioner who has worked in the area of suicide postvention for over 20 years. She co-facilitated the Bereaved Through Suicide Support Group in Adelaide for many years, and has undertaken research, teaching, publications and counselling in the area of grief. In 2001 she was awarded the Farberow Award of the International Association for Suicide Prevention for services to postvention.

Professor Diego De Leo is Director of the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, and Professor of Psychiatry. He is Director of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, is the winner of several international awards in his field, and is extensively published.

Professor Graham Martin is an active clinical leader and academic in child and adolescent mental health and currently holds a joint appointment as Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The University of Queensland, and Clinical Director, Royal Children’s Hospital and Health Service District, Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS).

Ms Rita Prasad-Ildes is a social worker by training and has worked in the multicultural sector in Queensland for the past 20 years. She has held many and varied roles in multicultural sector organisations, including over 10 years in NGOs, 4 years as a private consultant specialising in cross cultural service delivery and for the past 8 years as the manager of the Qld Transcultural Mental Health Centre in Queensland Health. Rita’s areas of expertise include women’s health, refugee health and mental health.