Congrats to Food & Mood Centre’s Dr Dr Samantha Dawson for being a finalist in the Victorian Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research last week 🎉Pictured: Prof Matt Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Dr Samantha Dawson, Prof Prof Felice Jacka OAM & Ben Carroll, Minister for Medical Research

Food & Mood researchers have published a new paper in The BMJ looking at ultra-processed foods and their associations with a range of health outcomes. Read the full paper 👉 bmj.com/content/384/bm… or a summary in JAMA 👉jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… Dr. Melissa M Lane

Our latest blog post explores some of the reasons why we may struggle to exercise when we're not feeling our best, and discusses some of the ways we can overcome common barriers to exercise. Read the blog here: foodandmoodcentre.com.au/2024/03/exerci…

NEW BOOK FOR PSYCHIATRISTS & PSYCHOLOGISTS! Prof Felice Jacka OAM Heidi Staudacher PhD AdvAPD Dr Tetyana Rocks 🇺🇦 have contributed their expertise in a new book for health professionals, “Nutritional Psychiatry – A Primer for Clinicians”. Buy the book in hardcopy or eBook format from all leading bookshops.

Study participants with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) wanted! This is an online trial and you can participate from anywhere in Australia. Check if you are eligible here: redcap.deakin.edu.au/surveys/?s=K4M… For more information, email [email protected] or call 0404 559 164.

Congrats to Dr. Melissa M Lane (L) & Dr Samantha Dawson (R) for both receiving an Alfred Deakin Medal for their doctoral theses! Congrats also to Food & Mood researcher Jasmine Cleminson (second photo) who graduated with her PhD completed through CONEXUS Research at IMPACT.

Study participants with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) wanted! This is an online trial and you can participate from anywhere in Australia. Check if you are eligible here: redcap.deakin.edu.au/surveys/?s=K4M… For more information, email [email protected] or call 0404 559 164.

Do you want to eat more salads, but find that they don’t keep you full? Add protein, carbs and fats to your salad to keep you full, give you energy and provide your body and brain with all the nutrition they need to get through the day. Follow Food & Mood Academy for more!

The Food & Mood Centre's Prof Adrienne Oneil says dietary intake in early life has been associated with a 'host of mental and brain health and behavioural outcomes in children including cognition, attention and neuro-development more generally' via The Age theage.com.au/national/exper…

We are looking for people who are currently experiencing depression or bipolar affective disorder to volunteer for our Australia-wide online mental health research program. Click here to visit the study webpage and check your eligibility foodandmoodcentre.com.au/projects/the-h…

We are looking for adult volunteers with depression for a nutrition study – the OPTIMISM trial. Find out if you’re potentially eligible here:
redcap.deakin.edu.au/surveys/?s=DXL… or by emailing [email protected]

Did you see our research and Prof Felice Jacka OAM featured in TIME recently? The article discusses nutritional psychiatry, how diet influences our mental health, and key foods to support our mood. Read the article here: time.com/6344753/food-i…

We are looking for adult volunteers experiencing depression from the Geelong and Melbourne area to participate in a nutrition study – the OPTIMISM trial. Find out if you’re potentially eligible here:
redcap.deakin.edu.au/surveys/?s=DXL… or by emailing [email protected]

Looking for a great Christmas present idea for a friend or family member? Why not buy them a ticket to the Viva Festival! Prof Felice Jacka OAM will be joining the line-up on Saturday 16th March in Sydney and 23rd March in Melbourne. Buy your ticket here: vivafestival.com.au

New research led by Dr Heidi Staudacher PhD AdvAPD and a team of Food & Mood Centre and other collaborators has shown that the Mediterranean Diet may improve IBS and mental health symptoms simultaneously. Full paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ap… & summary on our blog: bit.ly/3RiBbjQ