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OUR AWARDEES OUR AWARDEES AM – MEDIA PROFESSOR IAN HICKIE AM – HEALTH

Jessica Rowe is an accomplished journalist, television presenter and three- Professor Ian Hickie, AM is a psychiatrist and prominent mental health time best-selling author. Jess co-hosts Network Ten’s morning talk show campaigner. He is a former NHMRC Australia Fellow heading the University of Studio 10, and has a weekly column Dear Jess in ’s Sunday Life ’s Brain and Mind Centre as a Co-Director for Health and Policy, and is magazine and dailylife.com.au. one of Australia’s first National Mental Health Commissioners. The Commission oversees enhanced accountability for mental health reform in Australia. A self-confessed ‘crap housewife’, Jess has gathered a strong and loyal following with her #craphousewife movement, uniting and celebrating Professor Hickie is an internationally renowned researcher in clinical psychiatry other mothers who, like Jess, sometimes feel like they are not the perfect and a leading voice on mental health issues, with a special interest in youth mother, wife or cook. With humour and honesty, Jess shares her amusing mental health, and the prevention of and early intervention in emerging mood misadventures on CrapHousewife.com. disorders. He has been instrumental in using clinical, health services and population health data to drive innovations in health services, particularly in Jess is a passionate advocate for mental health awareness, having herself primary care. experienced post-natal depression. Jess is an ambassador for beyondblue and a patron of Mental Health Australia. In 2015 Jess was honored as a In partnership with Professor Patrick McGorry, he has been at the forefront Member of the Order of Australia for her mental health advocacy work and of developing the youth mental health service headspace: the National Youth her contribution to Australian media. Mental Health Foundation. Jess is married to Sydney presenter Peter Overton and together Professor Hickie passionately advocates for enhanced health and social they have two young daughters, Allegra (10) and Giselle (8). services for those with persistent mental illness and for increased accountability in the delivery of those services. As inaugural CEO of beyondblue: a national depression initiative, he established important depression awareness, prevention and early intervention programs. As Board Member for Research at the Mental Health Council of Australia (2003-2006), he was at the forefront of assessing consumers’ and carers’ experiences of mental health services. The findings underpinned the COAG agreement of 2006-2011 providing AUD 5.5 billion in additional expenditure for mental health and the introduction of access to psychological services within the Medicare scheme.

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