Our People
A/Prof Samuel Harvey
Role: Head, Workplace Mental Health Research Program
A/Prof Samuel Harvey is the Head of Workplace Mental Health Research Program in the School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales (UNSW) and a Research Fellow at the Black Dog Institute. He is a psychiatrist, general practitioner and epidemiologist with a particular interest in the relationship between mental health and work. His post at UNSW is the first clinical academic position in workplace mental health in Australia and one of the very few academic positions world-wide to focus specifically on the relationship between mental health and work.
Stefan Bogdanov
Role: Research Assistant
Stefan is a registered psychologist who recently completed his Doctor of Clinical Psychology / Masters of Science at the university of Sydney. He has clinical experience working with clients with a variety of presentations and needs, across inpatient and community settings. He joined the Workplace Mental Health Team in late 2017, and will be assisting with data collection and evaluation of a mental fitness app aimed at preventing mental illness.
Bridget Bryan
Role: Research Assistant
Bridget joined the Workplace Mental Health Team in February 2017. After completing her Honours in Sociology at the University of Sydney, Bridget worked as a Research Assistant for the NSW Mental Health Commission & UNSW Forensic Mental Health Team. She works primarily in recruitment, data collection and logistics for the trial of two apps aimed at improving mental health in male dominated workplaces.
Isabelle Counson
Role: Project Manager
Isabelle joined the Workplace Mental Health Team in July 2015 to deal with the daily running of the Well@Work project. She has an extensive experience in project management and client service management in a variety of business environments across Europe and Australia. Graduated in political sciences, she also has a Bachelor of Behavioural Studies (Psychology) from Swinburne University of Technology.
Dr Mark Deady
Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Mark Deady is a postdoctoral research fellow with a particular interest in eHealth in the treatment and prevention of a range of mental health and substance use conditions. He has specific interest in using these technologies in workplace settings and among difficult to reach populations. He joined the Workplace Mental Health Research Program, University of New South Wales (UNSW) in late 2015 and leads the employee arm of the well@work program. For eight years prior to taking up this position, Dr Deady worked in the field of mental health and substance use comorbidity at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. He completed his PhD for his thesis entitled, ‘Comorbid Depression and Problematic Alcohol Use in Young People: The Development and Evaluation of an Online Intervention,’ which was awarded in 2015.
Aimée Gayed
Role: PhD Student
Aimee is a registered psychologist with experience working in the research, professional education and clinical settings across mental health and criminological domains. Aimee joined the Workplace Mental Health Team in late 2015 to commence a PhD with the Well@Work project. Through her PhD, Aimee will be developing and evaluating the effectiveness of an integrated manager training app aimed at improving mental health literacy, reducing stigma and enhancing manager’s confidence in discussing mental health matters with their staff within male dominated workplaces.
Divya Jacob
Role: Administrative Assistant
Divya joined the UNSW Workplace Mental Health Research Team in May 2016. She has a Masters Degree in Communication Management from overseas and extensive work experience in Communication Coordination and Administration.
She provides Communication and Administrative support to the Workplace Mental Health Research Team. She currently also works with the Trauma and Mental Health Initiative, UNSW School of Psychiatry.
David Johnston
Role: Research Assistant
David is a clinical psychologist registrar with experience working in research and clinical settings that include criminological and sporting domains. He joined the Workplace Mental Health Team in early 2017 to provide assistance with the Well@Work Project. David is currently working on the development, implementation and evaluation of a mental fitness app aimed at preventing mental illness.
Sadhbh Joyce
Role: Psychologist/PhD Candidate
Sadhbh (pronounced Sive) Joyce is a registered psychologist with considerable experience in mindfulness-based therapy. Sadhbh is currently undertaking a PhD within the Workplace Mental Health Team. Her work is focused on developing and testing new types of mindfulness-based resilience training for emergency workers. Her PhD is being supervised by A/Prof Samuel Harvey and Dr Fiona Shand and is funded by an Australian Postgraduate Award
Pei Kong
Role: Research Assistant
Pei is a clinical psychologist with clinical and research interests in child protection and criminological domains. Pei joined the Workplace Mental Health Team in late 2017 to provide assistance with the Well@Work project. Pei is involved in data collection and evaluation of a mental fitness app aimed at male-dominated workplaces in Australia. She is also assisting A/Prof Samuel Harvey on research investigating the relationship of resilience, wellbeing, and depression.