Research and Evaluation is critical to understanding and improving the experiences, processes and outcomes of the consumers, carers, supporting professionals, stakeholders and staff of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Program. The recent Royal Commission into Mental Health in Victoria has highlighted the critical need to stop innovating without evaluating. The Eastern Health Mental Health & Wellbeing Program Research, Evaluation & Development (EMRLD) Unit excels at pragmatic, sound and respectful research and evaluation approaches.
Our vision is of a future where the MHWBP automatically incorporates respectful evaluation into all service delivery and development. The MHWBP actively contributes to the ongoing assembly of knowledge about tertiary mental health services, and partners with those with lived experience and professional experience to systematise and share their investigations and their findings.
The mental health program research program is actively involved in external collaborations with Universities and other Mental Health research programs.
KEY STAFF: (when we get organised we could have a photo of each person)
Assoc Prof. Judy Hope: Lead Clinical Academic, Eastern Health Mental Health and Wellbeing Program
Dr Peter Brann: Co-director ICYMHS Research and Evaluation
Dr Helen Mildred: Co-director ICYMHS Research and Evaluation
Dr Hema Jayaram: Director Older Persons MH Research and Evaluation
Dr Stan Innes: Research Associate
Ms Bronwyn Sanders: Research Assistant
Please get in touch with any of the above people if you have a research idea you would like to discuss