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Brief Curriculum Vitae of Associate Professor Brett McDermott


Current Appointments

  • Director, Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service, South Brisbane, Queensland
  • Associate Professor, The University of Queensland
  • Foundation Director, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Eating Disorders Team.
  • Honorary Research Fellow, TVW Institute of Child Health Research
  • By-Fellow, Churchill College Cambridge University UK
  • Member, National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Measurement Expert Committee

Medical Qualifications and Training

  • Graduated from the University of Tasmania with Bachelor of Medical Science 1982, Bachelor of Medicine 1984, Bachelor of Surgery 1984.
  • Elected Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 1995.
  • Completion Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training 1 July 1995

Honours, Awards

  • 1994 NSW Department of School Education Certificate of Commendation: "For meritorious services to New South Wales School Children after the 1994 January Bushfire Disaster."
  • 1995 NSW Department of School Education: Assistant Director General’s Award: "For providing outstanding support to students and school communities in Metropolitan East Region following the 1994 January Bushfires."
  • 1998 StateWest (Western Australia) Achievement Award; Group category, The Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Eating Disorders Team: Dr Brett McDermott, Founding Director.
  • 1999 The Princess Margaret Hospital for Children "Service Excellence Award" to the PMH Eating Disorders Team: Dr B. McDermott Founding Director.
    Research Activities:
  • 1994-1995 Convenor and Director of the Sutherland Bushfire Trauma Project.
  • 1996-2001 Foundation Director of the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Eating Disorders Team.
  • 1997-2001 Child Psychiatry Common Database Project.
  • 1997-1999 Children who experience Motor Vehicle Accidents.
  • 2000-2001 Convenor: Emotional Trauma Treatment Center Working Group
  • 2003- Founding member Kids in Mind Research: The Mater Center for Service Research in Mental Health
 
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