Mindgardens FND Clinic named a NSW Premier’s Awards finalist
The Mindgardens Functional Neurological Disorders (FND) Clinic has been announced as a finalist in the prestigious 2024 NSW Premier’s Awards, which celebrate outstanding work in the NSW public sector.
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Coroner’s recommendations could transform care for people living with severe mental illness
February 6, 2026Professor Jackie Curtis, the Executive Director of Mindgardens Neuroscience Network, has welcomed the recommendations of the NSW State Coroner for mental health system reforms to provide more intensive and consistent care for people living with severe mental illness.
Psychosis service welcomes new Clinical Director
November 26, 2025Mindgardens Neuroscience Network welcomes Associate Professor Brooke Short as Clinical Director of the Mindgardens Tertiary Referral Service for Psychosis (TRSP) as she outlines her ambitions for the state-wide service.
Creating knowledge, supporting innovation: The MindLabs Impact Report
November 18, 2025The MindLabs Impact Report captures the perspectives of thousands of attendees since the platform’s inception, chronicling its growth and individual accounts of those involved.
Mindgardens honoured with Angelo Cocchi Translational Impact Award
September 12, 2025Mindgardens Neuroscience Network’s flagship Keeping the Body in Mind program (KBIM) has been honoured with the Angelo Cocchi Translational Impact Award at the 15th International Conference on Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health (IEPA), held this year in Berlin.
Mindgardens at the 15th International Conference on Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health (IEPA15)
September 8, 2025The Mindgardens Neuroscience Network team is in Berlin this week for the 15th International Conference on Early Intervention and Prevention in Mental Health (IEPA15) and the parallel International Physical Health in Youth Stream (iphYs) and International First Episode Vocational Recovery Group (iFEVR) Joint Symposium.
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Celebrating the launch of the Indigenous Australian Lived Experience Centre
February 9, 2026Black Dog Institute proudly celebrates the launch of the Indigenous Australian Lived Experience Centre (IALEC) – a newly independent, First Nations-led organisation dedicated to elevating the lived and living experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in mental health and suicide prevention across Australia.
Bright ideas: UNSW secures $20m in health and medical research grants
February 2, 2026UNSW Sydney academics have been awarded more than $20 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research (NHMRC) Ideas and Development Grants funding. The funding will support 12 projects in science, engineering and medicine.
SESLHD shines in the Australia Day Honours
January 27, 2026SESLHD has once again been recognised this Australia Day for their outstanding contributions to the health of our community and their chosen field.
Boosting trust in “real-world” studies of health and medical interventions
September 4, 2025Using real-world data from electronic medical records and registries, the TARGET Guideline was developed in a global initiative by researchers from Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and UNSW Sydney to improve how studies that use observational data are reported across all fields of medicine and health research.
$4.7 million for UNSW researchers to investigate long COVID
January 22, 2026The newly funded projects will support the development of tools and therapies to enhance support for people living with long COVID.
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Keeping the Co in Co-Design: A MindLabs Workshop
25 March 2026 & 26 March 2026This workshop is for people who are interested in understanding and incorporating multiple perspectives and goals into projects.
Emerging Pathways in Antipsychotic Drug Development: A MindLabs Psychosis Webinar
11 March 2026Second edition of the MindLabs Psychosis Webinar series for 2026, presented by Dr Samuel Dearness, RANZCP psychiatry trainee , SESLHD.
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