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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$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.
Welcoming Leisa Rathbone as SESLHD Chief Executive
January 15, 2026This week we welcome Leisa Rathborne as our new Chief Executive for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. Known for her collaborative, outcomes-focused leadership and commitment to staff wellbeing, Leisa continues to strengthen the District’s reputation for world-class care, research and community engagement.
Clues to Alzheimer’s disease may be hiding in our ‘junk’DNA
December 19, 2025UNSW scientists have uncovered the hidden switches in DNA, revealing new insights into Alzheimer’s disease.
NSW Premier opens UNSW’s world-leading Health Translation Hub
November 25, 2025The first-of-its-kind facility built by UNSW Sydney and Plenary will revolutionise patient care, research, education and health innovation.
Dementia care pioneer named NSW Senior Australian of the Year
November 11, 2025UNSW Sydney Scientia Professor and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, Henry Brodaty AO, was honoured for his contributions to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the disease.
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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.
Making Meaning of Physical Multimorbidity: A MindLabs Psychosis Webinar
11 February 2026Mindgardens is pleased to present the first edition of the MindLabs Psychosis Webinar series for 2026, presented by Dr Sean Halstead.
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We acknowledge the voices of people with lived experience, their carers, families and kinship groups. We recognise the expertise acquired through living with a mental health, drug and alcohol or neurological disorder and acknowledge those who care for people on their recovery journey. We place lived experience at the heart of all that we do.
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