News and Events
Young Researchers Awards for Excellence for CEH's Amy Kercher
At the British Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (BABCP) conference in July 2008, Amy Kercher, PhD candidate and psychologist with CEH, has been awarded the Young Researchers Award for Excellence (open paper category). Amy has been asked to write a summary of her paper for the BABCP newsletter and offered funding to attend next year's conference.
The Hon. John Watkins M.P. with Prof. Ron Rapee, Prof. Judyth Sachs, Dr Jennie Hudson, A/Prof. Julie Fitness, Prof. David Briscoe and Dr Heidi Lyneham at the official launch for the Centre for Emotional Health, 16 November 2007.
Official Launch for Centre for Emotional Health
the Hon. John Watkins MP, Deputy Premier, Member for Ryde officially launched the Centre for Emotional Health on Friday 16 November 2007 at an informal cocktail party function at the Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
The Minister congratulated Centre staff and the University on their endeavours to improve the emotional quality of life for adults and children and emphasised his commitment to the importance of continuing research into emotional health. Professor Judyth Sachs, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Provost) and Professor Ron Rapee, Director of CEH hosted the function.
View the slideshow for more photos of the event
David McGrath, Director Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Office, presents Professor Ron Rapee and Dr Carolyn Schniering with award.
CEH Receives Mental Health Matters Award
The Mental Health Association NSW has awarded the Centre's Cool Kids Program the Mental Health Matters Award for Research for 2007. The award was presented to Professor Ron Rapee, Director, and Dr Caroline Schniering, Member, of CEH. The Cool Kids Program has been running at Macquarie University for the last 12 years as a scientifically tested program for the management of anxiety in young people. The Program involves ongoing research at the Centre and is continually improving treatment outcomes.
For further information see: http://www.psy.mq.edu.au/MUARU/child/child.htm
Ron Rapee, Michelle O'Reilly, Qinni Yang, Carolyn Schniering and Helen Tan at Awards night.
Innovation in Services Award for Centre
The Cool Teens CD-ROM for Anxious Adolescents highly commended in Macquarie 2007 Innovation Awards. For more information on the awards see: http://www.mq.edu.au/innovationawards/
Centre for Emotional Health, Colloquia Series, Semester 2, 2008
The Centre for Emotional Health in conjunction with the Department of Psychology offers colloquia for visitors, staff and students. For more information on the current Colloquia Series, please go to Colloquia Semester 2, 2008.
2007 National Drug and Alcohol Excellence in Research Award
Dr Andrew Baillie and his collaborators at RPA (Paul Haber RPA/USYD, Maree Teesson UNSW, Kirsten Morley USYD, Claudia Sannibale UNSW/RPA, Stefanie Leung RPA) have won the 2007 National Drug and Alcohol Excellence in Research Award.
2007 NSW Cancer Council Grant
Dr Maria Kangas awarded Cancer Council New Research Project Grants 2007 for study into treatment of anxiety and depression in head and neck cancer patients.
Dr Maria Kangas
Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University
For more information please see: 2007 NSW Cancer Council Grant