Evidence-based Practice, Practice-based Evidence: Addressing the Poverty of Child and Youth Mental Health Research Translation in Australia
About this webinar: Join us for this exciting webinar by Growing Minds Australia (GMA), Australia’s first clinical trials network (CTN) dedicated to child and youth mental health and wellbeing. Together with over 300 mental health experts, GMA are reshaping mental health research and care—ensuring children, young people, and families benefit from effective, research-backed support when it matters most. One of GMA's priority focus streams is enabling practitioners and organisational partners to participate and contribute to clinical trials research and implement and translate research to practice. Through this webinar you will: receive further information about GMA and how you can join GMA; learn about GMA’s innovative and high impact research in partnership with CYMH organisations; and be given an opportunity to help GMA shape future directions on how to collaborate on trials as researchers and clinicians (GMA wants to hear from you!).
About the Speakers:
- Mark Dadds is a Clinical Psychologist, Director of Growing Minds Australia, Australia’s Clinical Trials Network in Child and Youth Mental Health, Professor of Psychology at the University of Sydney and Founding Co-Director of the Child Behaviour Research Clinic, which develops state-of-the-art treatments for children and adolescents with MH problems. In 2021 developed Australia’s first Clinical Trials Network in child and youth mental health.
- Talia Carl is an early career researcher at the University of Sydney and Executive Officer of Growing Minds Australia Clinical Trials Network in Child and Youth Mental Health. Her role focuses on facilitating high quality, collaborative research that helps ensure all children, young people and their families benefit from evidence-based mental health support. She has a plethora of experience in community-led child and youth mental health research and in providing operational leadership.
- Vilas Sawrikar is a Senior Research Fellow with the University of Sydney. He has 19 years of industry and policy experience in health system improvement. His research is interested in population mental health care reforms and digital health transformation to improve care access, pathways and outcomes for children and youth, and their families. This work has included the design of technology-enabled models of care and integration of virtual and low intensity psychological services into the wider healthcare system.
Date: Wednesday 27 August 2025
Time: 12:30-1:30pm
Please register here.