Professor Louise Newman AM

PROF NEWMAN AM’S SUMMARY

Prof Louise Newman AM is Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at Newcastle University and Monash University. She has held senior leadership positions in mental health training and research including Director of the NSW Institute of Psychiatry, Director of the Monash University Centre for Developmental Psychiatry and Psychology and is Director of the Melbourne University BEAR (Building Early Attachment and Resilience) research program.

She is recognised as Australia’s lead researcher in the areas of infant and early child mental health, disturbances of early parenting and parent-infant interventions. Prof Newman AM has worked extensively in developing clinical programs for women with backgrounds of complex trauma and mental health issues needing support in the perinatal period and has over 25 years’ experience in women’s mental health.

She is recognised as the leading international expert in the issues facing women with complex trauma disorder in pregnancy and the perinatal period. She is the past Director of the Centre for Women’s Mental Health at the Royal Women’s Hospital. She is currently Consultant Psychiatrist at the Ramsay Clinic Albert Road specialising in women’s mental health and perinatal and infant mental health.

NATIONAL MEDIA PROFILE

Prof Newman AM has a high media profile in the areas of early child development, child protection and asylum seekers. She has media training and experience in public commentary and debate. Prof Newman AM is frequently asked to comment on current issues and use these to provide sound academic input and to advocate for services and appropriate treatment. She has participated in public fora such as national debates and press club presentations.

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Child and adolescent
• GP management plans #291,
• Parent and infant
• Psychotherapy,
• Trauma / PTSD,
• Workcover/TAC

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP), Chair, Racism Awareness Working Group RANZCP – 2020-present.
• President Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 2009-2010
• General Councillor RANZCP and Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Faculty 2003-2009
• Chair, RANZCP Committee Review Group 2007
• Chair, RANZCP Regional Issues Committee 2008-2010–support for training in Asia and Pacific region
• Member, RANZCP Publications Committee 2007-2009
• Chair, RANZCP Workforce Review Committee 2005-2006
• Chair, Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2000-2006
• Chair, NSW Branch 1999-2006
• Representative for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NSW Branch Training Committee 1997-1998
• Honorary Secretary, NSW Branch 1994-1996
• Member, NSW Branch Training Committee 1992
• Portfolio on Sex, Gender and Women’s Issues, NSW Branch 1996-2000
• Training Registrar Representative, NSW Branch Committee 1990