Patrice Whitehorne-Smith
Senior Lecturer in Mental Health
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Patrice is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health within the Social Work discipline in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work. Patrice is from Jamaica and moved to Australia for further work and study. Over the past 18 years, Patrice has worked and practiced extensively in the area of mental health and substance abuse in a variety of roles including clinical practice, teaching and research. She has worked on numerous national and multinational projects within the Americas particularly related to mental health substance abuse treatment and policy. Within the Australian context, Patrice has taught in higher education programs in mental health, trauma, counselling and research topics/units. Her current research spans areas related to healthcare access for people with mental and physical health conditions and other socially vulnerable groups, higher education student well-being and engagement.
PhD (Public Health)- Curtin University, BSc (Psychology), MSc Clinical Psychology- University of the West Indies
2025 Student Led Awards- Most Supportive Supervisor 2025
For outstanding quality supervision of an Honour’s thesis student
Flinders University Student Association
Flinders University, Adelaide Australia
2025 Dean Recognition of Teaching Award 2025
Consistent quality teaching as reflected in Student Evaluation of Teaching
scores of 97% or higher over the year.
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
2025 Outstanding Contribution to Research Culture Award 2025
For role in leading the Social Work Research Collaborative
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
2024 Award for Excellence in Sessional Teaching 2024
Recognition of outstanding teaching in the health promotion discipline
Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Australian Government Research Training Programme 2019-2023
Scholarship Award, Curtin University
Fellowship- Capacity Building Program for Health-related Professionals 2008-2010
to study the Drug Phenomenon in Latin American & the Caribbean:
Post-Graduate Certificate in Substance Abuse Research
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in collaboration with
the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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