Prof. Lydia Woodyatt‘s research, teaching and consultancies support system-wide approaches to wellbeing and mental health. Her research is focussed on justice, emotion and motivation as shaped by relationships and social context. Lydia is an award-winning educator, creating and delivering curriculum, innovation and strategy to support mental health and wellbeing across a range of sectors. She is co-creator of the highly successful online course The Psychology of Surviving and Thriving, which develops wellbeing and self-management. She is a published researcher and senior editor of the The Handbook of the Psychology of Self-forgiveness (Springer, 2017). She sits on national advisory groups relating to mental health and wellbeing in universities. She led the development of University-wide mental health and wellbeing strategy at Flinders University, was on the development team of highly successful workplace wellbeing training program Be Well (led by SAHMRI), and is currently Teaching Program Director in Psychology.

Dr Annabelle Neall’s research aims to optimise employee mental health and wellbeing through the prevention of psychosocial hazards at work, (e.g., workplace bullying, sexual harassment, violence, and stress), and implementation of organisational systems that underpin community wide approaches to mental health and wellbeing. She is the inventor of a commercially licensed risk audit tool and management program that identifies the root causes of psychosocial hazards and guides policy, procedure, and practice redevelopment – a product that has been adopted by peak health and safety regulators, major food retailers and health departments across Australia.

Dr Anne O’Shea is a Clinical Psychologist with a decade of experience working with people to overcome mental health difficulties and achieve their personal goals, and delivering programs in schools and workplaces to improve wellbeing and mental health in the broader community. Her research interests lie in the development, implementation and evaluation of mental health and wellbeing interventions. Her recent projects have included the evaluation of a successful mental health and wellbeing intervention (the Be Well Plan, developed as a collaboration between SAHMRI and Flinders University) within workplaces and universities, and for carers and people who are unable to access timely care for their mental health needs. She has also been involved in the development and evaluation of interventions in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and perfectionism; and has evaluated mental health programs and services in the public sector.