Biography

Georgia is a late-stage PhD Candidate in the Mood Psychosis Spectrum Group at The University of Melbourne. With a background in biomedical science, her research interests are centred in understanding the biopsychosocial mechanisms underpinning mood disorders. Throughout her PhD, Georgia has held executive leadership roles in national organisations such as the Biological Psychiatry Australia Early Careers Network and the Students of Brain Research, has worked as a research project coordinator, disability support officer, undergraduate tutor, fostering her interests in making research and science accessible to all. These varied experiences have supported and fostered Georgia’s passions for demystifying mental health research and bridging the gap between academic and consumer worlds. She hopes to culminate her skills post-doctorally in clinical trial coordination and project management roles, and ensure that bipolar disorder research can be co-designed with lived experience experts.