Our latest blog post explores some of the reasons why we may struggle to exercise when we're not feeling our best, and discusses some of the ways we can overcome common barriers to exercise. Read the blog here: foodandmoodcentre.com.au/2024/03/exerci…

Food & Mood researchers have published a new paper in The BMJ looking at ultra-processed foods and their associations with a range of health outcomes. Read the full paper 👉 bmj.com/content/384/bm… or a summary in JAMA 👉jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… Dr. Melissa M Lane

Congrats to Food & Mood Centre’s Dr Dr Samantha Dawson for being a finalist in the Victorian Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research last week 🎉Pictured: Prof Matt Fuller-Tyszkiewicz, Dr Samantha Dawson, Prof Prof Felice Jacka OAM & Ben Carroll, Minister for Medical Research

The Food & Mood Academy's CPD accredited Introduction to Nutritional Psychiatry course is on again. This course was designed for health practitioners to develop the knowledge and skills in mental health management. Join now! futurelearn.com/courses/introd…

Calling all Nutritional Psychiatry researchers! ISNPR is seeking submissions for its Outstanding Publication Awards. If you’ve published between Jan-June 2024, apply now & get the recognition your research deserves! isnpr.org/awards-and-pri… Note: must be ISNPR member to submit.

WE ARE HIRING! We are looking for a full-time research assistant to join the team to work on a randomised controlled trial. Applicants will need a minimum psychology honours or equivalent professional experience (e.g. mental health nurse). More info: careers.deakin.edu.au/cw/en/job/5556…

Calling all Nutritional Psychiatry researchers! ISNPR is seeking submissions for its Outstanding Publication Awards. If you’ve published between Jan-June 2024, apply now & get the recognition your research deserves! isnpr.org/awards-and-pri… Note: must be ISNPR member to submit.

Our Life & Mind course received an Equally Well Au award for Outstanding Partnership & Collaboration! Created by Dr Tetyana Rocks & Dr Sam Manger (pictured), the course is for health prof's wanting to use lifestyle medicine for patients with mental illness:bit.ly/4c94iNR

📣 The Food & Mood Academy’s on-demand webinar series is now on sale so you can access individual webinars for only $10. Or gain access to all 6 webinars for $49.95. You’ll get current, evidence-based information and tips for making changes. foodandmoodcentre.com.au/academy/online…

Final week to submit! ISNPR is seeking submissions for its Outstanding Publication Awards in nutritional psychiatry. If you’ve published between Jan-June 2024, apply now & get the recognition your research deserves! isnpr.org/awards-and-pri… Note: must be ISNPR member to submit.

PhD student Emma Todd, Gut Microbiome PhD Candidate won Deakin University's Faculty of Health 3MT AND the people's choice award!🎉Emma’s project aims to use machine learning techniques to predict depression risk, focusing on lifestyle & gut-microbiome data. Emma will now progress to the university finals in Aug.

Did you catch Prof Prof Felice Jacka OAM on The Imperfects podcast last week? So many of you have already told us how much you loved the episode! Watch the full ep here: youtube.com/watch?v=6GlViO… Or find it on your favourite podcast app 🎧

Exciting opportunity to work with us! 🌟Deakin is offering 3-year ECR research fellowships. If you have a track record in Nutritional Psychiatry and hold a PhD awarded on or after 1 Jan 2021, email us to discuss how you might apply to join our team! [email protected]

We are looking for adult volunteers with depression for a nutrition study – the OPTIMISM trial. Find out if you’re potentially eligible here: redcap.deakin.edu.au/surveys/?s=DXL… or by emailing [email protected]

HOT OFF THE PRESS! Results of our CALM trial – the first ever to *directly* compare diet/exercise therapy to psychotherapy for low grade depression published in The Lancet Reg Health-West Pacific today! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… (1/18)

World-first research by the Food & Mood Centre improved Teresa's mental health through lifestyle therapy - increasing physical activity - with results on par with mental health outcomes from care delivered by psychologists. Read about the CALM trial: deakin.au/4c7PJd5

FREE COURSE 📣 Learn the evidence about food and mood, inflammation and the gut microbiome. As well as tips to evaluate evidence that you’re reading and how to make sustainable changes to diet & lifestyle factors that may support improved mood. futurelearn.com/courses/food-a…

Our latest article in The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand discusses some of the advantages and challenges of integrating lifestyle therapy into routine mental health care in light of our recent publication. Read it here: theconversation.com/food-and-exerc…

🎉 Congratulations to Dr @tetyana_Rocks on being recognised by Dietitians Australia as an Outstanding Contribution Award recipient 🎉Tetyana works tirelessly as a Senior Research Fellow at @foodandmoodcentre & lead of the Food & Mood Academy

Congratulations to our PhD student Emma Todd for receiving runner up at Deakin University’s Three Minute Thesis Final! Watch the full replay here: youtube.com/watch?v=mvVDE4… or read more: this.deakin.edu.au/self-improveme…