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PROF GEORGE PATTON

Positions

  • Psychiatric epidemiologist with expertise in population based longitudinal studies of adolescent health and community based intervention trials

Overview

Affiliation

Member of

  • Department of Health, UK.. This ongoing consultancy is focussed on the UK's intent to establish Centres of Excellence in Adolescent Health 2005 -
  • WHO Geneva. Member of Technical Steering Committee for Dept of Child and Adolescent Health 2005 -
  • AHMAC. Member Consultative Committee to the National Committee for the Review of Alcohol Advertising 2004 -
  • Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth.. Strategic research committee (2004/5) 2004 -
  • Beyond Blue. Consultant 2004 -
  • National Committee for the Review of Alcohol Advertising. Member 2004 -
  • National Drug Foundation. National Drug and Alcohol Prevention Awards 2004 -
  • Queensland University of Technology,. Population Health Workforce and Research Capacity 2004 -
  • Victorian Premier's Drug Prevention Council. Member Intelligence Gathering Advisory 2004 -
  • Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth.. Interim steering group member 2003 -
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Chair of the Advisory Committee on Child and Youth Health Indicators 2002 -
  • Human Services Victoria. Health Minister's Youth Suicide Advisory Committee (1996) 1994 -
  • Victorian Health Promotion Foundation. Prevention of eating disorders in young women 1994 -
  • Expert Committee to the Parliamentary Secretary for Health. One of five experts call to advise the Commonwealth on Cannabis Policy 2006
  • National Campaign on Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use. One of two external experts called to advise on the development of a national media campaign 2006
  • Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee - Victoria. Inquiry into Strategies to Reduce Harmful Alcohol Consumption 2005
  • Telstra Foundation. Strategic Research Directions Planning 2005
  • Flashpoints and Signposts. Pathways to success and well-being for Australia's young people. Research reference panel. 2004 - 2005
  • Dept of Health and Aged Care. Special adviser to mental health branch on strategies for the prevention of depression in adolescence. 1995 - 2005
  • National Dept of Health and Ageing. Member of Advisory Committee for the National Co-morbidity Communication Initiative 2004
  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Research directions in child health research 2004
  • National Expert Advisory Council on Illicit Drugs (NEACID). Member 2000 - 2004
  • House of Representatives Standing Committee on Family and Community Affairs. Round Table for the Inquiry into Substance Abuse in Australian Communities 2002
  • WHO Geneva. Member of the advisory group around work with marginalised youth 2002
  • Gov't of Singapore, Health Promotion Board. Development of a National Adolescent Health Survey 2001 - 2002
  • World Health Organisation (WHO), Department of Child and Adolescent Health. Member of the technical advisory group on international survey work in adolescence 2001 - 2002
  • Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Advisory. Committee Member 1999 - 2002
  • National Health and Medical Research Council. Risk factors for Adolescent Depression'. 1995 - 2002
  • Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Cottrell Conference organising committee (2001) 2001
  • Victorian Department of Education. Turning the Tide Reference Group 1999 - 2000
  • Dept of Health and Aged Care. Review panel on the drafting of the second national mental health strategy 1997 - 1998
  • AHMAC. Member Health of Young Australians, AHMAC working group 1997
  • National Dept of Health and Family Services. Member of advisory panel for the National Mental Health Survey. Child and Adolescent Section 1994 - 1996
  • National Dept of Health and Family Services. Member of advisory panel for the development of casemix funding for CAMHS 1995
  • National Dept of Health and Family Services. Member of the reviewing panel for the National Goals and Targets for Mental Health 1994 - 1995
  • New South Wales Summit on Alcohol Abuse. Member 2003 - 0200

Publications

Selected publications

Research

Investigator on

Awards

Education and training

  • FRANZCP, The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 1993
  • MD, Institution not known 1990
  • MRC, Royal College of Psychiatrists 1983
  • MBBS, University of Melbourne 1978

Awards and honors

  • Visiting Professor in Adolescent Health Research, Society for Adolescent Medicine, USA and International, 2007
  • Excellence in Health Promotion Reseach, Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, 2001
  • Innovation in Public Health Research 2000,, Department of Human Services, Division of Public Health, 2000
  • Health Services Achievement Awards 1997, The Mental Health Services Conference of Australian and New Zealand, 1997

Supervision

Available for supervision

  • Y

Melbourne Research

Level 5, 161 Barry Street
The University of Melbourne
Parkville 3010 VIC Australia

  • Authoriser:
    Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
  • Maintainer:
    Research Marketing Manager