Emmy Gavrilidis, Clinical Trials Manager at HER Centre Australia, has been a pivotal force in advancing women's mental health since joining in 2007. Emmy played a crucial role in designing protocols and ensuring ethical standards for the transformative Li THRED clinical trials. With extensive experience in scientific research and a background in coordinating large international trials, Emmy is a linchpin in the strategic and operational processes, ensuring the continuous growth and triumph of the Centre across research, teaching, learning, and engagement.
Emmy Gavrilidis is the Clinical Trials Manager at MAPrc and HER Centre Australia Ms Gavrilidis developed her skills in data collection and study coordination research methodology, protocol development and staff and student supervision. She has a strong career background in scientific research.
She has coordinated and managed several large international multi-centre research trials, with recruiting centres from all over the world. She has extensive research experience and her role encompasses facilitating communication between collaborators, liaison with internal and external stakeholders, preparation of research grants, manuscripts, reports and ethics submissions, promotions and budgeting and financial management.
She is also a key player in the organising committee for a number of national and international conferences. She is responsible for supporting strategic and operational processes with the goal to ensure growth and success of, teaching, learning and engagement. She is also a liaison for philanthropic, industry and partner collaborations at HER Centre Australia and is responsible for providing research progress reports to these bodies.
My name is Olivia Jowett-Morel, I’m excited to be a lived experience consumer for the HER Centre, as I believe the mission for female based research will lead to profound change in all health sectors. I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at 21. I went to therapy, completed DBT, took regular medication, had a great psychiatrist, made positive lifestyle changes and despite all my effort many aspects of my life remained unmanageable. Finally at 25 I was diagnosed with ADHD and after starting medication my life became both manageable and enjoyable. Research focussed completely on women could have meant an earlier diagnosis for me. The HER Centre will drive that research so that the next “Olivia” can be diagnosed earlier.
Ms Karen Goldschlager Psychologist/Research Assistant