New Sub-Faculty to Strengthen Collaboration Across Biomedical and Psychological Sciences
The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (MNHS) has announced that the School of Psychological Sciences (SPS), including the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, and the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI), will join the Sub-Faculty of Biomedical and Psychological Sciences (SF BMPS), effective 1 July 2026.
The move brings together SPS, including the Turner Institute, and ARMI alongside the existing School of Biomedical Sciences (BDS) and the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) within a single sub-faculty governance structure. The realignment reflects the natural synergies across these disciplines and will create new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration in research, education and clinical translation. The Vice-Chancellor’s Group has endorsed the new structure following formal governance processes.
Professor Dena Lyras has been appointed as the interim Sub-Faculty Dean, leading the SF BMPS and reporting directly to the MNHS Executive Dean, Professor Christina Mitchell AO. Staff within SPS, including the Turner Institute and ARMI, will continue in their current roles, with supervision and reporting arrangements remaining unchanged during the transition period.
MNHS Executive Dean Professor Christina Mitchell AO welcomed the announcement, highlighting the opportunity it presents for the faculty’s research community.
“This is an exciting development for our faculty and for all staff across these disciplines,” Professor Mitchell said. “Bringing the schools and Institutes into the Sub-Faculty, alongside our biomedicine science research and education, creates a genuine powerhouse for biomedical and psychological sciences research and education. The strength and reputation of each of these entities is preserved, while the new structure opens doors for the kind of cross-disciplinary collaboration that drives real impact.”
There will be no redundancies as a result of the realignment. All research and education programs, external partnerships, grant commitments, and graduate research student arrangements will continue without interruption. The distinct identities and names of SPS, including the Turner Institute and ARMI, will be retained within the sub-faculty structure.
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