Can we prevent depression by improving diet? Canberra Alumni Event
15 August 2018
6.00pm - 8.30pm
QT Canberra
Join the Alumni Community in Canberra as Professor Felice Jacka explores the relationship between diet and mental health.
Event details
In this presentation Professor Jacka will give an overview of the compelling evidence from around the globe demonstrating the important role that diet plays in mental and brain health in children, adolescents and adults.
This new research is transforming the way mental disorders are conceptualised. She will also discuss the potential for universal prevention strategies for depression and anxiety, as well as novel treatments strategies for mental disorders that incorporate dietary changes and focus on the gut microbiota.
About Professor Felice Jacka
Professor Jacka is an NHMRC Career Development Fellow at Deakin University where she is director of the new Food and Mood Centre. She is president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (ISNPR) and the Australian Alliance for the Prevention of Mental Disorders (APMD).
Professor Jacka has pioneered and led a highly innovative program of research that examines how individuals’ diets, and other lifestyle behaviours, interact with the risk for mental health problems.
Key information
Date and time
Wednesday 15 August 2018
6.00pm- 8.30pm
Location
QT Canberra,
1 London Circuit,
Canberra, ACT 2601