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Prof Felice Jacka

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Position

Alfred Deakin Professor

Faculty

Faculty of Health

Department

School of Medicine

Campus

HERB

Publications

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Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Lifestyle as a modifiable risk factor for the common mental disorders

Prof Felice Jacka

NHMRC - Training PD Award - Public Health Fellowships

  • 2013: $76,419
  • 2012: $87,274
  • 2011: $73,812

Providing evidence for the primary prevention of the high-prevalence mental disorders in men: the role of diet in the aetiology of depression, anxiety, and psychological distress

Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Michael Berk, Prof Julie Pasco, Prof Lana Williams

NHMRC Project Grant

  • 2014: $13,687
  • 2013: $142,302
  • 2012: $144,871

Diet as a therapeutic target in depression: A randomised controlled trial

Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Michael Berk, Prof David Castle, Dr Laima Brazionis, A/Prof Catherine Itsiopoulos, Dr Adrienne O'Neil

NHMRC Project Grant

  • 2015: $9,996
  • 2014: $114,611
  • 2013: $227,006
  • 2012: $65,002

Inflammatory cytokines as risk factors for the development of both depression and osteoporosis in men

Prof Michael Berk, Prof Julie Pasco, Prof Lana Williams, Prof Felice Jacka, Dr Margaret Henry

NHMRC Project Grant

  • 2014: $92,771
  • 2013: $129,413
  • 2012: $158,906

Developing evidence for the primary prevention of depressive disorders: The role of diet and physical activity

Prof Michael Berk, Prof Julie Pasco, A/Prof Evie Leslie, Prof Colin Bell, Prof Felice Jacka

NHMRC Project Grant

  • 2012: $196,827
  • 2011: $71,971

Diet and nutritional status of people with major depression

Prof Felice Jacka, Dr Ewa Szymlek-Gay, Prof Michael Berk

MLA Grant - Research - Meat & Livestock Australia Limited

  • 2015: $84,485
  • 2013: $84,300

Diet and mental health: translating new knowledge into innovative prevention and treatment strategies

Prof Felice Jacka

NHMRC CDF - Career Development Fellowship

  • 2019: $122,662
  • 2018: $120,849
  • 2017: $119,181
  • 2016: $117,535

The efficacy of adjunctive Garcinia mangostana Linn. pericarp for bipolar depression: A 24-week double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

A/Prof Olivia Dean, Prof Michael Berk, Prof Chee Ng, Dr Seetal Dodd, Prof Malcolm Hopwood, Dr Alyna Turner, Prof Felice Jacka

NHMRC Project Grant

  • 2020: $76,202
  • 2019: $264,142
  • 2018: $342,644
  • 2017: $209,758

Lifestyle modification to prevent common mental illness among young Australians: a community-based systems approach

Dr Erin Hoare, Prof Felice Jacka

Australian Rotary Health Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • 2019: $37,500
  • 2018: $56,250

CREDIT: The CRE for the Development of Innovative Therapies for Psychiatric Disorders

Prof Michael Berk, Prof John McGrath, Prof Patrick McGorry, Prof John McNeil, Prof Gin Malhi, Prof Felice Jacka, A/Prof Susan Cotton, Prof Ken Walder, A/Prof Olivia Dean, Prof Lana Williams

NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence

  • 2023: $248,170
  • 2022: $498,725
  • 2021: $563,659
  • 2020: $576,585
  • 2019: $510,344

Nutritional Psychiatry: extending the evidence and ensuring translation

Prof Felice Jacka

NHMRC - Investigator Grant

  • 2023: $350,028
  • 2022: $458,904
  • 2021: $453,911

Evaluating the effectiveness of lifestyle therapy versus standard psychotherapy for reducing depression in adults with COVID-19 related distress: The CALM trial

Prof Adrienne O'Neil, Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Murat Yucel, Prof Jane Speight, Dr Pilvikki Absetz, Prof Vincent Versace, A/Prof Megan Teychenne, Simon Rosenbaum, Dr Mary Lou Chatterton

MRFF (NHMRC) - COVID-19 Mental Health Research Grant

  • 2020: $885,302

Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trial Network (MAGNET)

Prof Michael Berk, Prof Susan Rossell, Dr Paul Fitzgerald, Prof Adrienne O'Neil, Dr Alyna Turner, Prof undefined Rodgers, Prof Cathy Mihalopoulos, Prof Chee Ng, Dr Christopher Davey, Prof Cherrie Galletly, Prof Anthony Harris, Prof Christos Pantelis, Prof Colleen Loo, Prof Daniel Lubman, Prof Dan Siskind, Prof David Forbes, Prof Denise Meyer, Prof Felice Jacka, A/Prof Frances Kay-Lambkin, Prof Gin Malhi, Prof Greg Murray, Prof Helen Christensen, Prof Jayashri Kulkarni, Prof Jerome Sarris, Prof Jim Lagopoulos, Prof John McGrath, Dr Kate Hoy, Prof Katherine Mills, Prof Mark Nelson, Prof Meaghan O'Donnell, Prof Jane Gunn, Dr Michael Millard, Prof Michael Kyrios, Prof Murat Yucel, Prof Nicholas Glozier, Prof Nicholas Martin, A/Prof Olivia Dean, Prof Osvaldo Almeida, A/Prof Philip Batterham, A/Prof Rebecca McKetin, Prof Richard Bryan, Prof Richard Osborne, Dr Samuel Harvey, Prof Sean Hood, Prof Stephen Touyz, Prof Suresh Sundram, Prof Vasso Apostolopoulos, A/Prof Sophia Zoungas, Prof Svetha Venkatesh, Sarah Russell

MRFF Million Minds Mission Grant Opportunity

  • 2023: $4,953,577
  • 2022: $1,936,399
  • 2021: $1,478,704

CoDeEndo: Co-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for Endometriosis

Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus, A/Prof Subhadra Evans, Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Liliana Orellana, Dr Nikki McCaffrey, Dr David Skvarc, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Jason Abbott, Dr Mike Armour, Ms Katherine Stanley, Dr Heidi Staudacher

MRFF (NHMRC) Clinical Trials Activity Grant

  • 2023: $909,698

Industry and Other Funding

Contributions of early life nutritional exposures to the development of depression and anxiety symptoms in children

Prof Felice Jacka

NARSAD - Young Investigator Award

  • 2012: $5,070
  • 2011: $8,009

Food and Mood Centre

Prof Felice Jacka

Research Donations - Food and Mood Centre

  • 2023: $5,000
  • 2022: $6,250
  • 2021: $220
  • 2020: $3,243
  • 2019: $4,945
  • 2018: $1,685
  • 2017: $2,052
  • 2016: $5

PhD Scholarship - MICRO-SCOPE: a study of diet, gut microbiota and mental health in community-dwelling adults

Prof Felice Jacka, Miss Amelia McGuinness

Australian Rotary Health PhD scholarship

  • 2023: $3,000
  • 2020: $6,375
  • 2019: $10,625
  • 2018: $12,750
  • 2017: $21,250

Fernwood Fitness Research Fellow - Food and Mood centre

Prof Felice Jacka, Dr Tetyana Rocks

Fernwood Foundation

  • 2020: $29,032
  • 2019: $194,219
  • 2018: $153,628
  • 2017: $82,825

Food and Mood Centre - Wilson Foundation

Prof Felice Jacka

Wilson Foundation - Food and Mood Centre Research

  • 2017: $120,000

Exploring the interaction between clinical symptoms multiple sclerosis, lifestyle factors, and the gut microbiome

Dr Wolf Marx, Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Anne-Louise Ponsonby

Multiple Sclerosis Aust Grant - Research

  • 2019: $12,055
  • 2018: $12,055

Microbiome Project (PhD study)

Prof Felice Jacka

The Trustee for Bariatric Essentials Unit Trust (Be Fit Food)

  • 2019: $32,807
  • 2018: $19,684

Food and Mood Centre - a2 Milk Coy Ltd NZ

Prof Felice Jacka

The a2 Milk Company Limited

  • 2021: $23,832
  • 2019: $100,000
  • 2018: $399,695

Gut Microbiome for mental health: Wilson Foundation

Prof Felice Jacka

Wilson Foundation - Food and Mood Centre Research

  • 2022: $200,000
  • 2021: $200,000
  • 2020: $200,000
  • 2019: $200,000
  • 2018: $200,000

Beyond Blue Mentally Healthy learning Communities.

Dr Erin Hoare, Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Michael Berk

The Sax Institute

  • 2019: $25,000

PhD Scholarship - The association between dairy consumption and mood and cognition

Prof Felice Jacka, Miss Meghan Hockey, Dr Anu Ruusunen, Dr Helen Macpherson, Dr Tetyana Rocks

Australian Rotary Health PhD scholarship

  • 2023: $3,000
  • 2021: $18,000
  • 2020: $18,000
  • 2019: $11,250

Nutritional Psychiatry: Education and Training

Prof Felice Jacka

Roberts Family Foundation

  • 2023: $25,000
  • 2022: $23,000
  • 2021: $20,000
  • 2020: $20,000

Nutritional Psychiatry: Education & Training

Prof Felice Jacka

The Serp Hills Foundation, The JTM Foundation

  • 2022: $20,000
  • 2021: $20,000
  • 2020: $20,000

The development of the BUB (Bugs, Unborns and Bugs) mHealth program

Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Adrienne O'Neil, Dr Heidi Staudacher

Waterloo Foundation - Child Development

  • 2021: $68,174
  • 2020: $66,470

A Listening and Learning Healthcare System approach to improve outcomes for acute-care mental health consumers in the Barwon-Southwest Victoria Region.

Prof Anna Peeters, Prof Steven Allender, Prof Sharon Brennan-Olsen, Prof Michael Berk, A/Prof Olivia Dean, Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Adrienne O'Neil, A/Prof Melissa O'Shea, Prof Rajesh Vasa, A/Prof Michael Johnstone, A/Prof Martin Hensher, Dr Josh Hayward, Dr Elijah Marangu, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Dr Mary Lou Chatterton, Miss Sally Buchanan-Hagen

Western Alliance

  • 2023: $79,045
  • 2021: $118,568

Evaluating the impact of fermented dairy on brain health and function: An eight week, randomised, placebo-controlled intervention study.

Prof Felice Jacka, Dr Wolf Marx, Dr Hajara Aslam, Miss Meghan Hockey

BDD Australia Pty Ltd

  • 2022: $152,213
  • 2021: $76,106

Nocebo response to fermentable carbohydrate dietary challenge: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled crossover challenge trial

Dr Heidi Staudacher, Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus

Rome Foundation Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction International Research Award

  • 2022: $58,377

CoDeEndo: Co-Designing, Evaluating, and Implementing Supportive Care for Endometriosis

Prof Antonina Mikocka-Walus, A/Prof Subhadra Evans, Prof Trish Livingston, Prof Liliana Orellana, Dr Nikki McCaffrey, Dr David Skvarc, Prof Alison Hutchinson, Prof Felice Jacka, Prof Jason Abbott, Dr Mike Armour, Ms Katherine Stanley, Dr Heidi Staudacher

Western Alliance

  • 2023: $20,000

Other Funding Sources

The biological mediators of the diet-depression relationship - Sarah Dash scholarship

Prof Felice Jacka, Ms Sarah Rachel Dash

Mental Health CRC

  • 2017: $2,500
  • 2016: $9,553

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2023

Amelia McGuinness

Thesis entitled: The effect of bowel preparation for colonoscopy on depression symptomatology and gut microbiota composition

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

2022

Jessica Allison Davis

Thesis entitled: Diet Quality, the Gut Microbiota, and Associations with Muscle Health

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

2021

Samantha Dawson

Thesis entitled: Targeting the Perinatal Diet to Alter Early Life Gut Microbiota

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

2017

Sarah Rachel Dash

Thesis entitled: Identifying dietary-associated biological pathways in Major Depressive Disorder

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

Executive Supervisor
2021

Fathima Hajara Abdus Samad

Thesis entitled: Dairy Intake and Health: Exploring Mechanisms and Functions

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

Associate Supervisor
2023

Melissa Lane

Thesis entitled: The Role of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Relation to Depressive Outcomes

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

2022

Meghan Hockey

Thesis entitled: The Association Between Dairy Intake and Depression

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

Sam Collins

Thesis entitled: Diet and mental health during emerging adulthood: evidence from Australia

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

Sara Campolonghi

Thesis entitled: Food Choices: Perceptions and Experiences of Australian Fathers

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

2021

Claire Young

Thesis entitled: A Digital Dietary Intervention for Depression: Development, Optimisation and Feasibility

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

2017

Joanna Frith Dipnall

Thesis entitled: The Development of a Risk Index for Depression (RID)

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine

Joshua Nicholas Hayward

Thesis entitled: Adolescent Lifestyle and Depressive Symptoms: Associations and Complex Community Determinants

Doctor of Philosophy (Health & Social Development), School of Health and Social Development

2015

Steven Edward John Moylan

Thesis entitled: Cigarette Smoking and Increased Anxiety Symptoms and Disorders

Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine), School of Medicine