Maree Hackett MA, PhD

Maree leads a program of public health research focusing on developing simple, cost-effective strategies (which can be integrated with other secondary prevention strategies) to prevent depression and significantly improve the outcome for people with depression and other chronic diseases, including stroke.

She holds a National Health and Medical Research Foundation Career Development Fellowship (Level 2) on Improving the identification, management, and outcome of people with depression and other chronic diseases. Maree has research interests, experience, and funding in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. She holds a fractional appointment as a Professor of Epidemiology in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at The University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom.