Simon Rosenbuam BSc, PhD

Dr Simon Rosenbaum is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney and the Black Dog Institute. He currently holds an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and is also an inaugural UNSW Scientia Fellow. As an exercise physiologist, Simon conducted the first clinical trial of exercise for inpatients with post-traumatic stress disorder and has published over 120 peer-reviewed publications, including multiple book chapters on the role of exercise in the treatment of mental illness.
Simon has worked with a variety of groups, including emergency service workers, contemporary veterans and Syrian refugees living with PTSD. Simon serves as an elected national director of Exercise and Sports Science Australia and is a passionate advocate for the integration of exercise as a component of treatment for people living with mental illness.