Vera Morgan BA, DipEd, MSocSc, PhD

Professor Vera Morgan is Head of the Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology Research Unit in the Division of Psychiatry within the Medical School at The University of Western Australia, Deputy Director of the Centre for Clinical Research in Neuropsychiatry at The University of Western Australia, and Operational Epidemiologist for North Metropolitan Health Service. She is a psychiatric epidemiologist with a special interest in studying schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders using record-linkage and survey methods. Her cross-disciplinary approach to the study of psychosis melds epidemiological, psychiatric, sociological and criminological perspectives on etiology, course, and outcome to help unravel its complex nature. Her current program of research focuses on environmental and genetic contributions to the risk of schizophrenia, as well as physical health comorbidity, including metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease, in people with psychotic illness. She was National Project Director and Convenor: Technical Advisory Group for the Australian Government National Survey of High Impact Psychosis. Her professional roles have included President: Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research, Vice-President: Australasian Epidemiological Association, Chair: Research Committee of the Mental Health Council of Australia and Member: The University of Western Australia Senate.