Australian of the Year: Prof McGorry at TheMHS Summer Forum

Day Two of  TheMHS Summer Forum Prof Ian Hickie introduces Prof Pat McGorry  • Discusses the lead up to Pat winning – he was in Ireland when he was nominated for the Victorian of the year. • There has been movement away from obvious celebrity such as Aust of the year sports stars – i.e. [...]

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2010 Australian of the Year speaking at upcoming TheMHS Summer Forum

Australian of the Year 2010, Prof McGorry  has been confirmed as a speaker at TheMHS Summer Forum in Sydney. You don’t want to miss this event! You can register online  here Prof McGorry Bio Patrick D. McGorry is Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health, Australia’s largest youth mental health organisation, comprising a world-renown research centre [...]

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Australian of the Year helps raise Mental Health profile

Congratulations to Professor Patrick McGorry who was named the Australian of the Year. Professor McGorry has been working to help mentally ill young people for nearly 30 years. It’s a tremendous honour and as I’m learning and feeling, it’s a great responsibility I can foresee as well – Professor Patrick McGorry With this award, we recognise that [...]

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