Dr Iain Perkes | UNSW Research

My Expertise

obsessive-compulsive disorder
child and adolescent psychiatry

Keywords

obsessive-compulsive disorder

child and adolescent psychiatry

psychiatry

neurodevelopmental disorder

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Fields of Research (FoR)

Mental health services, Child and adolescent development, Neurosciences

SEO tags

Mental Health

Child Health

Mental Health Services

Evaluation of Health Outcomes

Biography

Iain has a significant National and International reputation in the area of child and adolescent mental health including paediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), as evidenced by invited participation in the: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Editorial Board; MRFF-funded ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation; Sydney Partnership in Health, Education, and Enterprise (SPHERE); NSW Health Systems...view more

My Grants

My Qualifications

Bachelor of Medical Science (The University of Newcastle) 2008

Bachelor of Medicine (The University of Newcastle) 2010

Fellowship (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry) 2017

Advanced Certificate, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry) 2017

Master of Psychiatry (New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry) 2017

My Awards

In 2018, Iain was awarded the internationally competitive Child Foundation Fellowship following on from his 2017 award of the World Psychiatry Association Fellowship; both awards represented his leadership in child and adolescent mental health.

My Research Activities

His clinical research portfolio includes OCD, behavioural neuroscience, neuroimaging, and child and adolescent mental health services.

He established (2022) and leads the Kids Research Mental Health initiative and the NSW-wide paediatric OCD clinical research translation service (OCD BOUNCE, 2021) in the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network as part of a national collaboration.

My Research Supervision

Supervision keywords

habits

goal-directed actions

cognitive function

child and adolescent psychiatry

obsessive-compulsive disorder

tourette syndrome

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

neurodevelopmental disorder

neuropsychiatry

psychiatry

Areas of supervision

ILP, Honours, Masters, PhD

Currently supervising

Honours and PhD candidates.

My Engagement

I have appeared on Sydney radio. I regularly speak at local and national meetings in addition to the public domain. I co-founded Continuing Professional Development programs in both the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network and Dubbo Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.

Radio presentation

January 7^th 2016

Breakfast Program, Northside Radio, 99.3 fm

When admission to psychiatric hospitals is recommended for children

UNSW Newsroom August 13 2019

More funding key to keeping youth out of psychiatric hospitals: experts

The Sydney Morning Herald August 13 2019