Cherrie Galletly

Cherrie Galletly

Adelaide Medical School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Emerita Professor Cherrie Galletly is a consultant psychiatrist working across the University, public mental health and private sectors. She was Interim Dean of the Adelaide Medical School 2020-2021, responsible for managing the MBBS program during the COVID-19 pandemic. She was awarded an OAM for her services to psychiatry, in 2022.

She held a Chair in Psychiatry, jointly funded by the University of Adelaide and Ramsay Health Care (SA) Mental Health, from 2007 until May 2022. She continues as a Regional Director of Postgraduate Psychiatry training (Northern Area Local Health Network).

She takes a collaborative approach to research, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of care for people with severe mental illness. Her research interests include schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders; she was Northern Adelaide site director for the Second National Survey of Psychosis (2010) a landmark study of more than 1800 people with psychoses. She was a member of the NHMRC Mental Health Research Advisory Committee (MHRAC) 2017-2019.

She was a Chief Investigator on a study of comorbidity between mental health and substance abuse disorder based in the Northern suburbs of Adelaide. She heads up one of the leading national centres on neurostimulation treatments (rTMS and ECT) for psychiatric disorders.

She led the Writing Group for the RANZCP Clinical Practise Guidelines for Schizophrenia and Related Disorders. She was an Associate Editor for the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (2011-2021) and a member of the Editorial Executive for Australian Prescriber (2011-2020).

She has worked with many early career researchers and clinicians to publish their first paper. She has supervised many HDR students including supervising seven PhDs to completion.

She has more than 300 publications in the peer reviewed literature, along with one book and 3 book chapters. Since 2011 she has been involved in 61 conference presentations. Her total collaborative research funding exceeds $30m.

NHMRC Grants
2021- 2025 A National Research Translation Centre to implement Mental Health Care at Scale NHMRC Special Initiative in Mental Health Grant 2021 CI on ALIVE Led by A/Prof Victoria Palmer. $10,000,000
2020 Australasian Partnership for Improving Outcomes in Severe Depression. NHMRC Partnership Projects, Australia: 1195643 Loo, C., Martin, D., Mitchell, P.B., Hadzi-Pavlovic, D., Chatterton, M.L., Galletly, C., Hopwood, M., Sara, G. $909,752.00
2016-2019 Project Grant; Title: “N-Acetyl Cysteine In Schizophrenia Resistant to Clozapine: A Double-Blind Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial” National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC), Australia: 1098442 Castle, D., Rossell, S., Galletly, C., Harris, A., Francies, P., Siskind, D $981,788.85
2016-2020 Project Grant; Title: “An empirical framework for assessing mortality and morbidity in people with psychotic disorders: 7-year prospective and 10-year retrospective follow-up of 2075 participants in the Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP) using linked registers” National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC), Australia: 1102628 Morgan, V., McGrath, J., Galletly, C., Harvey, C., Castle, D., Cohen, M., Jablensky, A., Carr, V., Neil, A., Wattereus, A $626,179
2011-2012 Grant, Title: “Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank”, (extension) National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC), Australia: 386500 Carr, V., Schall, U., Scott, R., Jablensky, A., Mowry, B., Michie, P., Catts, S., Henskens, F., Pantelis, C., Loughland, C., Tooney, P., Rasser, P., Lewin, T., Stain, H,MM Badcock, J., Morgan, V., de Zubicaray, G., Budd, B., Seal, M., Soulsby, B., Velakoulis, D., Kader, L., Kalaydjieva, L., Weickert, T., Galletly, C; Enabling $440,650
2006-2011 Enabling Grant, Title: “Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank” National Health and Medical Research Council (NHRMC), Australia: 386500 Carr, V., Schall, U., Scott, R., Jablensky, A., Mowry, B., Michie, P., Catts, S., Henskens, F., Pantelis, C., Loughland, C., Tooney, P., Rasser, P., Lewin, T., Stain, H,mm Badcock, J., Morgan, V., de Zubicaray, G., Budd, B., Seal, M., Soulsby, B., Velakoulis, D., Kader, L., Kalaydjieva, L., Weickert, T., Galletly, C $1,750,000
2007-2009 Research Grant; Title: “Childhood cognitive antecedents of adult psychopathology: follow up of the Port Pirie lead cohort into adulthood” National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia: ID 453563 McFarlane A, Galletly C, Sim M, Sawyer M, Baghurst P $587,263
MRFF
2021-2026 Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trial Network (MAGNET). One of 50 Chief Investigators, working across diverse areas to build MAGNET: the first Australia-wide clinical trials network in adult mental health. Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) CI on 2020 Million Minds Mission Mental Health Research Grant, Australia: 2006296 led by M Berk. $11,998,907
The Hospital Research Foundation
2020 Establishing and Evaluating a Mental Health Single Entry Point (SEP) to Improve Depression Care for Young People. The Hospital Research Foundation Translational Grant, Adelaide Schubert, O., Galletly, C., Clark, S., Wright, S. $70,000
Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
2009-2011 Research Grant; Title: “National Survey of High Impact Psychosis (SHIP)” Commonwealth Dept of Health and Ageing, Australia Jablensky A, Bush R , Carr V, Castle D, Galletly C, Harvey C, Hocking B, Mackinnon A , McGorry P, Morgan V, McGrath J, Stain H, Waterreus A, Neil A, Saw S $6,155,514
ARC Linkage Grant
2011-2013 Linkage Grant; Title: “Stopping the run-around: comorbidity action in the north (CAN)” Australian Research Council, Australia: LP110100087 de Crespigny CF, Galletly C, Athanasos P, Procter NG, Moss JR, Rowlands CE, Liu DT, Tyllis P, Chong AJ, Lee D $275,820
The Stanley Medical Research Institute (USA)
2013 Canakinumab adjunctive treatment trial to reduce symptoms and improve cognition in patients with schizophrenia displaying elevated peripheral IL-1beta The Stanley Medical Research Institute . Weickert, T.W., Weickert, C.S., Catts, S.V., Lenroot, R., Galletly, C., Wakefield, C., Lloyd A USD $361,132
Course Coordination

2011-2020 - MBBS Year 6 Course Convenor

  • Regular tutorial teaching for Year 6 Program – ‘Early mortality in people with schizophrenia – why?’

2003–2013 - MBBS Year 6 Psychiatry clinical placements (The Adelaide Clinic)

2003–2007 - MBBS Years 4 and 6 Psychiatry clinical placements (LMHS)

2004–2007 - Medical and Scientific attachment, MBBS years 4 and 5

MBBS Committees

2011-2020 - Curriculum Committee

2011-2021 - Assessment Committee

2011-2019 - Scientific Basis of Medicine Committee

Examiner / Assessor

2011-2019 - Board of Examiners, Year 4/5 MBBS

2003-2019 - Board of Examiners, Year 6 MBBS

1996 (ongoing) - Assessor for clinical competence, written and OSCI examinations, various year levels MBBS

Seminar / Tutorial / Lecture Teaching

1996 (ongoing) - Participation in teaching at various year levels MBBS

2005 (ongoing) - Tutorial teaching, year 6, MBBS psychiatry

2010-2019 - Coordinate and teach Tranisition to Internship teaching in psychiatry, Year 6 MBBS

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2014 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Schizophrenia and Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Hannah Dawn Myles
    2013 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Health Risk Factors Associated with Morbidity and Mortality in a National Sample of People with Psychosis Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Lisa Anne Hahn
    2011 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Brave in their New World: Service Provision for Refugee Youth with Comorbidity in Northern Metropolitan Adelaide Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Miriam Tamsin Posselt
    2011 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Addressing Aboriginal Community People's Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug Comorbidity Service needs in the Salisbury and Playford Local Government Areas of South Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Hepsibah Sharmil Francis Jebaraj
    2010 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Resilience, Psychosis and Childhood Trauma Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Shaun Michael David Sweeney
    2007 - 2012 Co-Supervisor The Role of Cognitive Biases in the Development, Maintenance and Treatment of Delusional Belief across the Psychosis Continuum Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Ryan Balzan
    2007 - 2013 Co-Supervisor A Qualitative Study of Medication Adherence Amongst People with Schizophrenia Master of Psychology (Clinical)/Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Lucinda Clifford

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2015 - ongoing Member SA Psychiatry Training Committee - -
    2015 - ongoing Co-Chair Scientific Committee, RANZCP Annual Congress, Adelaide 2017 - -
    2013 - 2016 Chair Working group to revise RANZCP Clinical Practise Guidelines on Schizophrenia and Related Disorders RANZCP Australia
    2011 - ongoing Chair MBBS Year 6 Course Committee The University of Adelaide -
    2011 - ongoing Member MBBS Curriculum Committee The University of Adelaide -
    2011 - ongoing Member MBBS Assessment Committee The University of Adelaide -
    2006 - ongoing Member Medical Advisory Committee Ramsay Health Care (SA) Mental Health -
    2006 - ongoing Member Research Committee, School of Medicine The University of Adelaide -

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2010 - ongoing - Australian Medical Association -
    2010 - ongoing - Society for Mental Health Research -
    2010 - 2019 Member European Association of Threat Assessment Professionals Australia
    2010 - 2018 Member Collegium Internationale Neuro-psychopharmacologium Australia
    2010 - 2018 Member European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Australia
    2010 - 2017 Member International Society for Affective Disorders Australia
    2010 - ongoing - Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists -
    2010 - ongoing - RANZCP Section for Neurosciences -
    2010 - ongoing - Schizophrenia International Research Society -

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2014 - ongoing Board Member Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine - -
    2013 - ongoing Editor Schizophrenia, Frontiers in Psychiatry Schizophrenia, Frontiers in Psychiatry Australia
    2011 - 2021 Associate Editor Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Australia
    2011 - 2020 Member Editorial Executive Committee, Australian Prescriber (National Prescribing Service) Australian Prescriber Australia
    2011 - ongoing Consulting Editor World Journal of Pharmacology - -
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