Incubator team
The Climate Change, Place, and Mental Health Incubator is a cross-disciplinary program that is housed at the Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, University of Sydney (USYD) and led by Dr Marlee Bower. The Incubator is the first major interdisciplinary project exploring the built environment at the Matilda Centre, a USYD flagship centre with 80 academic and professional staff and 50+ ongoing projects.
This Incubator program builds cross-disciplinary USYD research excellence, building USYD cross-disciplinary research capacity by forging unprecedented cross-faculty partnerships through collaborations with the Faculty of Medicine and Health; Architecture, Design and Planning; Education and Social Work; and Political Economy.
Incubator Core Research Team
Dr Marlee Bower
Lead Investigator – Research Fellow, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, USYD (Principal Investigator)
Amarina Donohoe-Bales
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, USYD
Lauren Scott
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, USYD
Jacky Dawkins
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, USYD
Chief Investigators
Professor Maree Teesson AC
Director, The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, USYD
Associate Professor Lyrian Daniel
University of South Australia
Dr Emma Barrett
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, USYD
Associate Professor Arianna Brambilla
Associate Dean (Education), School of Architecture, Design and Planning, USYD
Professor Amanda Howard
School of Education and Social Work, USYD
Dr Shamila Haddad
Sydney Horizon Fellow (Senior Lecturer), School of Architecture, Design and Planning, USYD
Associate Professor Lexine Stapinski
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, USYD
Dr Edward Jegasothy
School of Public Health, USYD
Dr Gareth Bryant
Chair of Discipline of Political Economy and ARC DECRA Fellow, Department of Political Economy, USYD
Professor Ross Bailie
Professor of Rural Health, Sydney School of Public Health, USYD
Dr Laura McGrath
Open University United Kingdom
Dr Scarlett Smout
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, USYD
Practitioner/Government Associate Investigators
Jon Swain
Manager of Homelessness, City of Sydney
Joanne McClellan
Housing and Urban Planning Policy Expert Consultant, Two Things Consultancy