ProfessorFelice Jacka

(she/her)

Deakin Distinguished Professor

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

  • Deakin Distinguished Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • HERB, Health, Education and Research Building (HERB), Level 1, 285 Ryrie Street, Geelong

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Teaching responsibilities include supervision of higher research degree students.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Population attributable fraction for health behaviours attributing to common mental disorders
    Rebecca Orr - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Using Modifiable Lifestyle Behaviours as Predictors of Depression Risk
    Emma Todd - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The association between Polyphenol Intake, Plasma Metabolomic and Proteomic Profiles, and the Risk of Mental Health Disorder Incidence and Mortality.
    Pishva Arzhang - School of Medicine
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Cigarette Smoking and Increased Anxiety Symptoms and Disorders
    Steve Moylan - School of Medicine - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Development of a Risk Index for Depression (RID)
    Joanna Frith Dipnall - School of Medicine - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Adolescent Lifestyle and Depressive Symptoms: Associations and Complex Community Determinants
    Joshua Hayward - School of Health and Social Development - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Identifying dietary-associated biological pathways in Major Depressive Disorder
    Sarah Rachel Dash - School of Medicine - 2017
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Targeting the Perinatal Diet to Alter Early Life Gut Microbiota
    Samantha Dawson - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dairy Intake and Health: Exploring Mechanisms and Functions
    Fathima Hajar Abdus Samad - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Diet and mental health during emerging adulthood: evidence from Australia
    Sam Collins - School of Medicine - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The effect of bowel preparation for colonoscopy on depression symptomatology and gut microbiota composition
    Amelia Jane Mcguinness - School of Medicine - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Food Choices: Perceptions and Experiences of Australian Fathers
    Sara Campolonghi - School of Medicine - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Digital Dietary Intervention for Depression: Development, Optimisation and Feasibility
    Claire Young - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Diet Quality, the Gut Microbiota, and Associations with Muscle Health
    Jessica Allison Davis - School of Medicine - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Association Between Dairy Intake and Depression
    Meghan Hockey - School of Medicine - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Faecal Microbiota Transplantation in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder
    Jessica Green - School of Medicine - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption in Relation to Depressive Outcomes
    Melissa Lane - School of Medicine - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Gastrointestinal Disturbances and Eating Disorders: Treatment and Lived Experience
    Madeline Louise West - School of Medicine - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring the Association Between Polyphenols and Depression
    Elizabeth Helena Gamage - School of Medicine - 2025