ProfessorMichael Berk

Deakin Distinguished Professor and Director, IMPACT

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

  • Deakin Distinguished Professor and Director, IMPACT
    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 undergraduate medical student training, research higher degree students as well as coordination of the registrar
teaching program.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Factors Influencing Older Adults Adoption of eHealth Resources
    Tara Johnson - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The role of biomarkers in late-life depression: Data analysis of the Aspirin for the Prevention of Depression in the Elderly Depression (ASPREE-D)
    Malcolm Forbes - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Target Trial Emulation for Repurposing Existing Medications to Address Unmet Medical Needs
    Gebiso Roba Debele - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Biobehavioural assessment of methamphetamine use disorder (BEAM)
    Ramisha Khan - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Opportunities for the use of machine learning in electroconvulsive therapy
    Robert Michael Lundin - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Silexan in the Treatment Of PTSD (STOP) Trial
    Gregory Scott Roebuck - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Development and Validation of Novel Stereotactic System for Invasive Intensive Care Unit Procedures
    Maximiliano Alberto Hawkes - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating the association of Bipolar Disorder II treatment and outcomes
    Roth Trisno - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Development and validation of novel stereotactic system using dental prosthesis.
    Basel Adam Sharaf - School of Medicine
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Attributions of responsibility for motor vehicle accidents and post-injury outcomes
    Jason Hugh Thompson - School of Medicine - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Cigarette Smoking and Increased Anxiety Symptoms and Disorders
    Steve Moylan - School of Medicine - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Personality Disorders in the community
    Shae Quirk - 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
    Cost-Effectiveness of Adjunctive Treatment Options for Bipolar Disorder in Australia
    Mary Lou Chatterton - School of Health and Social Development - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Discussion Forum Engagement in an Online Intervention for Bipolar Disorder
    Emma Gliddon - School of Medicine - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Developing Neurostimulation Techniques to Investigate Antidepressant and Mood Modulating Behaviors
    Rajas Kale - School of Engineering - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Diamond-Based Electrode for Chronic Sensing in Deep Brain Stimulation
    Kevin Bennet - School of Engineering - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Bipolar Disorder, Associated Treatments and Bone Health
    Vinoomika Chandrasekaran - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Drugs Used to Treat Bipolar Disorder
    Srisaiyini Kidnapillai - School of Medicine - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The development of a psychosocial intervention for self-harm in youth
    Shilpa Aggarwal - School of Medicine - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dairy Intake and Health: Exploring Mechanisms and Functions
    Fathima Hajar Abdus Samad - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A neurochemical-based closed-loop deep brain stimulation system
    Scott Adams - School of Engineering - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating the association between mood disorders and incident cancer
    Stephanie Cowdery - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating Mechanisms of Stress, Inflammation, and Bioenergetics in Treatment-resistant Depression
    Josh Price - School of Medicine - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Exploring factors that contribute to treatment response in bipolar depression
    Melanie Ashton - School of Medicine - 2019