Person
Parker, Gordon Barraclough (1942 - )
AO
- Born
- 1 April 1942
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Psychiatrist
Summary
Gordon Parker is a psychiatrist who specialises in clinical research into mental health, particularly depression and bipolar disorder. For nearly 20 years he was Head of the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales, being appointed Scientia Professor in 2001. He has been active in professional organisations, including the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and on the editorial boards of a number of journals. In 2002 he became the foundation Director of the Black Dog Institute. Parker has also served terms on the New South Wales Administrative Appeals Tribunal and Guardianship Board.
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Chronology
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Visiting Associate Professor, University of Oxford
- 1977 - 1981
- Career position - Lecturer (later Senior Lecturer) in Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
- 1978
- Education - MD, University of New South Wales
- 1979 - 1987
- Career position - Editor, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- 1981
- Career event - Visiting Associate Professor, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
- 1981 - 1983
- Career position - Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
- 1983
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of New South Wales
- 1983 - 1996
- Career position - Director, Division of Psychiatry, Prince of Wales and Prince Henry Hospitals, Sydney
- 1983 - 2001
- Career position - Professor of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
- 1983 - 2002
- Career position - Head of School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales
- 1985
- Career position - Founder and Research Director, Mood Disorders Unit, Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney
- 1985
- Award - Senior Research Award, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- 1990
- Award - Senior Research Award, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- 1990 - 1995
- Career position - Member, New South Wales Guardianship Board
- 1991 - 1992
- Career position - Member, New South Wales Administrative Appeals Board
- 1992 - 1995
- Career position - Clinical Director, Directorate of Mental Health, Eastern Area Health Service, New South Wales
- 1997
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of New South Wales
- 1998 - 2000
- Career position - Research Director (part-time), Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
- 2001 - 2018
- Career position - Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales
- 2002 - 2010
- Career position - Founder and Director, Black Dog Institute
- 2003
- Award - Founders Award, Australasian Society of Psychiatric Research
- 2003
- Award - New South Wales Forensic Psychology Award
- 2004
- Award - Australian Citation Laureate Award for Psychology/Psychiatry
- 2010
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to psychiatry as a clinician and researcher, particularly as a major contributor to the understanding and innovative treatment of mood disorders and as founder and executive Director of the Black Dog Institute
- 2010 - 2012
- Career position - Executive Director, Black Dog Institute
- 2017
- Award - James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales
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Published resources
Books
- Parker, Gordon, A piece of my mind: a psychiatrist in the couch (Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, 2012), 340 pp. Details
See also
- Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia [Queen's Birthday 2010], Governor General's Office, Canberra, 2010, https://web.archive.org.au/awa/20130329080918mp_/http:/www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/files/honours/qb/qb2010/Media%20Notes%20AO%20%28final%29.pdf. Details
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 26 November 2019