Maree Teesson
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Maree Rose Teesson {{post-nominals|country=AUS|AC}}, FAAHMS, FASSA, is an Australian expert on mental health. She is the Director of The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use and NHMRC Principal Research Fellow at the University of Sydney. She is also professorial fellow at the Black Dog Institute, UNSW.
She is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAAHMS), and an elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA).
{{Cite web|title=Professor Maree Rose TEESSON|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/2000399|access-date=2021-06-10|website=It's An Honour}}Black Dog Institute, www.blackdoginstitute.org.au
[http://connections.edu.au/news/professor-maree-teesson-wins-prestigious-aahms-fellowship Professor Maree Teesson wins prestigious AAHMS Fellowship], June 2015, connections.edu.au
Education and career
Teesson holds a BSc (Psychology)(Hons) and PhD (Psychiatry) from the University of New South Wales.{{cite web|url=http://www.assa.edu.au/fellows/719/|title=Professor Maree Teesson AC|website=Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia|accessdate=7 February 2018}} Her 1995 PhD Thesis was "An evaluation of mental health service delivery in an inner city area".{{cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/26591313|title=An Evaluation of Mental Health Service Delivery in an Inner City Area|last1=Teesson|first1=Maree|website=Trove Books, National Library of Australia|accessdate=7 February 2018}}
She is the author of more than 280 publications, and her work has been cited more than 9,000 times.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/research/cresp/who-we-are/professor-maree-teeson|title=Professor Maree Teeson|website=www.blackdoginstitute.org.au|access-date=2019-07-25}}
In 2018, Teesson launched an innovative eHealth program at the University of New South Wales to target the six main lifestyle risk factors among teenagers, including binge eating and unhealthy eating, to help prevent chronic disease.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2018/05/health-program-targets-the-big-six-behaviours-in-young-people-to |title=Health program targets the 'big six' behaviours in young people to reduce chronic disease risk|author= |date=2018-05-25|website=UNSW Newsroom|access-date=2024-10-06}}
Awards and recognition
In recognition of her achievements in education, research and mentoring, Teesson received the 2013 UNSW Faculty of Medicine Dean's Award for Outstanding Achievement.{{cite web|title=UNSW Medicine Dean's Awards presented to Prof Maree Teesson & Mr Mark Deady|url=https://comorbidity.edu.au/news/unsw-medicine-deans-awards-presented-prof-maree-teesson-mr-mark-deady|website=NRMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Mental Health and Substance Use|accessdate=7 February 2018}}
Teesson went on to win the 2014 University of Technology, Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers for her achievements in fostering and developing her teams, as well as reaching out to more than 20,000 Australian high-school students with online programs that focus on preventing alcohol and drug related harm.{{cite web|title=2014 University of Technology, Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers|url=https://australianmuseum.net.au/media/2014-eureka-mentor|website=Australian Museum|accessdate=7 February 2018}}
In 2014, she was named by the Australian Financial Review as one of the "100 Women of Influence" in the Innovation category.{{cite web|url=https://www.afrwomenofinfluence.com.au/search/keyword/maree+/alumni_year/2014/type/alumni_search/|title=2014 Event - Innovation|website=100 Women of Influence|accessdate=25 July 2019}} In 2015 she was presented with the Society for Mental Health Research Oration Award for her rise to prominence within the Australian and New Zealand psychiatric research community.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smhr.org.au/researchers/awards.aspx|title=2015 SMHR Annual Award Winners - Society for Mental Health Research|website=www.smhr.org.au|access-date=2019-07-25}}
On Australia Day 2018, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia{{Cite web |title=UNSW news |url=https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/news/her-own-words-professor-maree-teesson-ac}} for eminent service to medicine, particularly to the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders,{{Cite web |date=2018-01-26 |title=Maree Teesson recognised for work in treatment of substance use disorders |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/national-afternoons/maree-teeson/9365380 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=ABC listen |language=en-AU}} as a researcher and author, to innovative mental health policy development, to education, and as a role model for young researchers.[https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/mental-health-and-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-innovator-honoured/news-story/64b6925e6fc21eacaae00992b635535a Mental health and drug and alcohol treatment innovator honoured], 31 January 2018, www.dailytelegraph.com.au Teesson has written extensively on mental health after lockdown.{{Cite web |last=Stears |first=Marc |last2=Teesson |first2=Maree |last3=Bower |first3=Marlee |date=2021-10-06 |title=Most of us will recover our mental health after lockdown. But some will find it harder to bounce back |url=http://theconversation.com/most-of-us-will-recover-our-mental-health-after-lockdown-but-some-will-find-it-harder-to-bounce-back-169029 |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US}}
Selected publications
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- Addictions, co-authored with Louisa Degenhardt and Wayne Hall, Hove, 2002, {{ISBN|1841693138}}; 2nd ed. Hove, East Sussex New York Psychology Press, 2012, {{ISBN|9780415582995}}
- Comorbid Mental Disorders and Substance Use Disorders : Epidemiology, Prevention and Treatment, co-edited with Heather Proudfoot, Dept. of Health and Ageing, 2003, {{ISBN|064282424X}}
- {{cite journal | journal = Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol |date=October 2002 | volume = 37 | issue = 10 | pages = 451–6 | title = Who seeks treatment for alcohol dependence? Findings from the Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing | vauthors=Proudfoot H, Teesson M, ((Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing)) | pmid = 12242622 | doi = 10.1007/s00127-002-0576-1 |s2cid=33089344 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Slade|first1=Tim |last2=Chapman|first2=Cath |last3=Swift|first3=Wendy |last4=Keyes|first4=Katherine |last5=Tonks|first5=Zoe |last6=Teesson|first6=Maree|authorlink6=Maree Teesson |title=Birth cohort trends in the global epidemiology of alcohol use and alcohol-related harms in men and women: systematic review and metaregression |journal=BMJ Open|date=24 October 2016 |volume=6 |issue=10 |pages=e011827 |doi=10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011827 |url= |pmid=27797998 |pmc=5093369}}
- {{Cite web | last1 = Slade | first1 = T. | last2 = Johnston | first2 = A. | last3 = Teesson | first3 = M. | last4 = Whiteford | first4 = H. | last5 = Burgess | first5 = P. | last6 = Pirkis | first6 = J. | last7 = Saw | first7 = S | title = The Mental Health of Australians 2: Substance Use Disorders in Australia | publisher = Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra | date = May 2009 | url = https://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/A24556C814804A99CA257BF0001CAC45/$File/mha26.pdf }}
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