National Committee for Brain and Mind

The National Committee for Brain and Mind fosters relevant disciplines in Australia, links the Academy to Australian scientists and relevant scientific and other societies, and serves as a link between Australian and overseas scientists, primarily through establishing links with relevant international unions.

The committee established the Australian Brain Alliance, which links to the International Brain Initiative.

Governance

• Terms of reference (PDF, 128 KB)

Report and activities

• Submission - Positioning Australia as a leader in digital economy regulation - Automated Decision Making and AI Regulation  May, 2022
• Submission - 2021 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft December 2021 
• Submission—University Research Commercialisation Scheme April 2021 

Related Organisations

• The Australian Brain Alliance
• The EMCR Brain Science Network
• Australian Psychological Society
• Australasian Neuroscience Society
• Australasian Society for Experimental Psychology
• Psychology Foundation of Australia
• Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society
• Australian Society for Mathematical Psychology (OzMP)
• Society for Mental Health Research
• Biological Psychiatry Australia
• Australasian Association of Philosophy

Members

• Chair: Professor Jason Mattingley
  • The University of Queensland, NHMRC Leadership Fellow, Queensland Brain Institute
  • Research expertise: Cognitive neuroscience
• Committee member: Associate Professor Adrian Carter
  • Monash University, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrative Brain Function
  • Research Expertise: Neuroscience of addiction treatment, mental illness and neurological disorders
• Ex Officio: Dr Anthony Cichello
• Monash University, Honorary Research Fellow, Clinical Psychologist
• Australian Psychological Society, Non-Executive Director
• Committee member: Professor Anthony Hannan
• The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Epigenetics and Neural Plasticity Laboratory
• Research expertise: Neurological and psychiatric disorders
• Committee member: Professor Elizabeth Coulson
• The University of Queensland, Group Leader in Dementia Research, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research and Professor, Queensland Brain Institute
• Research expertise: Biomedical science
• Committee member: Associate Professor Hannah Keage
• University of South Australia, UniSA Justice & Society
• Research expertise: Cognitive Ageing and Impairment Neurosciences (CAIN)
• Committee member (Ex-officio (ANS): Professor Janet Keast
• University of Melbourne, Chair of Anatomy and Neuroscience
• Research expertise: Autonomic neuroscience, neural regulation of urogenital system
• Committee member: Professor Rebecca Mathews
• Australian Psychological Society, Clinical Psychologist
• Research expertise: Clinical psychology
• Committee member: Professor Kate Stevens
• MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development, Director
• Research expertise: Psychological processes in creating and performing contemporary dance; audience response to the performing arts