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Lived-Experience Research Lead and Centre Co-Director Professor Michelle Banfield leads this national project. The project is a flagship of the Lived-Experience Research Collective that has more than 250 members who self-identity as lived-experience researchers living with mental ill-health, ongoing trauma, or as carer, family and kinship group members of someone living with mental ill-health. A proportion of the Lived-Experience Research Collective members are people who are employed in research roles within government, non-government organisations or other non-university based settings.
TLC maps the who, what, where and how of lived-experience research nationally and stems from conversations held at the start of Centre establishment. Data collected within the project will also inform the Centre’s strategic initiative to develop A National Strategy for Lived-Experience in Mental Health Research to support capabilities development for lived-experience research to grow, and to foster career pathways and integration. More than 100 people with lived experience working in research roles participated in our survey and interviews, with analysis in progress to inform further research in 2025, including creative submissions such as mad poetry. Watch this space!
Click here to see the embedded lived-experience model within The ALIVE National Centre, reflecting the ‘collective’ as a bridge across lived-experience for mental health research translation.
The ALIVE National Centre is funded by the NHMRC Special Initiative in Mental Health.
The ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work, and pay our respects to the Elders, past and present. We are committed to working together to address the health inequities within our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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The ALIVE National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Special Initiative in Mental Health GNT2002047.
ALIVE Next Generation Researcher Network Application Form Click here
For University based research higher degree students, early/mid-career mental health researchers
ALIVE Lived Experience Research Collective Application Form Click here
For University and community based lived-experience or carer-focused mental health researchers at all career stages
ALIVE Collective Application Form Click here
For any individuals or organisations with a general interest in supporting the special initiative in mental health
ALIVE Implementation and Translation Network (ITN) Application Form Click here
For sector, service delivery organisations in mental health serving people across the life course and priority populations
If you have a general enquiry about The Alive National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation, please submit an enquiry below
ALIVE Next Generation Researcher Network Application Form Click here
For University based research higher degree students, early/mid-career mental health researchers
ALIVE Lived Experience Research Collective Application Form Click here
For University and community based lived-experience or carer-focused mental health researchers at all career stages
ALIVE Collective Application Form Click here
For any individuals or organisations with a general interest in supporting the special initiative in mental health
ALIVE Implementation and Translation Network (ITN) Application Form Click here
For sector, service delivery organisations in mental health serving people across the life course and priority populations
If you have a general enquiry about The Alive National Centre for Mental Health Research Translation, please submit an enquiry below
