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Dr Bruce Arroll

Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

Dr Bruce Arroll

eMHIC Special Interest Group on Mindfulness

Bruce is a Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland New Zealand and a practising GP at Greenstone Family Clinic. He does regular general practice at that clinic and also does special consultations using Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) for people who are feeling stuck in their lives by stress, pain or low energy. He does this work with his own patients and those referred from his clinic colleagues as well as for people outside of the clinic. With 41 years in practise and more than 300 publications in prominent peer-reviewed journals, he was recently awarded the ACC Supreme Award in the New Zealand 2021 Primary Healthcare Awards for his “X-factor” traits of ingenuity, humility and generosity.

Addie Wooten

CEO, Smiling Mind, Australia

Prof. Andrew Greenshaw

Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience University of Alberta, Canada

Angie Chew

Adjunct Associate Professor of mindfulness, National University of Singapore

Anna Elders

Clinical Lead, Just a Thought, New Zealand

Ashley de Silva

CEO of ReachOut Australia

Dr Bruce Arroll

Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Professor Chee Ng

Professor and Healthscope Chair of Psychiatry, The Melbourne Clinic, Australia

Colin Seery

Chief Executive Officer at Lifeline Australia

Dr Craig Hassed

Senior lecturer at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Dr. Daniel Fung

CEO, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore

Ed Mantler

SVP Chief Program Officer, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Fran Silvestri

Former President and CEO, International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL)

Jay Buckey

Professor of Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, USA

Juanita Ryan

Deputy Chief Executive at Ara Poutama, New Zealand

Liz Ashall-Payne

Founder and CEO, ORCHA

Louise Bradley

Former Chief Executive Officer, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Mary O'Hagan

Executive Director Lived Experience, Department of Health, Victoria, Australia

Nicholas Watters

Director of Access, Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Nick Titov

Executive Director, Mindspot, Australia

Niki Legge

Director of Mental Health and Addictions, Government of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Dr Nina Ferencic

Senior Regional Adviser on Adolescent Health, Development and Participation, UNICEF

Piers Gooding

Senior Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Australia

Richman Wee

Senior Researcher, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Victoria Hornby

CEO, Mental Health Innovations, UK

Dr Judith Kuriansky

Professor of Psychology and Education, Columbia University Teachers College; Advisor, Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations

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Victoria Hornby

CEO, Mental Health Innovations, UK

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Victoria is CEO of Mental Health Innovations, the charity behind SHOUT, the UK’s first 24/7 crisis text service. From 2011 to 2017, she was Director of Programmes at The Royal Foundation, building a portfolio of projects including the Invictus Games, Coach Core, United for Wildlife and Heads Together.