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July 28, 2022

Introduction of new team members – Nivanka, Steph & Abie

Early in 2022, the VTMH team welcomed three new team members. Nivanka De Silva is our new Psychiatry Registrar for 2022 to 2023. Nivanka has a Doctor of Medicine from the University of New South Wales and is in the process of completing a Master of Psychiatry through the University of Melbourne. Nivanka is excited… Read more »

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July 28, 2022

Spotlight on: VTMH Team Member – Shehani De Silva

This is a new section to our twice yearly e-newsletter. We realise that while many of you reading this do work with some members of our team, many of you don’t know who we are! We would like to be a little more personal and share some information about each of our team members in… Read more »

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July 28, 2022

Successful oration evening remembers late VTMH manager Daryl Oehm, and highlights contemporary challenges in transcultural mental health

VTMH was pleased to hold the Inaugural Daryl Oehm Oration, on the evening of Wednesday, 18 May 2022. Inaugural Oration speaker, Azmeena Hussain OAM, spoke to the theme of the evening, Struggles of marginalised identities and their precarious existence, by weaving together her personal and professional experiences in the field of law, to link advocacy,… Read more »

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July 28, 2022

VTMH is expanding!

We currently have two vacancies available for the following positions: A part time (22.8 hours per week) position as a Carer Consultant. You would be responsible for providing education and service development support to mental health services in Victoria’s public mental health system in order to improve the quality of service delivery to diverse communities. … Read more »