A/Prof Felice Jacka is a Principal Research Fellow within the Deakin University School of Medicine based at Barwon Health in Geelong. She is also an honorary Research Fellow with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne.

Over the last seven years A/Prof Jacka has been developing an innovative program of research that examines how individuals’ diets interact with the risk for mental health problems. This research is being carried out with the ultimate goal of developing an evidence-based public health message for the primary prevention of the common mental disorders.