Felice Jacka

Felice Jacka is a renowned Professor of Nutritional Psychiatry and Director of the Food & Mood Centre at Deakin University.

She is the founder and president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research and has pioneered the field of Nutritional Psychiatry.

Jacka's research has significantly impacted global policy documents and psychiatric clinical guidelines.

Her background includes growing up in a family of naturopaths and overcoming personal struggles with anxiety and depression.

This experience led her to pursue psychiatry and explore the connection between diet and mental health, ultimately shaping her career and research focus.