Professor Christopher Davey

Professor Christopher Davey

Committee Member

Chris is the head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne and a psychiatrist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He is the current editor of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. His main clinical and research interest is in the management of severe mood disorders, and he has led, or is leading, large NHMRC-funded multicentre clinical trials of treatments for depression, including psychotherapy, antidepressants, anti-inflammatories, and ketamine. 

He is also interested in using brain imaging to better understand depression and social-affective processes. 

Chris completed his medical degree at the University of Western Australia, trained in psychiatry in Sydney and Melbourne and completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne. Before he commenced his current role, Chris worked for many years at Orygen, a youth mental health clinical and research program in Melbourne.