Patrice Whitehorne-Smith
Senior Lecturer in Mental Health
College of Education, Psychology and Social Work
Patrice is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health within the Social Work discipline in the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work. Patrice is from Jamaica and moved to within the past six years. Over the past 18 years, Patrice has worked and practiced extensively in the area of mental health and substance abuse in a variety of roles including clinical practice, teaching and research. She has worked on numerous national and multinational projects within the Americas particularly related to mental health substance abuse treatment and policy. Within the Australian context, Patrice was a part of the research team that lead landscape mapping for the National Autism Strategy as well as the Australasian Autism Research Council (AARC) 2023 Research Priority. She has also taught in several mental health and substance abuse topics in higher education settings.
PhD (Public Health)- Curtin University, BSc (Psychology), MSc Clinical Psychology- University of the West Indies
2024 Award for Excellence in Sessional Teaching 2024
Recognition of outstanding teaching in the health promotion discipline
Curtin University, Perth, Australia
Australian Government Research Training Programme 2019-2023
Scholarship Award, Curtin University
Fellowship- Capacity Building Program for Health-related Professionals 2008-2010
to study the Drug Phenomenon in Latin American & the Caribbean:
Post-Graduate Certificate in Substance Abuse Research
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) in collaboration with
the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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