About us

The diamond Consortium is led by Professor Jane Gunn from the Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne. The Consortium formed in 2004 with a vision towards a primary care system that promotes emotional well-being and provides Australians experiencing depression with accessible, responsive and effective management options to assist recovery and maintain well-being. The Consortium brings together a multidisciplinary team with not only expertise in complex primary care and mental health research and evaluation across the lifecycle, but also clinical expertise and links to other service providers to build mental health research and service capacity in Victoria.

The role of the Consortium is to facilitate the open exchange of information and sharing of resources. The Consortium is developing and implementing a coherent and integrated research plan that will build upon the work of the diamond longitudinal study. The Consortium is also committed to nurturing the careers of young researchers and research students in the area of mental health research in the primary care setting. Above all the Consortium will promote a community of researchers with a strong element of mentorship.

The diamond Consortium is funded by the beyondblue Victorian Centre of Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders.