Dr Michael Musker

  • Biography/ Background

    Mike Musker has worked in Mental Health as a senior registered mental health nurse for over 30 years. He was in a Senior Research Fellow position at the Mind & Brain Theme at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) for 7 years then went on to become an Enterprise Fellow and Senior Clinical Lecturer at UniSA for 3 years (teaching Advanced Research for Nursing, Advanced Epidemiology for Nurses, Global Health, and Mental Health Nursing (graduate and post graduate) as well as PhD supervision.  Mike is currently working in mental health practice at the Central Adelaide Clinical Health Network.  He was the winner of the Nurse Excellence Award in South Australia (2013) and was the head nurse of the Forensic Mental Health Service in the role of Advanced Clinical Services Coordinator & Clinical Consultant.  Mike has taught in an adjunct capacity at all three major universities here in South Australia.  Mike’s current research has focused on depression and obesity, the genetics of depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, mental health promotion, and consumer involvement in mental health care.  After completing his Masters in Health Promotion Research and Policy Change, he completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Education at the University of Manchester.  He completed his PhD researching Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Perpetrators of Homicide with the University of Adelaide.  Mike also completed a Masters of Clinical Science with the Joanna Briggs Institute (University of Adelaide) reviewing Proinflammatory Cytokines in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. He has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Hypnotherapy with the South Australian Hypnosis Society (SASH) and is an accredited trainer of the Mental Health First Aid program.  

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Entry last updated: Saturday, 29 Jun 2024