Thank you for an incredible MAGNET Annual Scientific Meeting!

✨Thank you for an incredible MAGNET Annual Scientific Meeting! ✨

Our gathering in Sydney last week was a truly inspiring success!

We extend our gratitude to keynote speakers Steve Webb and Frances Kay-Lambkin for their insightful presentations, and to Hajara Aslam, Greg Roebuck, and Stephanie Gotsis for courageously presenting their mental health trial ideas for feedback from our network.

A special thanks to our Lived Experience Research Partners Eileen McDonald, Cass Heffernan, Clare Walton, James McLure, and our First Nations Research Partner Leilani Darwin for leading the panel discussion on integrating lived experience into research teams—a powerful discussion on making research collaborative and impactful.

Congratulations to our 2024 MAGNET Award Winners!

⭐ MAGNET Trial of the Year: The KADS Trial, led by Colleen Loo
⭐ MAGNET Lived Experience Trial of the Year: The Helipad Trial, led by Phil Batterham, Cass Heffernan, and Amelia Gulliver
⭐ MAGNET Emerging Leader – Early Career Researcher: Alyssa Milton
⭐ MAGNET Emerging Leader – Mid-Career Researcher: Urska Arnautovska

We’re incredibly grateful to our partners—Growing Minds Australia, AEPCC, and the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance—for their collaborative session on sustainability within our mental health clinical trials networks.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, shared their expertise, and made this event such a success. our award winners demonstrated outstanding contributions to mental health research, and we are thrilled to celebrate their achievements. We look forward to building on this momentum and seeing you all next year!

Last but not least, we could not have done it without you Preet Kaur and Amber Degelia!