Maree Rose Teesson AC, FAAHMS, FASSA, is an Australian expert on mental health.
[1][2][3] Teesson holds a BSc (Psychology)(Hons) and PhD (Psychiatry) from the University of New South Wales.
[4] Her 1995 PhD Thesis was "An evaluation of mental health service delivery in an inner city area".
[8] Teesson went on to win the 2014 University of Technology, Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers for her achievements in fostering and developing her teams, as well as reaching out to more than 20,000 Australian high-school students with online programs that focus on preventing alcohol and drug related harm.
[11] On Australia Day 2018, she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia[12] for eminent service to medicine, particularly to the prevention and treatment of substance use disorders,[13] as a researcher and author, to innovative mental health policy development, to education, and as a role model for young researchers.