Senior Lecturer, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
Sebastian Rosenberg is Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, Sydney University.
After a career as a public servant in both state and federal governments, Sebastian was Deputy CEO of the Mental Health Council of Australia from 2005-2009, assisting in the publication of the seminal Not for Service report (2005).
He is a PhD candidate, focusing on mental health and accountability. In 2011 he worked as expert facilitator to the NSW Taskforce to Establish a Mental Health Commission and was convenor of the first joint meetings of Australian Mental Health Commissions.
Sebastian was a member of the NHMRC's Prevention and Community Health Committee from 2009-12 and a member of the Board of Social Firms Australia from 2012-2014. He is an Associate at the Menzies School of Health Policy and a member of the Clinical Senate of the ACT. He is also a member of the Mental Health Expert Group of the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority.
Sebastian joined the Executive of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance in September 2014.
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