Advisory Board

Dr Ross Carne

Ross is a neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist, and holds a Doctorate of Medicine investigating brain imaging in epilepsy, and a Masters in Medical Education. He has held positions as Foundation Director of Clinical Studies at Deakin University School of Medicine, and Clinical Sub Dean with St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne.  

Ross has a strong interest in clinician wellbeing. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Society for Lifestyle Medicine, a movement which focuses on implementation of evidence-based lifestyle interventions in disease and in health. 

Ross developed an interest in mindfulness some 10 years ago, prompted then by his patients with epilepsy, and questions around the relationship of focused attention and seizures. He has since gone on to gain international certification in programs including the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program, and the Mindfulness in Medicine Program through Uni of Rochester, New York. He has taught these programs now for some years to medical practitioners at all career stages. 

Dr Larissa Bartlett

B.A. (Soc), B.Med.Sc.(Hons), PhD (Workplace Mental Health) 

Larissa is the Mind Games Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania’s Menzies Institute for Medical Research, and holds a small ongoing Research Fellow position with the University’s Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. She has expertise in psychometric measurement and has evaluated workplace mental health programs that aim to develop psychological resources and improve workplace culture in a range of organisations, including the Tasmanian State Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Snowy Hydro, Nexus Hospitals and the Australian Parliament. She is working with the Pathways in Place Project team to develop a valid measure of systems, capacity and functioning for health service organisations. On publication of her systematic review of evidence from workplace mindfulness interventions (2018, 400+ citations) Larissa was awarded the American Psychological Association’s Work, Stress and Health Student Researcher Award. She collaborated with Professor Angela Martin on the whitepaper, Integrated Approach to Workplace Mental Health: Nine Priorities for an Action Plan for Australia, which has been influential in shaping National workplace policy and practice. In her work for the Wicking Centre, Larissa established the ISLAND Project, a large, 10-year public health study of over 15,000 Tasmanian residents aged 50+ aiming to reduce dementia risk and future incidence. Larissa is currently leading a large, State-wide workplace mental health study that aims to benchmark the capabilities Tasmanian organisations have for looking after the mental health of their employees. 

Prior to her research career, Larissa ran the community and donor engagement program for Menzies and has volunteered for many years to support organisations in Tasmania’s community sector. She draws on a strong history working in and across business, government and research sectors in project and stakeholder management and industry development roles. As a volunteer for The Mind Games Race for Research, Larissa contributes strong industry connections and networks to this project team. Separately to her research, Larissa has completed training with the Mindfulness Training Institute of Australia and New Zealand and is registered to teach mindfulness principles, skills and practices and runs courses and bespoke programs in workplaces and in community.