Debra Rickwood is Professor of Psychology at the University of Canberra and Chief Scientific Advisor to headspace – Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation. She is internationally recognised as an expert in help-seeking behavior for mental health and personal problems, and is one of the pioneer researchers investigating seeking help via digital compared with in-person services. Over the past 10 years, she has led research and evaluation for all the headspace mental health services (primary care youth mental health centres, online services, early psychosis services), including developing national data collection, analysis and reporting systems. She received the Australian Psychological Society’s Robin Winkler Award for Applied Community Psychology Research in 2016 in recognition of her research that informs ways to improve community wellbeing outcomes for vulnerable and marginalised population groups.

Dr. Aileen O’Reilly is Research & Evaluation Manager at Jigsaw – The National Centre for Youth Mental health where she reports directly to the CEO, and is responsible for the overall management and delivery of the research and evaluation function. She is an adjunct Asst. Prof. in the School of Psychology, University College Dublin (UCD), where she is supervising a number of postgraduate students. Dr. O’Reilly’s work has played a critical role in the development of youth mental health services globally. She has been involved in a number of national and international collaborative research projects, including the second My World Survey, which was published in 2019, and the HRB funded YOULEAD Doctoral Leadership Programme.

Sadhbh O’Hanrahan

Sadhbh is a Youth Advocate for the Research and Evaluation department, and the current chairperson of the Youth Research Council. She is a Psychology graduate who has volunteered with Jigsaw since 2018, first on the National YAP and then in her role as Research and Evaluation Advocate. Sadhbh has a passion for Youth Mental Health, and is beginning a masters in Clinical Psychology in February 2022. In the meantime, she is living in London, making up for the last quiet year!

Dr. Gillian O’Brien

Gillian has been Clinical Director with Jigsaw since 2014. Prior to that she held the position of Direction of Education and Training and Clinical Manager, Jigsaw Ballymun. Gillian is responsible for clinical governance across Jigsaw’s growing network of services nationwide and online. Before joining Jigsaw in 2010, Gillian worked in roles in CAMHS, primary care and early intervention. She completed her undergraduate degree in psychology in Trinity College Dublin and her doctorate in clinical psychology in Queen’s University Belfast. Gillian also holds a professional diploma in clinical leadership from the RSCI. Gillian is a member of the Sláintecare Implementation Advisory Council, the CORU Registration Board for Counsellors and Psychotherapists and the Council for the Psychological Society of Ireland Council.

Prof. Barbara Dooley

Barbara Dooley, is Dean of Graduate Studies and Deputy Registrar at University College Dublin. She is a Professor of Psychology, an active researcher and supervisor. She was Director of Research for Headstrong (now Jigsaw) – The National Centre for Youth Mental Health form 2008-2015. Her field of research is on the application of psychological theory and methodology to a range of priority mental health areas such risk and protective factors in youth mental health, body-image research, alcohol and eating disorders. She was the Principal Investigator for My World Survey 1 (2012) and My World Survey 2 (2019) http://www.myworldsurvey.ie/. The My World Surveys are a collaboration between the UCD School of Psychology and Jigsaw, studying risk and protective factors in young people aged 12-25 years old. The combined sample for My World Survey 1 and My World Survey 2 exceeds 34,000. She co-founded the UCD Youth Mental Health Lab with colleagues in 2013. She is a member of the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention Evaluation Advisory Group, Vice-President International Association for Youth Mental Health, steering group member of the European Universities Association – Council for Doctoral Education and member of the Universitas 21 Deans and Directors of Graduate Studies.

Dean Murray