Prof. Jerome Sarris, PhD

Prof Jerome Sarris has nearly 30 years experience in the field of psychoactive nutraceuticals, plant medicines, and integrative medicine. He moved from prior clinical practice to research work, completing nutritional medicine studies, in addition to a Doctorate at The University of Queensland, before postdoctoral training at Melbourne University, Department of Psychiatry; The Centre for Human Psychopharmacology; and The Depression Clinical & Research Program at Harvard Medical School (MGH).

Jerome has a specialized expertise as a clinical trials researcher in mood disorders (having ~250 publications) and was awarded the accolade of being one of Australia’s Top 250 researchers (‘The Australian’ 2023 Research Awards) and the field leader within Natural Medicines & Medicinal Plants within the Health and Medical Research domain. Prof Sarris Chaired the Taskforce on Integrative and Complementary Medicine for the World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry & the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments, and is a European Commission Depression Working Group Member.