To strengthen our collaborative efforts, Equally Well has brought on board Ambassadors who are experts in specific areas of mental health and wellbeing. These passionate individuals share our commitment to enhancing the physical health and wellbeing of Australians with a mental health lived experience.
Our Ambassadors play a vital role in spreading the word about Equally Well. Whether they’re attending forums, conferences, meetings, or engaging with the media (including social media), they help raise awareness and promote our mission. They also keep us updated on the latest advancements in their respective fields, ensuring we stay at the forefront of mental health and wellbeing research, policy and practice.
It takes more than a village to make change of this scale, and we rely on the volunteer support and commitment of our Ambassadors’ to keep shining the light into those dark corners of the health system, where change really needs to happen.
Simon Rosenbaum
Exercise Physiology Ambassador
“The vision and sharing of resources, knowledge and experience is the most exciting part of Equally Well and is what will ultimately lead to pragmatic and scalable solutions to addressing inequality.”
Jenny Bowman
Psychology & Research Ambassador
“Equally Well represents an important coming together of key stakeholders…including key policy makers…with a consumer voice at its centre. Equally Well provides a vehicle for raising the profile of the issue and keeping it on the agenda.”
Dave Peters
Lived Experience Ambassador
“Equally Well is positioned very well to lead a change in attitudes and to help lead by example to co-ordinate the services across Australia with a strategic plan for addressing the physical health of people living with chronic mental illness.”
Andrew Watkins
Health Services Ambassador
“Equally Well is that national voice. It brings together resources from around Australia and in doing so inspires consumers, carers and clinicians to promote equity of access to quality health care.”
Sam Manger
General Practitioner Ambassador
“I am proud that Equally Well is working to recognise and prioritise these areas to improve the health of so many who suffer, often unnecessarily.”
Scott Teasdale
Mental Health Dietitian Ambassador
“Equally Well’s focus on integration of mind and body care, combined with a focus on prevention, early intervention, and ongoing recovery support for both mental and physical health, can facilitate real-world changes for a better model of care.”
Reza Rostami
Refugee and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Ambassador
“My goal is to extend the organisation’s goal to a wider group of people, such as refugees and asylum seekers.”
Amanda Wheeler
Pharmacy Practice Ambassador
“I believe our diversity and combined energies can make a genuine and sustainable difference to reducing comorbidities and ‘closing the gap’ in life expectancy for people living with mental illness(es).”
Shannon Harwood
Lived Experience Ambassador
“For me Equally Well feels like a “bridge” between Physical and Mental Health. As a person, I cannot put my mental health in one place and my physical health in another.”
Tracy Tabvuma
Mental Health Nurse Ambassador
“My primary goal for Equally Well is to advance truly integrated care models that honour both physical and mental health, especially for ethnically and culturally diverse communities.”
Anubhav Dhingra
Diversity & Inclusion Ambassador
“As a LGBTQIA+ Indian Australian with a lived experience of complex mental health concerns and related physical health concerns; I am inspired by organisations that take a holistic view in supporting and advocating for us.“
Sean Halstead
Research Ambassador
“Equally Well has a vital role to play in addressing the significant inequity in health that people living with mental illness experience.“
Alexis May
Youth Ambassador
"This collective effort and knowledge sharing is valuable and can help shape my future practice within public youth mental health."