Professor David Copolov OAM - Pro Vice-Chancellor (Office of the Vice-Chancellor)

As Pro Vice-Chancellor (Office of the Vice-Chancellor), Professor Copolov is responsible for providing Senior Management oversight of:

• student experience activities
• the University's Diversity Agenda
• Caulfield and Clayton campuses
• the Ancora Imparo Student Leadership Program

He also provides strategic, policy and operational input in relation to capital development, mental health policies, the University's links to Israel and a variety of cross-portfolio issues that arise within both the Office of the Vice Chancellor and the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education).

Professional background

Professor Copolov took up his current position at Monash in 2009, prior to which he was Senior Advisor in the Office of Vice Chancellor.

Before joining the University full-time in 2004, he was the Executive Director of the Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria - a position he held for 19 years.

He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Honorary Professor of Physiology at Monash and Professorial Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and a Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO).

He is a passionate advocate for a reversal of the dehospitalisation which has taken place in the public mental health sector.

He has held several advisory appointments to federal and state Governments, including 12 years as a member of the Victorian Ministerial Advisory Committee on Mental Health and 8 years as the psychiatric expert on the Australian Drug Evaluation Committee.

Academic interests

Professor Copolov trained in psychiatry and internal medicine and received his PhD in the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders.

His research interests lie in schizophrenia, particularly in understanding why people suffering from the condition hear distressing voices and how they can be better helped to cope with this symptom.

He has published more than 220 papers. In 2011 he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for contributions to higher education, medical research and professional organisations.

Contact

Catherine Goodman
Personal Assistant to Professor David Copolov
Office of the Vice-Chancellor and President
Monash University, Clayton campus
Wellington Road
Clayton, Victoria, 3800
Telephone: +61 3 990 52063
Fax: +61 3 990 59221
Email: catherine.goodman@monash.edu