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Equity in Mind Research Centre
Advancing mental health equity through research, inclusion, and community engagement.
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Collaborate With UsWe value partnerships with community organisations, advocacy groups, multicultural services, health providers, and lived-experience leaders who are committed to advancing mental health equity and inclusion. By working together, we can co-design research, amplify community voices, translate evidence into practice, and create meaningful improvements in mental health and wellbeing for diverse communities. Interested in partnering with us? Let's work together to create positive change through research, collaboration, and community engagement.
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Research With UsWe welcome collaboration with researchers, academics, higher degree research candidates, and research partners who share our commitment to advancing mental health equity. Our centre brings together expertise across mental health, nursing, public health, psychology, sociology, migration, cultural diversity, and health services research to address complex challenges facing diverse communities. We are particularly interested in collaborations focused on mental health equity, racism and discrimination, belonging and identity, recovery-oriented care, cultural safety, workforce development, and community-engaged research. Interested in collaborating on research, grants, publications, supervision, or knowledge translation activities? Contact us to explore opportunities for partnership.
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Centre Lead
Associate Professor Eric Lim 林峰科 副教授 RN, CMHN, PhD, FACMHN, FHEA is an award-winning mental health nurse, researcher, and educator at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Recognised as the Australian Mental Health Nurse of the Year (2026), Eric has over 20 years of experience across clinical practice, research, leadership, and higher education. His research focuses on mental health equity, recovery-oriented care, and the social and cultural factors that shape mental health and wellbeing. He is particularly interested in how racism, discrimination, migration, trauma, belonging, and social exclusion influence mental health outcomes, especially among culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) and culturally and racially marginalised (CaRM) communities. Through his research, teaching, and leadership, Eric works to advance equitable, culturally responsive mental health care and generate evidence that informs policy, practice, workforce development, and service improvement across Australia and internationally.
