Associate Professor Michelle Tye

Associate Professor Michelle Tye

Associate Professor

PhD in Public Health and Community Medicine: Awarded September 2015, without emendation, UNSW

Masters of Social Science (Criminology): 2011, Charles Sturt University 

Bachelor of Social Science (Criminology), Honours: 2004, UNSW

Medicine & Health
The Black Dog Institute

Dr Michelle Tye is an Associate Professor at the Black Dog Institute (UNSW) and a NHMRC Emerging Leader 2 Investigator. She is the lead of an innovative, interdisciplinary, translational research lab at the Black Dog Institute that aims to impact the lives of young Australians through the development of new ways of understanding and preventing suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Her vision is to develop an 'eco-system' approach for youth suicide prevention which ensures that effective interve...

Phone
+61-2-9065 9152
E-mail
m.torok@unsw.edu.au
Location
Black Dog Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick NSW

 

  • Shand, F., Larsen, M., Tye, M. Rapid review of aftercare. Sax Institute. Value $25,000.
  • Torok, M. Cyberbullying and suicide prevention. Black Dog Foundation. Value: $75,000
  • CIs: O’Dea, B., Larsen, M., MacKinnon, A., Glozier, N. AIs: Werner-Seidler, A., Torok, M. Using social media data to identify markers of depression risk among individuals: A longitudinal cohort study (APP1165233). NHMRC Project Grant. Value: $324,452.40
  • Torok, M. The Good Behaviour Game. IMPACT Philanthropy Application Program. Value: $27,456.
  • Cockayne, N., Eliff, K., Torok, M., Christensen, H. Development of an app for managing suicide risk in youth. SVA Diversified Impact Fund. Value: $165,400.
  • Centre for Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention: CRESP II. National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence (APP1152952). Chief Investigators:  Christensen, H., Venkatesh, S., Boydell, K., Shand, F., Harvey, S., Batterham, P., Calear, A., Carter, G., Larsen, M., Robinson, J. Associate Investigators: Teesson, M., O'Dea, B., Shaw, F., Cutler, H., Huckvale, K., Torok, M., Boonstra, T., Ooie, J., Proudfoot, J., Li, A., Epps, J. Value: $2.46M
  • Torok, M., Cockayne, N. Anika Foundation Scholarship for PhD in Suicide Prevention. $105,000. Anika Foundation.
  • Torok, M. National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (APP1138710): A developmental approach to suicide prevention and related harm among Australian youth. Value: $327,952.00.
  • Chief Investigators: Christensen, H., Venkatesh, S., Werner-Seidler, A., Calear, A., Mackinnon, A., Hudson, J., Oei, J-L., Larsen, M., Batterham, P. Associate Investigators: Torok, M., Patton, G., Ratcliffe, J., Shaw, F., Simpson, S., Skinner, S., Steinbeck, K., Teesson, M. A RCT of depression prevention in adolescents: The Future Proofing trial (APP1138405), NHMRC Project Grant (Category 1), Value: $2.18M
  • Torok, M. Society for Mental Health Research Early Career Scholar project grant for Exploring early pathways to mental illness and related harms. An implementation, feasibility, and acceptability study, Value; $20,000.
  • Torok, M. Black Dog Institute Seed Funding for Exploring early pathways to mental illness and related harms. An implementation, feasibility, and acceptability study, Value; $20,000
  • Christensen, H., Torok, M., Shand, F., Cockayne, Batterham, Calear. Paul Ramsay Foundation for the systems approach to suicide prevention (philanthropic grant). Value: $14.76m.
  • Christensen, H., Torok, M., Shand, F., Cockayne, N. Department of Health tender for the provision of a supporting resource for primary health networks on evidence-based suicide prevention strategies (Health/060/1516), Value: $98,000.00.

 

  • Tye, M. (2023). Tom Trauer Research and Evaluation Award for the LifeSpan team, led by A/Prof M Tye and A/Prof F Shand. The Mental Health Services Network. 
  • Tye, M. (2022). The Mid-Career "Rising Star" Award. Society for Mental Health Research. 
  • Tye, M. (2020). Paul Bourke Medal for early career research excellence. The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. 
  • Tye, M. (2019). Early Career Research Award – Innovation. The Mental Health Services Awards.
  • Tye, M. (2018). NSW Young Tall Poppy. Australian Institute of Policy and Science.
  • Tye, M. (2018). Academic Women in Leadership Program (AWIL), UNSW.
  • Digital Dog team. (2017). UNSW Innovation of the Year Award - Black Dog Institute's Digital Dog, UNSW.
  • Torok, M. (2016). Black Dog Institute Travel Award to attend the International Association for Suicide Prevention Annual meeting, Tokyo, Japan: $3,500.00
  • Torok, M. Best poster presentation (runner up) at the Brain Sciences Symposium, Sydney: $250.00
  • Torok, M. Introductory Analysis of Linked Data (PUBH5215) Course, University of Sydney.
  • CRESP Research Group. Research Focus Award 2015 awarded to the NHMRC Centre of Research Exellence in Suicide Prevention for influential and enduring contribution to the evidence base for suicide prevention, The Mental Health Services (TheMHS).
  • CRESP Research Group. LiFE Award for Excellence in Research for the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Suicide Prevention, Suicide Prevention Australia.
  • Torok, M. Recipient of the Faculty of Medicine Dean’s List Award for Outstanding Research, UNSW. 
  • Torok, M. UNSW Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Research Travel Scheme to present at the Society for Prevention Research 21st Annual Meeting, $2, 500. 

My Research Supervision

3 PhD candidates - joint supervisor

1 PhD candidate - secondary supervisor

2 ILP students