THE NEUROSCIENCE BEHIND DEPRESSION:

AN OPEN WEBINAR HOSTED BY HALAD TO HEALTH AUS 🇦🇺 & PHILS 🇵🇭

In the Philippines, 1 in 5 people suffer from some form of a mental health disorder, with rates of teenage depression rising so fast... the Philippines now records the highest number of depression cases in all of South East Asia 🌎

To tackle the rising rates of teen depression in the province of Bukidnon, Halad to Health Philippines has been running a series of Open Classrooms to explain what depression is, what it looks like and how we can be more aware if we're not looking okay.

In this Open Webinar, we'll be uncovering why depression occurs and the neuroscience behind the condition.

SCHEDULE

6:00-6:15pm Welcome & Introduction from Emma

6:15-6:30pm Reality of Teen Depression through the eyes of Filipino Teen, Francis Miral (Former Valencia National High School Student Supreme Vice President)

6:30-7:00pm The Neuroscience behind Depression from Dr Elena Pozzi (PhD, University of Melbourne)

7:00-7:15pm Audience Q/A

Date: Tues 29 Sept
Time: 6:00pm AEST | 4:00pm PHST
Venue: Online Zoom link will be sent after registration

REGISTER FOR FREE

Hosted by Halad to Health Australia & Philippines, we invite any all students across the world to come learn more with us! 🌎
Donations accepted.

MEET OUR SPEAKERS

Francis Miral
(Former Valencia National High School Student Supreme Vice President)

Francis is one of the team members of Halad to Health Philippines and the former Vice President of Supreme Student Government of Valencia National High School, one of the schools where Halad to Health conducts free health education lessons, with a senior student population of over 7000 students.

His dream is to become a Clinical Psychologist to help everyone he can, who has a mental illness, so that we can live in a society with less cases of suicide, and everyone smiles wholeheartedly.

Francis will be joining the Webinar to share what depression in rural Philippines looks like for teens who may not be able to access mental health services in the region.

Dr Elena Pozzi
(PhD, University of Melbourne)

After recently completing her PhD degree at the University of Melbourne, Dr Elena Pozzi is now working as a postdoctoral research fellow. Her research focuses on the relationship between childhood experiences, brain development and mental health. In particular her research hopes to understand early risk factors for depression that can be targeted with prevention strategies.

Dr Elena Pozzi will be joining the Webinar to share what the most recent research in neuroscience into says about why depression occurs.

Hosted By

Emma Launder
(BBiomedSci Neuroscience Major)

Emma is an Operations team member at Halad to Health and was a member of the second cohort of the Summer 2020 mission. Emma is currently in her final year of the Bachelor of Biomedicine (Neuroscience Major) at the University of Melbourne.

Emma will be hosting the Webinar and provide context for all Australian and Filipino participants joining.

HOSTED BY HALAD TO HEALTH

Halad to Health is a NFP that runs Australia’s most affordable GAMSAT & MMI tuition services, where all profits raised from tuition fees go directly towards the Halad to Health Foundation Philippines, to give access to proper health education to students in rural Philippines.

We teach students who don't just want to learn together, but also make a social impact together, too.

Since we launched our GAMSAT services in November 2019, we have:
Taught 122 GAMSAT students, whose tuition fees have...
Raised over $14,100+, which have gone directly to...
Educate 4,100+ students in rural Philippines about pressing health issues.