Founding Members
PIRI was built on 18 years of clinical and research work undertaken through the Infant Clinic, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Austin Health. PIRI consists of a dedicated group of clinical, academic and research staff whose aim is to provide world-class services to women and their families, support health professionals and conduct research in the area of parent and infant mental health.
The Parent-Infant Research Institute (PIRI) was incorporated in March 2001 with its own Board, whose role is to help set the objective and facilitate the achievements of PIRI by providing experience and knowledge to assist in PIRI’s development, to act as a guiding body and strategic directions assist with fundraising and to improve community awareness and networking. Prof Jeannette Milgrom is the Executive Director and founder of PIRI.