Vrinda Edan

Vrinda Edan is an experienced consumer leader with 20 years work in the consumer field and is currently a Senior Consumer Academic at the Centre for Mental Health Nursing, University of Melbourne. Vrinda’s work is shaped by expertise arising from her work in strategic leadership positions in health services, on ministerial committees, as Chair of the Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council, and in large research projects bringing consumer perspectives into practice.

Vrinda’s academic roles have included teaching as well as researching recovery-oriented practice in mental health services, consumer workforce roles and practice, and the experiences of consumers in mental health services. Vrinda is currently undertaking a PhD exploring the experiences of consumers who have advance statements in mental health.