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4.08/20/2025

Always positive and enthusiastic in class.

4.05/21/2025

Encourages students to think critically.

5.03/31/2025

Brings enthusiasm to every interaction.

4.02/27/2025

Encourages innovative and creative solutions.

5.02/4/2025

Great Professor!

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About Andrea

Andrea Phillipou is an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow in Eating Disorders at Orygen, the Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne, within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. She heads Eating Disorders Research at Orygen and leads the Scientific Work in Anorexia Nervosa and Other Eating Disorders (SWAN) Research Group. Her academic background includes a BSc in Psychology and Psychophysiology from Swinburne University of Technology (2006-2008), a BSc (Hons) in Psychophysiology from the same institution (2009), and a PhD investigating the neurobiological and cognitive features of anorexia nervosa from the University of Melbourne (2012-2015). Previously affiliated with the Centre for Mental Health at Swinburne University of Technology, she holds honorary research fellow positions at Austin Health Department of Mental Health (since 2012), St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Department of Mental Health (since 2015), and Parkville Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing Service (since 2025). Phillipou received the David Hay Memorial Fund Award in 2015 and the Australian Postgraduate Award in 2012, both from the University of Melbourne.