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Dr Pramudie Gunaratne

Chief Executive Officer, Australian Society of Psychiatrists (ASoP)

Press citations

2

Topic

1

Mental health

Last quoted

Aug 2026

Dr Pramudie Gunaratne: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Chief Executive Officer
Organisation
Australian Society of Psychiatrists (ASoP)
Quoted on
Mental health
Tracked press citations
2
Most recently quoted
27 Aug 2026

Who Dr Pramudie Gunaratne is

Dr Pramudie Gunaratne is the CEO and a co-founder of the Australian Society of Psychiatrists (ASoP), a member-based, not-for-profit organisation committed to advancing high-quality mental health care across Australia. She is a neuropsychiatrist, a Research Fellow at the Department of Developmental Disability Neuropsychiatry (3DN) at the University of New South Wales, and co-founder of Seriph Clinics, a specialist private service for people with complex neuropsychiatric disorders. She holds a double degree in Medicine and International Relations from UNSW, a Master in Medicine (Psychiatry) from the University of Sydney, and a Master of Science in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where she was awarded the University of London 150th Anniversary Prize for Academic Achievement. She has previously served as a consultant to the Brain Health Unit at the World Health Organization in Geneva, focusing on dementia research and diagnostics in low- and middle-income countries, and as registrar to the Chief Psychiatrist in the New South Wales Ministry of Health. She is known for her public advocacy on psychiatry workforce shortages in Australia's public mental health system and received the Australian Medical Association's 2025 Women in Medical Leadership Award for this work.

“tendering their resignations was a "harrowing" decision for psychiatrists but the mental health system "has gone from buckling to broken".”

References for this biography

  1. 1.Leadership | ASoP – Australian Society of Psychiatrists — Confirms Dr Gunaratne's role as CEO of ASoP, her background as a neuropsychiatrist and co-founder of Seriph Clinics, and receipt of the AMA 2025 Women in Medical Leadership Award
  2. 2.Dr Pramudie Gunaratne | UNSW Staff Profile — Confirms academic credentials, LSHTM prize, WHO consultancy, NSW Ministry of Health registrar role, and RANZCP board service
  3. 3.Dedicated doctors recognised for outstanding leadership and advocacy work | Australian Medical Association — Confirms AMA 2025 Women in Medical Leadership Award and details of her advocacy on mental health workforce shortages
  4. 4.About | ASoP – Australian Society of Psychiatrists — Confirms Dr Gunaratne as a named co-founder of ASoP
  5. 5.Pramudie Gunaratne | RANZCP — Confirms WHO Brain Health Unit consultancy, Seriph Clinics co-founder role, RANZCP board directorship, and Fellowship in Intellectual Disability Neuropsychiatry
  6. 6.Home | ASoP – Australian Society of Psychiatrists — Confirms Dr Gunaratne's title as ASoP CEO and her media activity on behalf of the organisation

Notable achievements

  • Awarded the Australian Medical Association's 2025 Women in Medical Leadership Award for advocacy on public mental health system reform and psychiatry workforce shortages. Source ↗
  • Co-founded the Australian Society of Psychiatrists (ASoP), a new national body for independent psychiatric advocacy in Australia. Source ↗
  • Awarded a Fellowship in Intellectual Disability Neuropsychiatry by the NSW Health Education and Training Institute, and received the World Psychiatric Association Early Career Psychiatrists Fellowship. Source ↗
  • Graduated with the top mark in her cohort and the University of London 150th Anniversary Prize for Academic Achievement from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Source ↗

What Dr Pramudie Gunaratne has said

Recent social activity

  • Thank you @WomensAgenda - the decades of de-prioritisation and underinvestment needs to end - #mentalhealth care needs to be on everyone’s agenda! @RANZCP @RACGP https://t.co/qUY2cojT2r

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Where Dr Pramudie Gunaratne has been quoted

  1. Public hospital psychiatrists to receive 20% pay rise after winning dispute with NSW Healththeguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
  2. NSW to send paramedics not police to some mental health emergencies after multiple deathstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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