Dr Brian Moore is a psychologist, researcher, and lecturer at Charles Sturt University whose research promotes mental health and wellbeing. He is a co-chair of Wellbeing and Mental Health Research Australia, is an executive committee member of the School Counsellor and Psychology Association NSW, and is a Special Advisory Group member of UNESCO’s International Centre of Martial Arts for Youth Development and Engagement.

Dr Moore’s most recent work examined a martial arts-based psychosocial intervention with adolescents. This work has been translated in an international collaboration with researchers in regional India. Additionally, Dr Moore is leading a study examining regional pre-service teacher wellbeing and workforce retention, and has an early career researcher grant to pilot an intervention using cooperative electronic gaming to improve conflict related to regional school-based bullying.

With a professional background as a registered psychologist and educator, Dr Moore has significant experience working with children, adolescents, and their families. He is committed to promoting youth mental health as an important outcome in its own right and due to the impact mental health has on related factors including educational achievement.

Dr Moore gained a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Sydney, has multiple postgraduate qualifications in education and psychology, and was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy by Macquarie University.