Professor Vlasios Brakoulias is a psychiatrist with international recognition for his research and clinical work in the field of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders. He is also a local expert who regularly gives lectures on anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress and related disorders, psychosocial aspects of treatment, prevention and early intervention of mental disorders and scientific publishing. Prof. Brakoulias enjoys teaching and is a Professor with the Sydney Medical School of The University of Sydney. Prof Brakoulias has published over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles, has presented at numerous international conferences, and served as the Editor in Chief of the medical journal called Australasian Psychiatry from 2014 to January 2024. Prof Brakoulias completed his Fellowship with the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists with and Advanced Certificate in the Psychotherapies in 2007 and was awarded a PhD by The University of Sydney for his research into obsessive-compulsive disorder in 2012. Prof Brakoulias was the Executive Director of the Mental Health Service for the Western Sydney Local Health District from 2019 to 2023 where he led a major mental health transformation project culminating in being awarded $460 million to transform the mental health service in the oldest continuous running stand alone psychiatric hospital in Australia and to develop models of care in preparation for its transfer to the future Westmead Integrated Mental Health Complex.