Dr Neeraj Gill

Neeraj Gill is a Professor of Adult Psychiatry at Griffith University, Gold Coast and Professor, Public Mental Health, University of Canberra. He is a psychiatrist at Gold Coast Health. He is the Regional Vice-President, Oceania, World Federation for Mental Health and the secretary of the World Psychiatric Association Section on Psychiatry, Law and Ethics. He served as an elected Director on the Board of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists from 2020-2023.

His previous appointments include Clinical/Medical Director of mental health services in Toowoomba and Gold Coast and Acting Chief Psychiatrist of Queensland. In 2019, he served as the psychiatrist member of the Independent Health Advice Panel (under the so-called Medevac Laws). He was a member of the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal from 2018 to 2024.

Neeraj completed his Doctor of Public Health degree from the UNSW Sydney based on his doctoral thesis on ‘human rights of people with mental disabilities’. He has published many papers on human rights, mental health law and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing.