AGM Presentation: What role can exercise have in rehabilitation of people with schizophrenia and severe mental illness?

Guest Speaker: Dr Nicky Korman

Dr Nicky Korman is a psychiatrist at the Coorparoo Community Care Unit, a mental
health residential rehabilitation unit for people with severe mental illness. She has
authored 23 publications and 2 technical reports, and her research focus is in the
areas of exercise, nutrition, and the metabolic health of people with severe mental
illness and their holistic recovery. She has recently implemented an exercise
physiology and dietician student-led program within three residential rehabilitation
units. She is a guest lecturer at QUT in exercise and mental health and is the physical
health lead for the Statewide Benchmarking team for residential rehabilitation
services in Queensland. She has received two early investigator grants to investigate
the use of resistance training in people with schizophrenia and is currently
undertaking a PhD investigating the use of exercise in the rehabilitation of people
with psychosis.