MB BS CertChildPsych W.Aust., FRANZCP

Helen Milroy is a descendant of the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia but was born and educated in Perth. She studied Medicine at the University of Western Australia, worked as a General Practitioner and Consultant in Childhood Sexual Abuse at Princess Margaret Hospital for children for several years before completing specialist training in Child and Adolescent psychiatry.

Helen is currently the Perth Children's Hospital Foundation Professor of Child and Adolescent psychiatry; a Commissioner with the National Mental Health Commission; Co-chair of the Million Minds Medical Research Advisory Group and Honorary Research Fellow with the Telethon Kids Institute. From 2013-2017 Helen was a Commissioner on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. In 2019 Helen was appointed as a Commissioner with the Australian Football league.

Helen has been on numerous State, National, International and College policy committees, Reference and Advisory groups and boards including the NHMRC Human Ethics Committee; Headspace Board; Australian indigenous Doctors Association Board and the Wharerata group for the International Initiative in Mental health Leadership.

Currently Helen is a member of the RANZCP Foundation; RANZCP Presidents advisory group; Young Lives matter Board; inaugural board of Gayaa Dhuwi Australia; WA Mental Health Tribunal and the WA Care Plan Review panel.
Helen’s work and research interests include holistic medicine, child mental health, recovery from trauma and grief, application of Indigenous knowledge, mental health leadership; trauma infomred care and workforce development.

Perth Children's Hospital Foundation Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Commissioner National mental Health Commission

Honorary Research Fellow Telthon Kids Institute

Chief Investigator, Culturally and Clinically capable models of mental health care