James is a Consultant Child and Youth Psychiatrist and Professor who holds a conjoint position with the University of Queensland Child Health Research Centre and the Child and Youth Mental Health Service at the Queensland Children's Hospital. He conducts clinical and epidemiological research into mental illness afflicting children and adolescents. He leads a programme of research which encompasses prevention of adverse childhood experiences, clinical trials and studies of the immune basis of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Experience
2019–present
Honorary Professor , The University of Queensland
2023–present
Research Psychiatrist, Child Health Research Centre
2019–2022
Head of Mental Health, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
2016–2022
Director of Early Psychosis , Metro North Mental Health Service
2010–2019
Consultant Psychiatrist, Metro North Mental Health Service
2010–2019
Associate professor, The University of Queensland
2007–2010
Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Children's Hospital
2003–2006
Director of Inpatient Services, Mater Child and Youth Mental Health Service