Jerome Sarris is an NHMRC Clinical Research Fellow, holding an honorary position at the University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry as a Principal Research Fellow (employed as Professor of Integrative Mental Health of NICM Health Research Institute at Western Sydney University, Westmead). Jerome moved from clinical practice and completed a doctorate at the field of psychiatry.

He has a particular interest in anxiety and mood disorder research pertaining to integrative and lifestyle medicine, nutraceutical psychopharmacology and psychotropic plant medicines (such as kava, medicinal cannabis, and psychedelics). His research also utilises genomic technology to examine the pharmacogenomics of individual responses to nutraceuticals in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Professor Sarris has over 200 academic publications , including journal articles featured in The American Journal of Psychiatry, Lancet Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, and World Psychiatry). He has conducted many RCTs in the field, including 3 recent multicentre NHMRC Project Grants as CIA. Prof Sarris was a founding Vice Chair of The International Network of Integrative Mental Health & is an Executive Committee Member of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatric Research. He currently leads the LIFEMend Neuropsychiatry Clinical Trials Network, in addition to chairing the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry: Integrative- Nutraceuticals/Phytoceuticals Clinical Guidelines Taskforce.