Professor Manjula Datta O’Connor is a psychiatrist with special interest in migrant women’s mental health, complex trauma and family violence .She is Hon Clinical Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry University of Melbourne. She was conferred Adjunct Professor University of New South Wales Department of Social Sciences in 2021. Manjula Chairs Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Family Violence Psychiatry Network.  She is a clinician, researcher, reviewer of journals, advocate and works closely with community to promote prevention of family violence. Professor Manjula O’Connor is   member of South Asian Community Ministerial Advisory Committee. She received Victorian Government Multicultural award of Excellence in Service Delivery to Migrant Women’s Mental Health. Her work has been recognised in Victorian and Federal Australian Parliament. Manjula regularly appears in the media.   

Manjula has won many grants to prevent family violence, early intervention, awareness around help seeking.  Her current project is around increasing recognition of family violence and coercive control in Psychiatry, use of community-based theatre to enhance early intervention and primary prevention of family violence in communities, suicide prevention and mental health literacy in migrant communities.

Manjula has advised agencies, served on committees. Adjunct Professor Manjula O’Connor is often invited as keynote speaker and has presented at numerous national and international conferences and events, published, and facilitated workshops and seminars on mental health and family violence.