
Overview
Background
Prof Siskind trained as a psychiatrist in Australia and the United States. He graduated from medicine at the University of Queensland in 1998. After working with Doctors Without Borders in Chechnya in 2000, he became interested in psychiatry. He moved to Boston in 2002, where he did his psychiatry residency at Boston University and a Master of Public Health at Harvard University. He returned to Brisbane in June 2008 as a clinical academic psychiatrist at the Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service. He completed his Ph.D in Feb 2014. His research interests include clozapine and treatment refractory schizophrenia, the physical health of people with severe and persistent mental illness, supported accommodation, assertive community treatment and mental health services research. He has been awarded an NHMRC Investigator Grant as an Emerging Leadership Fellow (2021-2025) and held an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (2016-2019). He has a current CIA MRFF RCRDUN grant looking at treatments to reduce cardiometabolic morbidity among people with schizophrenia. He has over 200 peer reviewed publications, including first author in the highly ranked Lancet, World Psychiatry, Lancet Psychiatry, BJPsych, ANZJP, & Schizophrenia Bulletin. He is a named investigator on over $40 million in competitive research grants, with over $6 million as CIA.
Availability
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Fields of research
Research interests
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Schizophrenia
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Physical Health Comorbidity
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Absolute neutrophil count and adverse drug reaction monitoring during clozapine treatment: consensus guidelines from a global Delphi panel
Siskind, Dan, Northwood, Korinne, Pillinger, Toby, Chan, Sherry, Correll, Christoph, Cotes, Robert O, Every-Palmer, Susanna, Hahn, Maggie, Howes, Oliver D, Kane, John M, Kelly, Deanna, Korman, Nicole, Lappin, Julia, Mena, Cristián, Myles, Nick, McCutcheon, Robert A, Siskind, Dan, McCutcheon, Robert A, Northwood, Korinne, Pillinger, Toby, Chan, Sherry, Correll, Christoph U, Cotes, Robert, Every-Palmer, Susanna, Hahn, Margaret, Howes, Oliver, Kane, John M, Kelly, Deanna L, Korman, Nicole ... Yung, Alison (2025). Absolute neutrophil count and adverse drug reaction monitoring during clozapine treatment: consensus guidelines from a global Delphi panel. The Lancet Psychiatry. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(25)00098-7
2025
Journal Article
Efficacy and safety of semaglutide versus placebo for people with schizophrenia on clozapine with obesity (COaST): a phase 2, multi-centre, participant and investigator- blinded, randomised controlled trial in Australia
Siskind, Dan, Baker, Andrea, Arnautovska, Urska, Warren, Nicola, Russell, Anthony, DeMonte, Veronica, Halstead, Sean, Iyer, Ravi, Korman, Nicole, McKeon, Gemma, Medland, Sarah, Parker, Stephen, Stedman, Terry and Trott, Mike (2025). Efficacy and safety of semaglutide versus placebo for people with schizophrenia on clozapine with obesity (COaST): a phase 2, multi-centre, participant and investigator- blinded, randomised controlled trial in Australia. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12 (7), 493-503. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00129-4
2025
Journal Article
International Guidelines for the Algorithmic Treatment of Schizophrenia (INTEGRATE) – Authors' reply
McCutcheon, Robert A, Pillinger, Toby and Siskind, Dan (2025). International Guidelines for the Algorithmic Treatment of Schizophrenia (INTEGRATE) – Authors' reply. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12 (7), 480-481. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(25)00142-7
2025
Journal Article
The value of mental science: we publish what matters
Malhi, Gin S., Adlington, Katherine, Al-Diwani, Adam, Ali, Shehzad, Arya, Rina, Baldwin, David S., Batley, Prathiba, Bell, Erica, Berrios, German, Beveridge, Allan, Bhat, Mohan, Bhugra, Dinesh, Biswas, Asit, Byford, Sarah, Campbell, Colin, Cass, Hilary, Chadda, Rakesh K., Chamberlain, Samuel R., Chevance, Astrid, Comasco, Erika, Cookson, John, Costello, Harry, Critchley, Hugo D., Cuijpers, Pim, de Cates, Angharad N., De Giorgi, Riccardo, de Oliveira, Claire, Drummond, Colin, Feng, Jianfeng ... Fernandez-Egea, Emilio (2025). The value of mental science: we publish what matters. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1-5. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2025.118
2025
Journal Article
Effectiveness of clozapine augmentation with specific doses of other antipsychotics in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis from two nationwide cohorts
Tiihonen, Jari, Tanskanen, Antti, Mittendorfer-Rutz, Ellenor, Howes, Oliver D., Correll, Christoph U., Siskind, Dan and Taipale, Heidi (2025). Effectiveness of clozapine augmentation with specific doses of other antipsychotics in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis from two nationwide cohorts. World Psychiatry, 24 (2), 250-259. doi: 10.1002/wps.21316
2025
Journal Article
A Novel Digital Intervention to Facilitate Diabetes Self-Management Among People with Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Development and Acceptability Testing of SMART
Arnautovska, Urska, Ritchie, Gabrielle, Soole, Rebecca, Menon, Anish, Korman, Nicole, Milton, Alyssa, Varnfield, Marlien, Kelly, Jaimon, Jansen, Pieter, Baker, Andrea, Ireland, Derek, Russell, Anthony, Chapman, Justin, Mulligan, Kathleen, Hirani, Shashivadan, Vitangcol, Kathryn, McKeon, Gemma and Siskind, Dan (2025). A Novel Digital Intervention to Facilitate Diabetes Self-Management Among People with Schizophrenia and Related Disorders: Development and Acceptability Testing of SMART. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Volume 21, 1289-1305. doi: 10.2147/ndt.s513272
2025
Journal Article
New hope for individuals with schizophrenia: A transdisciplinary research platform to discover and translate novel treatments
McLure, James, Arnautovska, Urska, Panizzutti, Bruna, Jiang, Jiayue-Clara, Robinson, Suzanne, Drummond, Katherine D, Mohebbi, Mohammadreza, Williams, Lana J, Rossell, Susan L, Kim, Jee Hyun, Pantelis, Christos, Yung, Alison R, Siskind, Dan, Walder, Ken and Berk, Michael (2025). New hope for individuals with schizophrenia: A transdisciplinary research platform to discover and translate novel treatments. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59 (7) 00048674251342959, 48674251342959-572. doi: 10.1177/00048674251342959
2025
Journal Article
Increases in delivery of a brief smoking cessation intervention following implementation of a system change intervention in community psychiatry settings
Plever, Sally, Kisely, Steve, Bonevski, Billie, McCarthy, Irene, Anzolin, Melissa, Siskind, Dan, Ballard, Emma, Emmerson, Brett, Allan, John and Gartner, Coral (2025). Increases in delivery of a brief smoking cessation intervention following implementation of a system change intervention in community psychiatry settings. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59 (7) 00048674251340214, 48674251340214-611. doi: 10.1177/00048674251340214
2025
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Outcomes of a pilot feasibility study of comprehensive geriatric assessment for younger frail patients with severe mental illness
Arnautovska, Urska, Soole, Rebecca, Wing Ling Kwan, Winona, Reid, Natasha, Baker, Andrea, Gordon, Emily H., Hubbard, Ruth E., Siskind, Dan and Warren, Nicola (2025). Outcomes of a pilot feasibility study of comprehensive geriatric assessment for younger frail patients with severe mental illness. BMC Psychiatry, 25 (1) 473. doi: 10.1186/s12888-025-06830-3
2025
Journal Article
Relationship between blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier integrity, cardiometabolic, and inflammatory factors in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders
Yakimov, Vladislav, Jäger, Iris, Roell, Lukas, Boudriot, Emanuel, Meisinger, Verena, Campana, Mattia, Krčmář, Lenka, Halstead, Sean, Warren, Nicola, Siskind, Dan, Maurus, Isabel, Hasan, Alkomiet, Falkai, Peter, Schmitt, Andrea, Raabe, Florian J., Keeser, Daniel, Wagner, Elias and Moussiopoulou, Joanna (2025). Relationship between blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier integrity, cardiometabolic, and inflammatory factors in schizophrenia-spectrum disorders. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health, 47 101024, 101024-47. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101024
2025
Journal Article
Latest findings challenge behavioural approaches to the management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain
Kisely, Steve, Siskind, Dan and Speyer, Helene (2025). Latest findings challenge behavioural approaches to the management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain. BJPsych Open, 11 (3) e85, e85. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.34
2025
Journal Article
Suicide methods and severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Trott, M., Suetani, S., Arnautovska, U., Kisely, S., Kar Ray, M., Theodoros, T., Le, V., Leske, S., Lu, M., Soole, R., Warren, N. and Siskind, D. (2025). Suicide methods and severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 151 (4), 467-484. doi: 10.1111/acps.13759
2025
Journal Article
Clozapine-Related Tachycardia: An Analysis of Incidence
Every-Palmer, Susanna, Northwood, Korinne, Tsakas, James, Burrage, Matthew K. and Siskind, Dan (2025). Clozapine-Related Tachycardia: An Analysis of Incidence. CNS Drugs, 39 (6) e007960, 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s40263-025-01177-5
2025
Journal Article
Do internalising or externalising behaviours in adolescence mediate the child maltreatment-alcohol substance use relationship?
Trott, Mike, Bull, Claudia, Najman, Jake Moses, Siskind, Dan, Arnautovska, Urska and Kisely, Steve (2025). Do internalising or externalising behaviours in adolescence mediate the child maltreatment-alcohol substance use relationship?. Addiction, 120 (7), 1413-1421. doi: 10.1111/add.70016
2025
Journal Article
Clozapine efficacy and adverse drug reactions among a nationwide study of 1021 Australians prescribed clozapine: The ClozaGene Study
Lind, Penelope A., Parker, Richard K., Northwood, Korinne, Siskind, Dan J. and Medland, Sarah E. (2025). Clozapine efficacy and adverse drug reactions among a nationwide study of 1021 Australians prescribed clozapine: The ClozaGene Study. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 51 (2) sbae065, 458-469. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae065
2025
Journal Article
INTEGRATE: international guidelines for the algorithmic treatment of schizophrenia
McCutcheon, Robert A, Pillinger, Toby, Varvari, Ioana, Halstead, Sean, Ayinde, Olatunde O, Crossley, Nicolás A, Correll, Christoph U, Hahn, Margaret, Howes, Oliver D, Kane, John M, Kabir, Thomas, Konradsson-Geuken, Åsa, Lennox, Belinda, Hui, Christy Lai Ming, Rossell, Susan L, Solmi, Marco, Sommer, Iris E, Taipale, Heidi, Uchida, Hiroyuki, Venkatasubramanian, Ganesan, Warren, Nicola, Agid, Ofer, Arango, Celso, de Bartolomeis, Andrea, Bittner, Robert A, Bressan, Rodrigo A, Buchanan, Robert W, Cecere, Giacomo, Chen, Eric Y H ... Siskind, Dan (2025). INTEGRATE: international guidelines for the algorithmic treatment of schizophrenia. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12 (5), 384-394. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(25)00031-8
2025
Journal Article
Clozapine and treatment-resistant schizophrenia: efficacy versus effectiveness
Siskind, Dan, Northwood, Korinne and McCutcheon, Robert A (2025). Clozapine and treatment-resistant schizophrenia: efficacy versus effectiveness. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12 (4), 240-241. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(25)00032-x
2025
Journal Article
Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder
O’Connell, Kevin S., Koromina, Maria, van der Veen, Tracey, Boltz, Toni, David, Friederike S., Yang, Jessica Mei Kay, Lin, Keng-Han, Wang, Xin, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Mitchell, Brittany L., McGrouther, Caroline C., Rangan, Aaditya V., Lind, Penelope A., Koch, Elise, Harder, Arvid, Parker, Nadine, Bendl, Jaroslav, Adorjan, Kristina, Agerbo, Esben, Albani, Diego, Alemany, Silvia, Alliey-Rodriguez, Ney, Als, Thomas D., Andlauer, Till F. M., Antoniou, Anastasia, Ask, Helga, Bass, Nicholas, Bauer, Michael, Beins, Eva C. ... Andreassen, Ole A. (2025). Genomics yields biological and phenotypic insights into bipolar disorder. Nature, 639 (8056) 2417, 968-975. doi: 10.1038/s41586-024-08468-9
2025
Book Chapter
Lifestyle in Mental and Physical Disorders
Suetani, Shuichi, Marx, Wolfgang and Siskind, Dan (2025). Lifestyle in Mental and Physical Disorders. Comorbidity between Mental and Physical Disorders. (pp. 313-331) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-81802-8_14
2025
Journal Article
A novel discovery platform for targeted drug repurposing: application for psychiatric disorders
Berk, Michael, Kim, Jee Hyun, Williams, Lana J, Liu, Zoe S J, Siskind, Dan, Panizzutti, Bruna, Yung, Alison R and Walder, Ken (2025). A novel discovery platform for targeted drug repurposing: application for psychiatric disorders. The Lancet Psychiatry, 12 (7), 535-542. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00066-5
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Management of myocarditis among people with schizophrenia commencing clozapine
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren
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Master Philosophy
Food insecurity among people living with schizophrenia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Urska Arnautovska
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Doctor Philosophy
Multi-morbidity among people living with severe mental illness
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren, Professor Steve Kisely
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Doctor Philosophy
Quality and Safe Use of Clozapine
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren, Professor Michael Barras, Professor Steve Kisely
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Master Philosophy
The Role and Impact of Culture and Language in Mental Health and Mental Health Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren
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Doctor Philosophy
Unveiling the Complexities of Psychotic Disorders: Enhancing Treatment Safety and Understanding Heterogeneity Through Biomarkers, Genetic Analysis, and Multimodal Data Integration
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Sarah Medland
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Doctor Philosophy
Smoking Cessation in People with a Serious Mental Illness
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steve Kisely, Professor Coral Gartner
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Master Philosophy
A quantitative and qualitative study of forensic orders in Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steve Kisely, Dr Claudia Bull
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Doctor Philosophy
Measuring cognitive flexibility in rodents
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Thomas Burne
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating clozapine rechallenge using granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in people previously experiencing clozapine-associated neutropenia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steve Kisely
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Psychiatric clinical decision making in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Stefan Blum, Professor Steve Kisely
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Psychiatric Illness: From Prenatal Risk Factors to Treatment Resistance
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Jake Gratten, Professor Darryl Eyles
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Measuring and improving cognition in a rodent model relevant to schizophrenia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr James Kesby, Professor Thomas Burne
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Clozapine in Sol-Gel Systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Harendra Parekh, Dr James Robert Falconer
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the characteristics and service needs of carers for adults with mental illness to inform mental health service planning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris, Professor Harvey Whiteford
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Who receives what, from whom, and to what effect at clinically operated, community-based residential mental health rehabilitation for Severe and Persistent Mental Illness in Australia?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris, Professor Harvey Whiteford
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