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
- Professor Dan Siskind is:
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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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2021
Journal Article
Tardive seizures after electroconvulsive therapy
Warren, Nicola, Eyre-Watt, Brenton, Pearson, Ella, O'Gorman, Cullen, Watson, Emily, Lie, David and Siskind, Dan (2021). Tardive seizures after electroconvulsive therapy. The Journal of ECT, 38 (2), 95-102. doi: 10.1097/yct.0000000000000821
2021
Journal Article
Increased rates of respiratory disease in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis including 619,214 individuals with schizophrenia and 52,159,551 controls
Suetani, Shuichi, Honarparvar, Faraz, Siskind, Dan, Hindley, Guy, Veronese, Nicola, Vancampfort, Davy, Allen, Lauren, Solmi, Marco, Lally, John, Gaughran, Fiona, Stubbs, Brendon and Pillinger, Toby (2021). Increased rates of respiratory disease in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis including 619,214 individuals with schizophrenia and 52,159,551 controls. Schizophrenia Research, 237, 131-140. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.08.022
2021
Journal Article
Clozapine levels as a predictor for therapeutic response: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Siskind, Dan, Sharma, Meghna, Pawar, Mrinal, Pearson, Ella, Wagner, Elias, Warren, Nicola and Kisely, Steve (2021). Clozapine levels as a predictor for therapeutic response: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 144 (5), 422-432. doi: 10.1111/acps.13361
2021
Journal Article
CoMET: a randomised controlled trial of co-commencement of metformin versus placebo as an adjunctive treatment to attenuate weight gain in patients with schizophrenia newly commenced on clozapine
Siskind, Dan, Russell, Anthony W., Suetani, Shuichi, Flaws, Dylan, Kisely, Steve, Moudgil, Vikas, Northwood, Korinne, Robinson, Gail, Scott, James G., Stedman, Terry, Warren, Nicola, Winckel, Karl, Cosgrove, Peter and Baker, Andrea (2021). CoMET: a randomised controlled trial of co-commencement of metformin versus placebo as an adjunctive treatment to attenuate weight gain in patients with schizophrenia newly commenced on clozapine. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 11 204512532110452, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/20451253211045248
2021
Journal Article
Excess mortality from cancer in people with mental illness—Out of sight and out of mind
Kisely, Stephen and Siskind, Dan (2021). Excess mortality from cancer in people with mental illness—Out of sight and out of mind. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 144 (4), 315-317. doi: 10.1111/acps.13363
2021
Journal Article
Efficacy and safety of clozapine in psychotic disorders—a systematic quantitative meta-review
Wagner, Elias, Siafis, Spyridon, Fernando, Piyumi, Falkai, Peter, Honer, William G., Röh, Astrid, Siskind, Dan, Leucht, Stefan and Hasan, Alkomiet (2021). Efficacy and safety of clozapine in psychotic disorders—a systematic quantitative meta-review. Translational Psychiatry, 11 (1) 487, 1-18. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01613-2
2021
Journal Article
Prevalence of dental disorders among people with mental illness: an umbrella review
Choi, Jisu, Price, Josh, Ryder, Samuel, Siskind, Dan, Solmi, Marco and Kisely, Steve (2021). Prevalence of dental disorders among people with mental illness: an umbrella review. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (8), 48674211042239-963. doi: 10.1177/00048674211042239
2021
Journal Article
Metabolic adverse effects of off-label use of second-generation antipsychotics in the adult population: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Stogios, Nicolette, Smith, Emily, Bowden, Sylvie, Tran, Veronica, Asgariroozbehani, Roshanak, McIntyre, William Brett, Remington, Gary, Siskind, Dan, Agarwal, Sri Mahavir and Hahn, Margaret K. (2021). Metabolic adverse effects of off-label use of second-generation antipsychotics in the adult population: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropsychopharmacology, 47 (3), 664-672. doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01163-7
2021
Journal Article
An assessment of psychological distress and professional burnout in mental health professionals in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Northwood, K., Siskind, D., Suetani, S. and McArdle, P.A. (2021). An assessment of psychological distress and professional burnout in mental health professionals in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australasian Psychiatry, 29 (6), 628-634. doi: 10.1177/10398562211038906
2021
Conference Publication
Thermosensitive Micellar Hydrogels of Clozapine for Nose-to-Brain Delivery
Tan, Madeleine SA, Pandey, Preeti, Balmanno, Alexandra, Falconer, James R., Siskind, Dan J. and Parekh, Harendra S. (2021). Thermosensitive Micellar Hydrogels of Clozapine for Nose-to-Brain Delivery. 2021 CRS Virtual Annual Meeting, Mount Laurel, NJ United States, 25-29 July 2021 .
2021
Journal Article
Treating cognitive impairment in schizophrenia with GLP-1RAs: an overview of their therapeutic potential
Flintoff, Jonathan, Kesby, James P., Siskind, Dan and Burne, Thomas H. J. (2021). Treating cognitive impairment in schizophrenia with GLP-1RAs: an overview of their therapeutic potential. Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 30 (8), 877-891. doi: 10.1080/13543784.2021.1951702
2021
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Colorectal cancer outcomes in people with severe mental illness cohort (COSMIC): a protocol for an Australian retrospective cohort using linked administrative data
Protani, Melinda M., Jordan, Susan J., Kendall, Bradley J., Siskind, Dan, Lawrence, David, Sara, Grant, Brophy, Lisa and Kisely, Steve (2021). Colorectal cancer outcomes in people with severe mental illness cohort (COSMIC): a protocol for an Australian retrospective cohort using linked administrative data. BMJ Open, 11 (6) 044737, e044737. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044737
2021
Conference Publication
Inaccurate QT interval estimation in people taking antipsychotics: are we contributing to misinformed treatment decisions?
Andric, T., Winckel, K., Tanzer, T., Siskind, D., Hollingworth, S., Smith, L. and Isoardi, K. (2021). Inaccurate QT interval estimation in people taking antipsychotics: are we contributing to misinformed treatment decisions?. National Medicines Symposium, Online, 18 May 2021.
2021
Journal Article
Rates of treatment-resistant schizophrenia from first-episode cohorts: systematic review and meta-analysis
Siskind, Dan, Orr, Stacy, Sinha, Surabhi, Yu, Ou, Brijball, Bhavna, Warren, Nicola, MacCabe, James H., Smart, Sophie E. and Kisely, Steve (2021). Rates of treatment-resistant schizophrenia from first-episode cohorts: systematic review and meta-analysis. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 220 (3) PII S0007125021000611, 1-6. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2021.61
2021
Journal Article
Bazett's correction formula overestimates the corrected QT among patients with antipsychotic induced tachycardia
Andric, Teodora, Winckel, Karl, Tanzer, Timothy, Hollingworth, Samantha, Isoardi, Katherine and Siskind, Dan (2021). Bazett's correction formula overestimates the corrected QT among patients with antipsychotic induced tachycardia. Schizophrenia Research, 231, 22-23. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2021.02.022
2021
Journal Article
Characteristics of people on long-acting injectable antipsychotics in Australia: Data from the 2010 National Survey of High Impact Psychosis
Suetani, Shuichi, Siskind, Dan, Phillipou, Andrea, Waterreus, Anna, Morgan, Vera A. and Castle, David (2021). Characteristics of people on long-acting injectable antipsychotics in Australia: Data from the 2010 National Survey of High Impact Psychosis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 55 (10), 958-975. doi: 10.1177/00048674211009602
2021
Journal Article
Does switching antipsychotics ameliorate weight gain in patients with severe mental illness? A systematic review and meta-analysis
Siskind, Dan, Gallagher, Erin, Winckel, Karl, Hollingworth, Samantha, Kisely, Steve, Firth, Joseph, Correll, Christoph U. and Marteene, Wade (2021). Does switching antipsychotics ameliorate weight gain in patients with severe mental illness? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 47 (4), 948-958. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaa191
2021
Journal Article
Characteristics and definitions of ultra-treatment-resistant schizophrenia – A systematic review and meta-analysis
Campana, Mattia, Falkai, Peter, Siskind, Dan, Hasan, Alkomiet and Wagner, Elias (2021). Characteristics and definitions of ultra-treatment-resistant schizophrenia – A systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Research, 228, 218-226. doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2020.12.002
2021
Journal Article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between clozapine and norclozapine serum levels and peripheral adverse drug reactions
Tan, Madeleine S. A., Honarparvar, Faraz, Falconer, James R., Parekh, Harendra S., Pandey, Preeti and Siskind, Dan J. (2021). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between clozapine and norclozapine serum levels and peripheral adverse drug reactions. Psychopharmacology, 238 (3), 615-637. doi: 10.1007/s00213-020-05746-y
2021
Journal Article
Metformin reduces 12-month change in body weight among people newly commenced on clozapine: a retrospective naturalistic cohort study
Spokes, Jessica, Hollingworth, Samantha, Winckel, Karl, Kisely, Steve, Baker, Andrea, Cosgrove, Peter and Siskind, Dan (2021). Metformin reduces 12-month change in body weight among people newly commenced on clozapine: a retrospective naturalistic cohort study. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 11, 1-7. doi: 10.1177/20451253211000609
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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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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
Food insecurity among people living with schizophrenia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Urska Arnautovska
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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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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
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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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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Master Philosophy
A quantitative and qualitative study of forensic orders in Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Claudia Bull, Professor Steve Kisely
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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
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
Measuring cognitive flexibility in rodents
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Thomas Burne
Completed supervision
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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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