Fiji 2026
Keli Koroi
National Suicide Prevention Officer for the Ministry of Health and Medical Services in Fiji
Lameka Keli Koroi is stationed at the National Wellness Centre in Suva. Keli acts as a prominent public health advocate, clinical leader, and Fiji’s official IASP National Representative.
Dr Elizabeth Mati
Chief Executive, Le Va
Dr Mati is passionate about developing effective Pasifika interventions and solutions that enable Pasifika people to unleash their full potential. She is a registered clinical psychologist and has been working within Pasifika communities for over 15 years in educational, forensic and mental health settings.
Permanent Secretary Selina Camaibau Kuruleca
Office of the Ministry for Justice, Fiji
Selina Camaibau Kuruleca serves as Permanent Secretary in Fiji’s Ministry of Justice and co-chairs the country’s National Committee on the Prevention of Suicide, where she has been a leading public voice on the scale of Fiji’s suicide burden and the need to change the national conversation around it.
Jeremaia Merekula
Team Lead, Lifeline Fiji
Meet Jeremaia Merekula, the driving force behind Lifeline Fiji. A member organisation of Lifeline International, which provides 24-hour access to suicide prevention services in a country with one of the highest suicide rates globally.
Professor Jo Robinson AM
IASP President & Head of Suicide Research, Orygen
Professor Jo Robinson leads the Youth Suicide Prevention Research Unit at Orygen, the Centre for Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. She is also Scientific Director of the Orygen Policy Centre.
Leilani Fina’i Clarke
Senior Manager Suicide Prevention, Le Va
Leilani currently leads the FLO Talanoa suicide prevention education programme that aims to equip Pasifika families and communities with the right tools and information to prevent suicide.
Professor Kairi Kõlves
Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University
Professor Kõlves has been involved in several Australian and international projects and has been an adviser to the World Health Organization since 2003. She is a member of national and international advisory committees.
Jemaima Tiatia-Siau
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Pacific), University of Auckland.
She is of Samoan heritage and has a population and community health background. She was one of six panellists on the New Zealand Government’s 2018 Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry and is currently a Board member for the inaugural Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission.
Dr Jiang Long
Technical Officer for Mental Health, Division of Pacific Technical Support, WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific.
Dr provides technical support to 21 Pacific island countries and areas to strengthen governance, services, and partnerships in mental health, suicide prevention, substance use, and related fields.
Margaret Eastgate
Counselling Practitioner
Margaret Eastgate is a Counsellor by profession and an active member of the National Committee on the Prevention of Suicide (NCOPS).
Bronwen Edwards AM
CEO Roses in the Ocean
First and foremost, Bronwen brings her personal lived experience of suicide to the table, while also striving to honour the vast perspectives of others she has been privileged to work with and walk alongside over many years.
Professor Lakshmi Vijayakumar
Founder, SNEHA & Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai
Dr Vijayakumar has been conferred the Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (FRCPsych), UK, for her work on suicide prevention, and has also been conferred FRCP (EDIN).
Dr Jaelea Skehan OAM
Director, Everymind
Dr Jaelea Skehan is Director of Everymind, a leading Australian institute dedicated to the prevention of mental ill-health and suicide. She has over 25 years’ experience in mental health, suicide prevention and public health, with a focus on communication, media, and stigma reduction.
Professor Jane Pirkis
Director of the Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Professor Jane Pirkis has a background in psychology and epidemiology and has worked in the field of suicide prevention for about 30 years.
Dr Anish V Cherian
Additional Professor, Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience (NIMHANS)
Dr Cherian is the lead of the N-SPRITE Centre at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bengaluru.
Professor Ann John
Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Swansea University
Ann John, a public health-trained former General Practitioner, is a Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry at Swansea University Medical School with a research focus on suicide and self-harm prevention and children and young people’s mental health.
Professor Nicholas Procter
Academic Lead for Mental Health and Chair in Mental Health Nursing at Adelaide University
Professor Nicholas Procter currently serves as IASP National Representative for Australia, Co-Chair of the Council of National Representatives and Chair of Australia’s National Suicide Prevention Office Advisory Board.
Associate Professor Jacinta Hawgood
Program Director of Suicidology at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP)
Dr Hawgood is a recognised national and international expert in suicide prevention and education, and her clinical work in suicidology and clinical psychology spans 27 years.
Dr Sandersan Onie
President of the Indonesian Association for Suicide Prevention (INASP)
Dr Sandersan Onie is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney, Australia, and an Adjunct Professor at Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
Dr Elise Carrotte
Research Fellow, Youth Suicide Prevention Reseach Unit, Orygen
Dr Carrotte has a background in public and mental health research, clinical psychology, and clinical governance, spanning academia and the non-profit sector.
