Giselle Lo and Ute Vollmer-Conna
Giselle is a fifth year medical student at UNSW. She is from Hong Kong; and has a keen interest in mental health issues. She is engaged in a research exploring the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a treatment of depression. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, swimming and cuddling with cats.
Uté is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry, and serves as the Student Wellbeing Advisor for the University of New South Wales, Medicine. She is internationally recognized in the multidisciplinary field of Psychoneuroimmunology, and heads a state-of-the-art psychoneuroimmunology and autonomic research laboratory which enables innovative research into the complex interactions between the brain, the autonomic nervous system and the immune system in maintaining physical and mental health.
Uté also enjoys swimming and cats (separately and together), and her life’s motto is “never let formal education get in the way of your learning”.