Matt Lennon

Matt is currently a psychiatric registrar working in the North Shore Area of Sydney. He graduated from medicine at UNSW with the University Medal and Class I Honours in Neuroscience. Following completion of his degree he has been working with the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing to explore epidemiological and genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's Dementia and in 2024 completed his doctorate in psychiatry with the Deans List Award. In 2021 Matt finished a Masters of Neuroscience at Oxford University supported by the prestigious Tim Fisher John Monash Scholarship. Through university he started Springboard Education, a charitable tutoring organisation, that has provided free tutoring and educational resources to thousands of students in rural Australia. He has worked extensively within the Australian Medical Association writing and enacting policy as well as for the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing working to resolve challenges in Aged Care for rural and remote Australia. Matt has performed with the Sydney Philharmonic Choirs at the Sydney Opera House. His other interests include rugby union, running triathlons, writing poetry and performing with guitar.