Dr Rahul Khanna

Curriculum vitae

Dr Khanna is a practicing psychiatrist and experienced leader, researcher, educator, mentor, and friend to the start-up ecosystem. His primary areas of interest are psychological trauma and digital health. In addition to several clinical qualifications, he has pursued professional development in the areas of governance, research, finance, entrepreneurship, coding, artificial intelligence, design thinking, and leadership.

Relentless learning is a central tenant to his life and he is always looking to connect with other thinkers and do-ers.

Employment

Organisation	Title	Responsibilities & Highlights
	Founding Clinical Director, Transforming Trauma Victoria 2023-Current	Transforming Trauma Victoria, formerly known as the Mental Health Statewide Trauma Service, is the world's first jurisdiction-wide trauma service. It was established by the Victorian Government via a competitive tender to a collaborative led by Phoenix Australia alongside 12 internationally recognised experts and trauma, research, and mental health service delivery. I co-led the co-design and development of an innovative service with three functions: Therapeutic services & platforms; Capability Uplift and Research & evaluation. Co-managed one of the largest collaborations in Australian Healthcare Oversaw several pilots active across rural and metropolitan Victoria
	Director, Innovation & Medical Governance 2021-Current	Phoenix Australia - Centre for Post-traumatic Mental Health - is a University of Melbourne-affiliated non-profit dedicated to understanding trauma and renewing lives. Wide ranging role focused on fostering innovation in all parts of Phoenix's operations from research to consulting, policy, training, and practice improvement. Launched two new clinical services with a range of stakeholders with a digitally enabled measurement-based-care approach and close research and training interfaces, one of which won an international award in 2022. Provision of clinical governance support to our four clinical streams which together treated over 400 individuals across > 270 in 2021-2022 Business development and strategy
	Strategic & Clinical Advisor 2021-Current	More Good Days is a VC-backed health tech start-up that helps people manage their chronic pain with digital behavioural treatments. I support its mission to transform the lives of those suffering from chronic pain through strategic, operational and clinical advice.
	Co-founder: Development & Partnerships 2020-2021	Thumos Health was an early stage start-up utilising smart-home technology to improve the lives of those with a Serious Mental Illness. I was reponsible for: Market validation and business model development Product features and roadmap User analysis and co-development Academic and industry partnerships
	Senior Lecturer 2021-Current	Several research projects Regular online and face to face teaching activities Previously Honorary Fellow (2016-2021)
	Consultant Psychiatrist 2017-Current	Oversaw clinical care and service delivery to outpatients and inpatients in the state-wide Psychological Trauma Recovery Service. Revived the outpatient group treatment program for veterans and serving members. Implemented a novel digital measurement-based-care initiative that delivered increased efficiency and more responsive care. Lead advisor, digital mental health Supervised psychiatry trainees.
	Director and Clinician 2017-2021	Clinical service provision Assessments for general practitioners and DVA impairment evaluations
	Psychiatry Registrar 2012-2017	Clinical care at the continuing care service, adult inpatient unit, inpatient and outpatient psychiatry of old age service (Bundoora Extended Care), consultation liaison service, secure extended care unit, adolescent inpatient unit, youth early psychosis service and psychological trauma recovery service. Served as the principal registrar for the division of mental health which involved developing the education program, working with the leadership team to improve service delivery, assisting with trainee recruitment and managing the on call roster Served as chair of the Registrar Leadership Group Served as senior registrar for the psychological trauma recovery service, which involved bed management, clinician allocations and leave rostering in addition to service delivery responsibilities.
	Subject co-ordinator and Tutor 2015-Current	Subject co-coordinator and tutor for Research Methods in Psychiatry subject Subject Matter Expert for treatment formulation topic in Core Psychiatry 2 Tutor for Core Psychiatry (2017)

Qualifications and Certificates

Organisation	Course/Certificate Title	Description
	Company Directors Course 2023	Intensive practical course covering the essentials of contemporary governance, including legal compliance, strategy development, risk management & effective board skills.
	Human-Centred Service Design 2023	Part of IDEOU's advanced design thinking certificate, this cohort course covered the essentials of service design including co-design best practices, design research & development of service blueprints.
	Doctor of Philosophy (Psychiatry) 2020-Current	A digital diagnostics paradigm for post-traumatic stress disorder Attempting to use machine learning to train software to diagnose PTSD using a range of objective measures
	Finance for non-financial managers 2022	Designed for mid-to-senior managers wanting to improve knowledge of accounting. It covered the basics of evaluating investment proposals, understanding financial reports, budgeting and costing. Credential ID: IWvqXAtlSqK6QSmz3zHgFQ
	Open Talent Pathway 2020	Competitive program for graduate research students with entrepreneurial potential Worked in a team to develop a sports technology business from the ground up, from product, customer and market research to developing and pitching a solution.
	TRAM Track pre-accelerator 2020	Translating Research at Melbourne (TRAM)'s TRACK program is a competitive, university-based pre-accelerator focused on market validation and business-model development Thumos was selected to participate in the 2020 cohort
	Machine Learning 2019	Introductory course to Machine Learning using MATLAB Credential ID 7TGTHJRMVYGD
	Learn to Program: The Fundamentals 2019	Introductory course to coding in Python Credential ID TJYABSD2P8HW
	Specialist Certificate in Clinical Leadership 2018	Leadership course taught by faculty from the Melbourne Business School
	Design and Interpretation of Clinical Trials 2018	Online course Credential ID XFSP8RPVLWJT
	Qualitative Research Methods 2016	Basic-intermediate course in qualitative research methods Credential ID DH4VEFLXCELH
	Master of Psychiatry 2012-2014	Masters by coursework Achieved the Bruce Singh Prize for the highest grade point average in the cohort
	Statistics in Medicine 2013	Medical statistics intensive Credential ID c61f9e2baddd4900a65fdb81d83317ff
	Bachelor of Medicine, Surgery & Arts 2005-2010	M.B.B.S - Undergraduate medical qualification B.A. with a major in philosophy Additional activities included serving as President of the University of Melbourne Medical Students' Society

Research Activity

Source	Description & Link
	Publications list Including figures from publications
	ResarchGate profile
	ORCiD profile
	University Profile

Grants, Awards & Scholarships

Granting Body	Description
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)	Ideas Grant: Creating a computational clinical decision tool for treatment selection in PTSD M. O’Donnell, K. Felmingham, S. Fuentes, R. Khanna, O. Metcalfe, K. Karstoft, P. Schnurr, A. Putica, A. Khoo - $1.68 million Awarded in 2024
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs	Research Grant: Silexan in the Treatment Of Posttraumatic stress disorder (STOP) trial: A randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial M. Berk, M. Hopwood, D. Forbes, M. O’Donnell, R. Kanaan, O. Dean, M. Mohebbi, R. Khanna, G. Roebuck, W. Jensen - AUD$3.17 million Awarded in 2023
University of Melbourne: MDHS Mid-Career Seeding Ideas Grants	Memflex: A digital innovation to enhance stepped mental health care Hitchcock, C., Khanna, R. Awarded in 2023
Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop Medical Research Foundation	Research Grant: A digital assessment paradigm for PTSD As a Prisoner of War himself, Sir Edward Dunlop was very well aware of the impact of war service on Veterans and their families. He strongly believed that this warranted greater attention, and typically, resolved to do something about it. This grant supports Australian medical research into condition affecting veterans and their families Awarded in 2024
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies	Sarah Haley Memorial Award for Clinical Excellence This award is given to a clinician or group of clinicians in direct service to traumatized individuals. The 2022 award was won by a team from Phoenix Australia, led by Jane Nursey (Head of Clinical Services) for BlueHub, an innovative mental health service for police members. Awarded in 2022
Estate of Shirley and James Riddell	Research Grant: Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in PTSD Jackson, M., Barnes, M., Kanaan., R., Khanna, R., Berlowitz, D. Granted in 2021
Austin Medical Research Foundation	Research Grant: Transcranial direct current stimulation for PTSD Rolfe, T., Kanaan, R., Redston, S., Khanna, R. Granted in 2020
Commonwealth Government & University of Melbourne	Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship For PhD candidates of high academic merit Granted in 2019
The Australian United Ex-Service Association	The Australian United Ex-Service Association Scholarship Awarded to clinicians to upskill in psychotherapeutic skills relevant to Veterans' mental health Granted in 2016
The University of Melbourne	Bruce Singh Prize Awarded to the student with the highest grade point average in the cohort Awarded in 2014

Volunteering

Organisation	Involvement and Description
Australian Clinical entrepreneurship Program	Mentor The Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP), is an industry-leading innovation program designed to advance clinician-led transformation across Australia's healthcare workforce. 2023-Current
Startmate	Coach: Women's Fellowship The epicentre for startup ambition across Australia and New Zealand The Startmate Women Fellowship is a two-month program helping ambitious women find their dream job in a startup. 2022-Current
Strive Teaching	Strategic Advisor and Mentor Life 101 for high school students - empowering the next generation to maximise their potential 2022-Current
Flintworks	Advisory Board Member Backed by Antler VC, Flintworks' mission is to deliver the future of mental health care through innovative clinical tools, starting with an immersive exposure therapy solution for PTSD. 2020-Current
Victorian Branch	Committee Member, Victorian Branch Highlights include involvement in the college's contributions to the Royal Commission into Mental Health Services; the Australian National Standards in Digital Mental Health and the National Framework for Digital Mental Health Served 2019-2020
Victorian Association of Psychiatry Trainees	President Served in a range of roles including president (2014)
Medical Student Council of Victoria	Co-founder Cofounded the peak advocating body for all medical students in Victoria (2008)
University of Melbourne Medical Students' Society	President Served in a range of roles including president (2007)
AMA Victoria	Volunteer and councillor Volunteer supporting refugee doctors in 2019. Served as a co-opted councillor in 2007 and 2009.