Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression). When becoming depressed, there is a feeling of sadness or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities.
Hanna is a PhD candidate in Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne, focusing on understanding lifestyle correlates of cognitive function in bipolar disorder. She earned a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Neuroscience from the University of Otago, New Zealand, in 2021, where she received the Leaders of Tomorrow Entrance Scholarship with high distinction in 2018 and a Summer Research Scholarship in 2020.
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