Building an online resource for animal models in mental health research

 Rachel Hill is an Associate Professor and Head of the Behavioral Neuroscience laboratory at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). Her lab is working toward better treatments for psychiatric disorders by modeling risk factors in mice to understand at the molecular, physiological and behavioral level how these disturbances contribute to mental health. Ahead of Rachel’s participation in a symposium on animal models in mental health research at the British Neuroscience Association’s (BNA; Bristol, UK) International Festival of Neuroscience, BNA2025 (27–30 April; Liverpool, UK), we caught up with her to discuss the online resource of animal models in mental health research she's building...