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Dr. Calogero (Carlo) Longhitano is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at James Cook University and a psychiatrist at North Queensland Forensic MH Services. He obtained his MD in 1999 (Italy) before completing his psychiatric residency in Oxford and London (United Kingdom).

Dr. Longhitano has held senior positions in forensic psychiatry across London and Townsville, Australia. Since 2019 he has collaborated with Prof. Zoltan Sarnyai, leading to a PhD project on the effects of nutritional interventions in psychosis. He is the co-investigator at JCU's randomised clinical trial of ketogenic diet vs standard diet in adults with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. The project is supported and funded by the US-based Baszucki Brain Research Foundation.

Additionally, Carlo is a member of the forensic faculty of the RANZCP and an Early Career committee member of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research. He is the author of several peer-reviewed articles and two textbook chapters.

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