- Psych Research Day (23 April)
- Psych Research Seminar Series (monthly)
- Monash Autism and ADHD Research Forum (bi-monthly)
- Biomedical Imaging Seminars (fortnightly)
Psych Research Day - 23 April
The Psych Research Day is open to all staff and students in the School and will provide opportunities to network, explore and develop new collaborations and intiatives.
Date & Location : 23 April 2012, Banquet Room, Building 10 Monash University
Registration:https://facultyapplications.wufoo.com/forms/psych-research-day-attendance/
Program:
| Time | Program Event | Speaker |
| 8:45 - 9:00am | Registration | |
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Welcome and Introduction
Research Website Launch |
Professor Julie Stout, Director of Research |
| 9:30 - 9:55am | Introduction to Theme: Brain Injury and Rehabilitation
Research presentation Light Therapy for fatigue and sleepiness following Traumatic Brain Injury |
Professor Jennie Ponsford (Theme Leader) |
| 9:55 - 10:20am | Introduction to Theme: Movement Disorders and Ageing Research Presentation Preparedness of neuroimaging biomarkers for clinical trials in Huntington's disease: The IMAGE-HD Study |
Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis (Theme Leader) |
| 10:20 - 10:35am | Morning Tea | |
| 10:35 - 11:35am | Poster Session | |
| 11:35 - 12 noon | Introduction to Theme: Forensic Behavioural Science and Mental Health | Professor Jim Ogloff (Theme Leader) |
| 12:00 noon- 12:25pm | Introduction to Theme: Sleep Health and Sleep Disorders Research Presentation: Sleep loss, sleep disorders and circadian disturbance: Impact on health and neurobehavioural performance |
Dr Clare Anderson (Theme Leader) and Associate Professor Shantha Rajaratnam |
| 12:25 - 12:50pm | Introduction to Theme: Neurodevelopment and Disorders | Professor Mark Bellgrove (Theme Leader) |
| 12:50 - 1:20pm | Lunch | |
| 1:20 - 2:20pm | Poster Session | |
| 2:20 - 2:45pm | Introduction to Theme: Addiction and Consciousness | Associate Professor Nao Tsuchiya (Theme Leader) |
| 2:45 - 3:10pm | Introduction to Theme: Culture and Mental Health | Dr Cameron Duff (Theme Leader) |
| 3:10 - 3:35pm | Introduction to Theme: Mental Illness and Mood Disorders Research Presentation: The DARE trial of Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for recurrent depression |
Dr Glenn Melvin (Theme Leader) and Dr Frances Shawyer |
| 3:35 - 4:00pm | Research Presentation: Human Imaging Possibilites and the MBI | Professor Gary Egan (Monash Biomedical Imaging) |
| 4:00pm | Closing Remarks and presentation of poster awards
Light refreshments |
Professor Kim Cornish (Head of School) |
Psych Monthly Research Seminar Series 2012
This free series aims to foster new ideas and collaboration, while also promoting the research currently conducted within the school.
All seminars are held on the last Friday of the month (Feb-Nov) in the Psych Colloquium Room #653, Building17, Clayton campus from 3:00-4:00pm.
Next seminar
Date & Time: 25 May 2012, 3 p.m.
Title: The social neuroscience of family interactions: A window into adolescent depression
Presenter: Professor Nick Allen
Seminar Synopsis: Despite the common belief that adolescent adjustment is mainly determined by peer relationships, family environments have been shown to more strongly determine risk for depression in this age group than do peer environments. In this presentation I will describe some of our recent studies that have attempted to understand how depression affects the way adolescents process salient affective stimuli in their family environment using a range of techniques based on micro-social observation of family interactions, psychophysiology and functional neuroimaging. These findings provide critical clues as to how the deleterious effects of depression on family interactions may be ameliorated.
About the Presenter
Nick Allen is Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and is a principal research fellow at Orygen Youth Health Research Centre. He uses a developmental psychopathology approach to understand how children and adolescents are affected by the environments in which they grow up. He has especially focussed on how family interactions and other aspects of the child’s environment that have been shown to increase risk for mental health problems (e.g., stress, abuse, socio-economic disadvantage) influence the child’s emotional functioning and the development of the biological systems that undergird these emotions. The aim of this work is to not only shed light on the underlying causes of mental health and ill-health during these stages of life, but also to inform innovative approaches to early intervention and prevention by utilising this knowledge to generate and test novel, developmentally-targeted clinical and public health interventions.
Professor Allen is currently CIA on 2 Discovery grants from the ARC and one NHMRC Project Grant, and is a CI on three other NHMRC Project grants. He has authored over 150 publications, including 4 books; is associate editor of the journal Early Intervention in Psychiatry; and is on the editorial board of two other journals (Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience and Child Development Perspectives).
Seminar series
- 29 June
- 27 July
- 31 August
- 28 September
- 26 October
- 30 November
Monash Autism and ADHD Research Forum
All seminars are held bi-monthly on Mondays (Mar-Nov) in the School of Psychology and Psychiatry Notting Hill campus: Meeting Room #3, Building1, 270 Ferntree Gully Road from 12:00-1:00pm. For queries contact Nicole.Papadopoulos@monash.edu
14 May
Title: Behavioural Sleep problems in children with ADHD: prevalence, correlates and interventions
Date & Time: 14 March 2012, 12 p.m.
Presenters: Associate Professor Harriet Hiscock
About the Presenter
Associate Professor Hiscock is a paediatrician and NHMRC postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Community Child Health, Royal Children’s Hospital and Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. Her research focuses on prevention of infant colic and child sleep and behaviour problems. She has conducted 5 randomised controlled trials in these areas with another 4 underway. She co-leads the Australian Paediatric Research Network - a practice based research network of 400 Australian paediatricians - and has over $4.5 million in research funding.
Forum series
- 16 July
- 17 September
- 12 November
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