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SPPPM Staff Research Interests

Psychology
Psychological Medicine

Discipline of Psychology

Staff	Research Interests
Professor Grahame J Coleman Deputy Head of School	Human-animal interactions Selection and training Consumer attitudes and behaviour Circadian rhythms and sleep
Professor Jennie L Ponsford Director, Postgraduate Studies	Traumatic brain injury Rehabilitation of cognition and behaviour following acquired brain injury Disorders of attention
A/Professor Stephen Robinson Director, Research	Astrocyte-neuron interactions Iron and oxidative stress Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
A/Professor Marilyn Lucas Head of Psychology (Monash South Africa)	Exposure to violence, coping and resilience The neuropsychology of psychiatric illnesses Predictive testing in Huntington's Disease Ethical issues in regard to the researcher/practitioner
Professor Dexter R F Irvine	Auditory cortical organization and plasticity Cortical responses to cochlear electrical stimulation Auditory attentional processes in normal listeners and auditory neglect in stroke patients Auditory perceptual learning.
Professor Julie Stout	Role of brain systems in complex adaptive behaviours Basal ganglia and cognition in presymptomatic Huntington's disease
Professor Lenore Manderson	Medical anthropology Social history of medicine International public health Chronic disease and disability
Professor Pradeep Nathan
Professor Ralf Dringen	Astrocytes Brain iron Glia-neuronal interactions Neurodegenerative disorders
A/Professor Alan Lill	Vertebrate sociality and behavioural ecology Ecophysiology and ecological energetics of Australian native birds and mammals Wildlife ecology and conservation, including human-wildlife interactions and urban ecology Evolutionary psychology; human reactions to environmental issues
A/Professor Eleonora Gullone	Emotion development, regulation, and developmental emotional wounds Body-mind connections Mindfulness and psychotherapy: East meets West Human-nature and human-animal interactions
A/Professor Felicity C L Allen	Stress and health Euthanasia Gender differences in evaluation of merit.
A/Professor Jennifer R Redman	Psychopharmacology (including drugs of abuse) Chronobiology Circadian rhythms and sleep
A/Professor Sally Carless	Recruitment and selection Psychometrics: scale development and evaluation Leadership Person-job, person-organisation fit
Emeritus Professor John L Bradshaw	Experimental neuropsychology (clinical & normal) Information processing and cognition Attention, movement & movement disorders Human evolution
Emeritus Professor Kim T Ng	Astrocytes Behavioural / cognitive neuroscience Glia-neuronal interactions Psychopharmacology
Emeritus Professor Thomas J Triggs	Young driver skill development Intelligent transport systems Human-computer interaction Applied human information processing
Dr Adrian Tomyn
Dr Bhensri Naemiratch	Medical sociology and anthropology Nutrition Qualitative research Cross-cultural studies
Dr Dianne Sheppard	Experimental Neuropsychology Cognitive and attention dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e., ADHD, Tourette's syndrome, etc) Cognitive declines in normal healthy aging Event-related Potential (ERP) technology
Dr Dianne Vella-Brodrick	Positive psychology and asset based approaches to well-being (e.g., character strengths, savouring, gratitude, hope). Exploring what makes people happy (pleasure, engagement and meaning). Workplace well-being (positive organisational scholarship, psychological capital, engagement).
Dr Elisabeth Wilson-Evered	Leadership and leadership succession and development Teams and workgroup innovation and performance Climate, culture and organizational change Health services research
Dr Gavin B Sullivan	Psychotherapy and counselling (e.g., for borderline personality disorder) Qualitative, narrative and discourse studies (any topic) Theoretical, historical and philosophical psychology (e.g., any aspect of Wittgenstein's philosophical psychology) Studies of the self and emotions (e.g., self-conscious emotions)
Dr Glenda Bishop	Iron and oxidative stress Alzheimer's disease and amyloid-beta protein Cellular mechanisms of brain aging Astrocyte-neuron interactions
Dr Gordon Walker	Counselling psychology Developmental psychology and psychiatry Health psychology and behaviours Educational psychology
Dr Greg Savage (Honorary)	Cognitive Neuropsychology
Dr Gregory W Yelland	Experimental psycholinguistics Language and cognitive impairments in development disorders e.g., dyslexia, autism, etc) Assessment of cognitive and language impairment in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias Development of reading abilities
Dr Jillian Broadbear	Nicotine dependence - investigation of alternative therapeutic strategies for smoking cessation Investigation of reward pathways in behavioural models of substance abuse; roles for pituitary hormones, gender and stress Investigation of the interactions between antidepressant medication, gender and pituitary hormones in behavioural models of affective disorders
Dr James G Phillips	Human Performance Human-computer interaction Ageing Gambling
Dr Katherine Vasey	Immigration and integration Mental health, wellbeing and migration Gender and migration Social inclusion, politics of social difference, race, citizenship, racism
Dr Matthew W Spitzer	Neuronal basis of perception and cognition Auditory cortex function and organisation Primate vocal communication Spatial hearing
Dr Milica Markovic	Contemporary public health issues Gender and Immigrant health Health policy Health promotion interventions
Dr Nikki Rickard	Measuring emotional responses to music Anxiolytic effects of music Effects of rhythmic auditory stimuli on memory formation Role of nitric oxide in memory formation
Dr Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis	Experimental Neuropsychology Movement, cognitive and attention dysfunction in neurodegenerative disorders (i.e., Huntington’s disease, Parkinson's disease, etc) Neuropsychology of normal healthy aging Electrophysiology (EEG, ERP) and Neuroimaging (fMRI)
Dr Pauleen Bennett	Human-companion animal interactions Canine behaviour and psychology Measurement of executive dysfunction
Dr Penelope Hasking	Cognitive factors in drug and alcohol use Self-injury in adolescents Effects of childhood animal cruelty on psychological development
Dr RoseAnne Misajon	Wellbeing of people with disability and chronic illness Quality of life and quality of life measures, incl. in different cultural settings Migration, coping and social support
Dr Russell Conduit	Sleep Sleep disorders Fatigue
Dr J. Sabura Allen	Clinical psychology Evolutionary psychology including human psychopathology, and mating and dating behaviour Attachment Depression and eating concerns
Dr Samia Toukhsati	Music Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurodegeneration Animal Welfare Methodology and Community Attitudes
Dr Shantha M W Rajaratnam	Chronobiology and sleep Circadian rhythms Sleep disruption and sleepiness Fatigue countermeasures
Dr Simon Albrecht	Organisational culture and climate Individual, team and organisational development interventions Trust, politics, leadership and their influence on organisational and team effectiveness The role of affect in organisational experience
Dr Simon Moss	Deceptive and unethical behaviour Misconceptions and cognitive biases Leadership in organisations
Dr Susan Burney	The impact of cancer treatments on patient quality of life (focus on prostate cancer) Sexual dysfunction among cancer patients and their partners General quality of life issues for cancer patients Male incontinence and quality of life
Dr Tom Edwards	The role of nitric oxide in memory processing The molecular basis of protein synthesis – dependent long-term memory The role of cGMP in memory processing The role of ion channels in memory processing
Dr Thomas A Whelan	Child health psychology (effects of hospitalisation, psychological preparation for surgery) Parent stress Counselling psychology
Dr Vickii B Jenvey	Development of social competence in children Development of aggressive and antisocial behaviour in children Role of children’s play in development: evolutionary & psychosocial perspectives Adequate & poor nutrition in early childhood & their developmental outcomes
Dr Wendy Crouch	Depression Vulnerability factors in chronic illness using a developmental and relational framework. Skin disorders Childhood chronic illness - family, sibling and individual coping and adjustment
Dr Wendy A McKenzie	Memory dissociations (e.g., false memory; ageing) Memory and eyewitness testimony (e.g, context effects; face recognition) Teaching and learning in higher education
Ms Debra Cairns (Monash South Africa)	Health psychology and cancer Cross cultural issues arising out of social changes Exposure to violence, coping and resilience
Mr Maboe Mokgobi (Monash South Africa)	An African's perspective of western psychology The relevance of psychiatric diagnosis in African peoples
Ms Maria Damianova (Monash South Africa)	Private speech in children and adults Cross-cultural issues arising out of social changes Exposure to violence, coping and resilience Neuropsychology and outcomes in traumatic brain injury
Miss Narelle Warren	Qualitative Research Rural Health Chronic Disease Gender and Ageing

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Discipline of Psychological Medicine

Staff	Research Interests
Professor Bruce Tonge Head of School Director, Clinical and Professional Services	Developmental psychology and psychiatry Phenomenology of childhood psychopathology and treatment in (anxiety, depression, ADHD) Psychopathology of intellectual disability (including autism) and approaches to intervention Epidemiology and longitude study of childhood mental health problem
Professor Daniel O’Connor	Depression Dementia Residential care
Professor David Clarke	Coping with physical illness Depression and demoralisation in the medically ill Illness behaviour and unexplained physical symptoms Medical ethics
Professor George Mendelson (Honorary)	Psychiatric issues in chronic pain Compensation and litigation following personal injury Rating of psychiatric impairment Posttraumatic psychiatric reactions
Professor Graham Meadows	Psychiatric epidemiology Health systems research Primary mental health care Economics and mental health care
Professor James Ogloff	Forensic psychology Mentally ill offenders Risk for violence and psychopathy Jury behaviour
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni	Womens Mental Health Psychoneuroendocrinology Schizophrenia Affective Disorders
Professor Mark Oakley-Browne	Community and clinical epidemiology of mood and anxiety disorders Evidence based mental health Social psychiatry
Professor Nicholas A Keks	Psychopharmacology Psychoses: schizophrenia and bipolar illness Psychoneuroendocrinology Ethical issues in psychosis research
Professor Paul B Fitzgerald	Schizophrenia and affective disorders/depression Brain stimulation techniques including transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) Brain imaging (fMRI, MRS, EEG/evoked potentials, NIRS) Psychopharmacology
Professor Paul Martin	Migraine, headache and pain Stress, anxiety and depression, including postnatal depression Social networks and support. Lifestyle and health, particularly as related to cardiovascular disease and cancer
Professor Paul Mullen	Forensic psychiatry
A/Professor Ken Jones	Stress - psychophysiology and management Professional development, and professional behaviour Health professional education
A/Professor Krishna Vaddadi	Movement disorders Huntington’s Disease Tardive Dyskinesia Stress of care giving Rehabilitation psychiatry Novel antipsychotics and method of switching Essential fatty acids in psychiatric therapeutics
A/Professor Saji Damodaran	Psychopharmacology Mental health service research Leadership and management
A/Professor Susan Rossell	Cognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders, particularly delusion and auditory hallucination Cognitive Neuropsychology Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder
Emeritus Professor Graeme Smith	Multimorbidity, intefrated care, complexity Transplaantation Psychotherapy
Dr Andrew Carroll	Psychiatric aspects of criminal responsibility Interpersonal violence Risk assessment Road rage
Dr. Avril Brereton	Autism: parent - based interventions: early childhood and adolescence: Genetic basis of autism: Parental mental health Intellectual disability and autism: Patterns and levels of Psychopathology Screening for autism: In young people 4-18 years
Dr Cate Bearsley-Smith	Rural child and adolescent mental health Adolescent depression Interpersonal therapy for adolescents Assessment of autism
Dr Ester Klimkeit	Childhood psychopathology (depression, anxiety, ADHD) Developmental Psychology Clinical Psychology Experimental Neuropsychology
Dr George Taleporos	Psychological impact of physical disability Benefits of counselling Sexuality and disability Masculinity and wellbeing
Dr Glenn Melvin	Adolescent depression School refusal Cognitive behavioural therapy
Dr Grace Couchman	Family, systemic & group interventions Psychosis and depression intervention Separating couples/families The nature of clinical engagement
Dr Jocelyn Dunphy-Blomfield	Philosophy of Mind, and the psychodynamics of mind French phenomenology, especially the philosophy of Paul Ricoeur and Maurice Merleau-Ponty The philosophy and writing of history Philosophy of science, including medicine and psychoanalysis Philosophy and religion
Dr John Taffe	Statistics in psychiatry, psychology and other health sciences Longitudinal studies Menstrual cycle length patterns during the menopausal transition
Dr Kathryn Garland	Clinical psychology Health psychology Age mental health Chronic pain
Dr Kylie Gray	Autism and pervasive developmental disorders Intellectual disability and mental health problems Child development Developmental psychopathology
Dr Margaret Hay	Health education for pre-adolescents in multi-media Childhood obesity (aetiology and health outcomes) Evaluation of health / clinical education and training Medical education
Dr Nadia Boscaglia	Affective disorder in the medically ill Psychotherapy in the elderly Psycho-oncology Stress physiology
Dr Nick Cooper	Effects of TMS on the human electroencephalogram Brain Plasticity Functional connectivity Attention & consciousness
Dr Nicole Rinehart	Autism Asperger’s disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Neuropsychology and neuroimaging Neuromotor investigations, e.g. gait, EEG, TMS
Dr Pamela Snow	oral language competence and high risk adolescents investigative interviewing of child witnesses alcohol and other drug education
Dr Phyllis Chua	Neuropsychiatry Neuroimaging Huntington’s disease
Dr Steven Miller	Chronic pain and neurotrauma
Dr Susannah Runci	Clinical Psychology Dementia Residential care
Dr Teresa Flower	Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry including fitness to plead and mental impairment in adolescents Autistic Spectrum Disorder and the interface with forensic issues Stalking Assessment of risk in juvenile offenders
Dr Trung Ngo	Chronic pain, mania and depression
Dr Caroline Mohr (Honorary)	Mental health care for adults with intellectual disability Checklists and ratings scales assessing psychopathology Mental health care for older people Psychological treatment of depression and anxiety
Dr Jodi DeAraugo (Honorary)	Anxiety disorders Mood disorders Rural mental health Eating disorders
Dr Junichiro Kobayashi (Visiting academic from Japan)	Developmental Paediatrics Learning difficulties in Autism Mental health service for children with autism and intellectual disability in mainstream and special school
Dr Michael Gordon (Honorary)	Adolescent depression
Dr Michelle Menzel (Honorary)	Eating Disorders Treatment outcome studies
Dr Peter Enticott	Experimental neuropsychology Developmental psychology Offending behaviour
Ms Georgina Hughes PhD/RA candidate	Attachment Middle childhood development Learning and school functioning

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