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SPPPM Staff Research Interests

Academic Staff
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Academic Research Staff

Staff member	Research Interests	Office location/	Associated SPPPM centres and research teams	Discipline
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	Monash Medical Centre	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Professor Kim Cornish Deputy Head of School	Detailed investigations of the neurocognitive and behavioral "signatures" across different developmental disorders and across the lifespan (e.g. fragile X syndrome) Tracing trajectories of attention and Executive Function profiles in typical and atypically developing children To develop functional resource tools that will bridge the gap between a new generation of research discoveries on developmental disorders and their application to meaningful clinical and academic practice from preschool onwards	Clayton Campus	Developmental Neuroscience and Genetic Disorders Laboratory	Psychology
Professor David Clarke	Integrated and collaborative care of depression with chronic physical disease Psychosocial interventions in cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke and bowel disease Collaborative care of depression in primary care and application of sub-typing of depression	Monash Medical Centre	General Practice Psychiatry Unit	Psychological Medicine
Professor Grahame J Coleman	Human-animal interactions Consumer attitudes and behaviour Circadian rhythms and sleep	Clayton	Anthrozoology Research Centre (Animal Welfare)	Psychology
Professor Mairead Dolan	Forensic Psychiatry Neurobiology of antisocial behaviour across the lifespan Personality disorder and risk assessment in mentally disordered offenders	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
Professor Paul B Fitzgerald	Biological psychiatry and neuroscience Schizophrenia, mood disorders, autism, addiction Brain stimulation and neuroimaging	The Alfred Hospital	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	Psychological Medicine
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni Director, Research	Women's Mental Health Schizophrenia, Depression and Bipolar Affective Disorder Research	The Alfred Hospital	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology Sleep and Chronobiology Research Clinical Trials Research Group	Psychological Medicine
Professor Lenore Manderson	Medical anthropology Social history of medicine International public health Chronic disease and disability	Caulfield	Social Sciences and Health Research Team	Psychology
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	Monash Medical Centre	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology Clinical Psychology Centre	Psychological Medicine
Professor Graham Meadows	Psychiatric epidemiology Health systems research Primary mental health care Economics and mental health care	Dandenong Hospital	Southern Synergy	Psychological Medicine
Professor Louise Newman	Disorders of early parenting Evaluation of infant-parent interventions in high-risk populations Mental health of refugees and asylum seekers	Monash Medical Centre	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Professor Daniel O'Connor	Dementia Depression Aged residential care	Kingston Centre	Aged Mental Health Research Group	Psychological Medicine
Professor James Ogloff	Clinical Forensic Psychology Mentally ill offenders Risk for violence and psychopathy	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science Clinical Psychology Centre	Psychology
Professor Jennie L Ponsford Director, Postgraduate Studies	Traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation Psychological adjustment following injury Outcomes measurement	Clayton	Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre Clinical Psychology Centre Sleep and Chronobiology Research	Psychology
Professor Julie Stout	Cognition and the basal ganglia in pre-symptomatic Huntington's Disease Cognitive function and decision making in substance abuse Role of brain systems in complex adaptive behaviours	Clayton	Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory	Psychology
Assoc. Professor Felicity Allen	Health psychology in general Gambling Gender issues	Caulfield		Psychology
Assoc. Professor Sally Carless	Selection and recruitment Person-environment fit Careers /development/choice	Caulfield	Organisational Psychology	Psychology
Assoc. Professor Saji Damodaran	Psychopharmacology Mental health service research Leadership and management		Clinical Trials Research Group	Psychological Medicine
Assoc. Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis	Experimental Neuropsychology Movement and cognitive function in neurodegenerative disorders (Parkinson's, Huntington's and MS) and in normal ageing Neuroimaging techniques (MRI, fMRI, DTI) to detect early biological changes as indicators in clinical drug trials	Clayton	Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychology
Assoc. Professor Eleonora Gullone	Emotional development and emotion regulation Relations between human and non-human animals Psychological and physiological correlates of mindfulness meditation	Clayton	Developmental Psychopathology (Emotion Regulation) Research Group	Psychology
Assoc. 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	Monash South Africa	SPPPM South African Research Team (SART)	Psychology
Assoc. Professor Brendan Murphy	Negative symptoms of schizophrenia Physical comorbidity Aetiology of psychotic disorders	Dandenong Hospital	Southern Synergy Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	Psychological Medicine
Assoc. Professor Shantha M W Rajaratnam	Sleep and chronobiology, effects of melatonin and light Sleep disorders Fatigue and drowsiness	Clayton	Sleep and Chronobiology Research Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	Psychology
Assoc. Professor Nikki Rickard	Music and mind (emotions, memory, physiology) Benefits of music listening and training Flexible teaching and learning	Caulfield	Music Psychology group Biology of Memory Research Group	Psychology
Assoc. Professor Stephen Robinson	Astrocyte-neuron interactions Iron and oxidative stress Dementia and Alzheimer's disease	Clayton	Blood-Brain Interactions Group	Psychology
Assoc. Professor Susan Rossell	Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Neuro-imaging Memory and Language	The Alfred Hospital	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre Voices Clinic	Psychology
Dr Simon Albrecht	Organisational climate, politics and performance Employee engagement	Caulfield	Organisational Psychology	Psychology
Dr J. Sabura Allen	Evolutionary perspective of adult attachment, reproductive behaviour and psychopathology (eating disordered symptomatology, anxiety, and depression). Borderline personality disorder: experience of BPD symptoms and perceptions of attachment and personal relationships	Clayton	Interdisciplinary Self-Harm Research Group	Psychology
Dr David Barton	Affective disorders and cardiovascular disease Implementation of evidence based medicine, including ECT and CBT Old age psychiatry	The Alfred Hospital	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	Psychological Medicine
Dr Cate Bearsley-Smith	Rural child and adolescent mental health Adolescent depression Interpersonal therapy for adolescents Assessment of autism	Traralgon	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service	Psychological Medicine
Dr Pauleen Bennett	Canine behaviour and psychology Measurement of executive dysfunction	Caulfield	Anthrozoology Research Centre (Animal Welfare)	Psychology
Dr Glenda Bishop	Iron and oxidative stress Alzheimer's disease and amyloid-beta protein Cellular mechanisms of brain aging Astrocyte-neuron interactions	Clayton	Blood-Brain Interactions Group	Psychology
Dr Leah Brennan	The application of psychological approaches to understand, prevent and treat obesity in children, adolescents and adults The role of parents in the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity and the promotion of healthy lifestyles in children The importance of eating and activity habits in psychological health and wellbeing, and the relationship between physical and psychosocial health. Evidence based treatment of disordered eating and eating disorders	Clayton
Dr Avril Brereton	Autism: parent - based interventions, early childhood and adolescence, genetic basis of autism, and parental mental health Intellectual disability and autism: Patterns and levels of Psychopathology Screening for autism in young people 4-18 years	Monash Medical Centre	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Dr Jillian Broadbear	Behavioural, physiological and endocrinological investigation of psychoactive substances including drugs of abuse Antidepressants and anxiolytics - behavioural pharmacology in pre-clinical models Oxytocin - role as a neurohormone in mood modulation and social cognition	Clayton	Behavioural Pharmacology laboratory	Psychology
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	Caulfield	Psycho-Oncology Research Group	Psychology
Ms Debra Cairns	Health psychology and cancer Cross cultural issues arising out of social changes Exposure to violence, coping and resilience	Monash South Africa	SPPPM South African Research Team (SART)	Psychology
Ms Rachel Canaway	The provision, use and regulation of complementary medicine Self-management of health and illness History and philosophy of western medicine	Caulfield	Social Sciences and Health Research Team	Psychology
Mr Andrew Carroll	Psychiatric aspects of criminal responsibility Interpersonal violence Road rage	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science	Psychological Medicine
Dr Phyllis Chua	Neuropsychiatry Neuroimaging Huntington's disease			Psychological Medicine
Dr Russell Conduit	Sleep Sleep disorders Fatigue	Caulfield	Sleep and Chronobiology Research	Psychology
Dr Grace Couchman	Family, systemic & group interventions Psychosis and depression intervention Separating couples/families The nature of clinical engagement	Nottinghill	Clinical Psychology Centre	Psychology
Dr Wendy Crouch	Depression Vulnerability factors in chronic illness using a developmental and relational framework. Childhood chronic illness - family, sibling and individual coping and adjustment	Caulfield	Clinical Psychology Centre	Psychology
Dr Michael Daffern	Offender assessment and rehabilitation Violence Functional analysis in forensic practice	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science	Psychology
Ms Maria Damianova	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	Monash South Africa	SPPPM South African Research Team (SART)	Psychology
Mr R. Anthony De Castella	Psychopharmacology Problem Gambling Women's Mental Health	The Alfred Hospital	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	Psychological Medicine
Ms Amanda Dudley	Child and adolescent mental health Anxiety disorders Depressive disorders	Monash Medical Centre	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Dr Jocelyn Dunphy-Blomfield	Philosophy of Mind, including the psychodynamics of mind, and psychoanalysis French phenomenology, especially the work of Paul Ricoeur and Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosophy and religion; the philosophy and writing of history	Monash Medical Centre		Psychological Medicine
Dr Peter Enticott	Social Cognition Motor Control Neuro-developmental Disorders	The Alfred Hospital	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Ms Teresa Flower	Adolescent Forensic psychiatry (ASD and juvenile offending, stalking, and young female offenders) Fitness to plead/ insanity defence in adolescents	Royal Children's Hospital	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science	Psychological Medicine
Dr Rachael Fullam	Neurocognitive basis of antisocial behaviour Neuropsychological and personality correlates of violence in schizophrenia	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science	Psychology
Dr Kylie Gray	Intellectual disability and developmental delay Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders Behaviour and emotional problems, mental health	Monash Medical Centre	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Dr Penelope Hasking	Self-harm among young people Socio-cognitive factors related to substance use Help-seeking behaviour among those who self-injure Knowledge and attitudes held towards self-injury	Caulfield	Interdisciplinary Self-Harm Research Group	Psychology
Dr Margaret Hay	Chronic illness in childhood & adolescents Health education interventions Medical education research	Clayton Campus	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychology
Dr Kate Hoy	Brain Stimulation Psychiatry Neuropsychology	The Alfred Hospital	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	Psychological Medicine
Dr Elizabeth Hughes	Child and adolescent depression and anxiety Emotion regulation Body image	Clayton Campus	Developmental Psychopathology (Emotion Regulation) Research Group	Psychology
Dr Vickii 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	Clayton		Psychology
Dr Litza Kiropoulos	Culture and mental health Cross cultural clinical psychology Depression and anxiety	Caulfield MMC	Master of Health Psychology &	Psychology & Psychological Medicine
Dr Nicole Lee	Clinical trials for psychological and pharmacological treatment of drug dependence Treatment for methamphetamine users Treatment for co-occurring mental health and alcohol and other drug disorders Translation of research to practice	Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre		Psychology
Dr Georgina Lowndes	Dementia and aging Neuropsychology (e.g., memory) Abuse of the elderly	Clayton		Psychology
Dr Wendy McKenzie	Memory dissociations (e.g., false memory; ageing) Memory and eyewitness testimony (eg., context effects; face recognition) Teaching and learning in higher education	Clayton		Psychology
Mr Glenn Melvin	Adolescent depression School Refusal Suicide	Nottinghill	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Dr Christine Migliorini	Quality of life with chronic illness and/or disability Adjustment to chronic illness and/or disability Mental health & chronic illness and/or disAbility	Monash Medical Centre	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Dr Cassie Milchman	Cognitive function and Huntington's Disease Cognitive function and Epilepsy	Clayton		Psychology
Dr Steven Miller	Mechanisms and treatment of persistent pain following neurotrauma; mood disorder mechanisms and treatment; mechanisms and clinical studies of perceptual rivalry Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (especially vestibular stimulation) Experimental neuro-philosophy and foundational issues in the scientific study of consciousness	Caulfield	Perceptual and Clinical Neuroscience Group	Psychological Medicine
Mr Maboe Mokgobi	An African's perspective of western psychology The relevance of psychiatric diagnosis in African peoples	Monash South Africa	SPPPM South African Research Team (SART)
Dr Simon Moss	The relationship between contextual factors, like leadership, and employee wellbeing or performance Factors that promote integrity, honesty, and cooperation rather than deception, aggression, or radicalization Biases and misconceptions that undermine productivity and progress	Caulfield	Organisational Psychology	Psychology
Dr Trung Ngo	Mechanisms and treatment of persistent pain following neurotrauma; mood disorder mechanisms and treatment; mechanisms and history of perceptual rivalry Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (especially vestibular stimulation) Experimental neuro-philosophy	Caulfield	Perceptual and Clinical Neuroscience Group	Psychological Medicine
Dr James G Phillips	Human Performance Human-computer interaction Ageing Gambling	Clayton	Human Factors and Ergonomics	Psychology
Dr Nicole Rinehart	The clinical and neuropsychological differences between high-functioning autism and Asperger's disorder Neuromotor investigations of neurodevelopmental populations	Nottinghill	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Dr Susannah Runci	Clinical Psychology Dementia Residential care	Kingston Centre	Aged Mental Health Research Group	Psychological Medicine
Dr Michael Schönberger	Neuropsychological and interdisciplinary brain injury rehabilitation: Process, outcome and predictors Development and psychometric examination of assessment tools Use of advanced statistical modelling techniques	Clayton	Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre	Psychology
Dr Rob Selzer	Medical education research Incorporating technology into medical education	The Alfred Hospital	Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre	Psychological Medicine
Dr Frances Shawyer	Depression and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Psychotic disorders and Acceptance and Commitment therapy	Dandenong Hospital	Southern Synergy	Psychological Medicine
Dr Dianne Sheppard	Cognitive development in typically developing children and children with intellectual disability. Cognitive decline with normal ageing: ability for cognitive strengths to compensate for potential weaknesses as we age. Age-related brain pathology: Electrophysiological correlates (e.g. event-related potential) of cognitive task performance	Clayton	Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit	Psychology
Dr Tracey Sletten	Sleep and cognitive performance Circadian rhythms	Clayton	Sleep and Chronobiology Research	Psychology
Dr Pamela Snow	Oral language competence and high risk adolescents Investigative interviewing of child witnesses Alcohol and other drug education	Bendigo		Psychological Medicine
Dr Rene Stolwyk	Cognitive sequelae of cerebrovascular disorders The impact of cognitive disorders on driving Awareness and insight following brain injury	Clayton		Psychology
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)		Interdisciplinary Self-Harm Research Group	Psychology
Dr John Taffe	Women's health - the menopausal transition Change over time in psychopathology in people with intellectual disability Psychometrics.	Monash Medical Centre - CAHMS building	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Dr Renee Testa	Paediatric neuropsychology and neurodevelopmental disorders Working memory and executive functions Cognitive neuropsychiatry including Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder	Clayton		Psychology
Dr Stuart Thomas	Policing Mental health Intellectual disability	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science	Psychological Medicine
Dr Adrian Tomyn	Subjective Wellbeing (SWB) theory development and assessment Quality of life Adolescent subjective wellbeing.	Clayton		Psychology
Dr Samia Toukhsati	Music Psychology (eg., evaluating the psychosocial/neurological effects of music therapy) Animal welfare methodology and community attitudes towards domestic animals Cognitive neuroscience and neurodegeneration	Caulfield	Music Psychology group Anthrozoology Research Centre (Animal Welfare) Biology of Memory Research Group	Psychology
Dr Daniel Upton	Cognitive mechanisms in substance abuse	Clayton		Psychology
Dr Katherine Vasey	Migration, gender and health Medical Anthropology Health Policy Muslim Women	Caulfield	Social Sciences and Health Research Team	Psychology
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).	Caulfield	Organisational Psychology	Psychology
Mr Gordon Walker	Counselling psychology Developmental psychology and psychiatry Health psychology and behaviours Educational psychology	Caulfield		Psychology
Dr Narelle Warren	Qualitative Research Rural Health Chronic Disease Gender and Ageing	Caulfield	Social Sciences and Health Research Team	Psychology
Mr Thomas Whelan	Child health psychology (effects of hospitalisation, psychological preparation for surgery) Parent stress Counselling psychology	Caulfield		Psychology
Dr Catherine Willmott	Cognitive and behavioural rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury Neuropsychology of attention Neuropsychopharmacology	Nottinghill	Clinical Psychology Centre Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre	Psychology
Mr Samuel Wilson	Dehumanisation, as reflected in everyday interpersonal and intergroup processes Judgement and decision making in organisations Cultivating optimal flexibility and resilience in the workplace	Caulfield	Organisational Psychology	Psychology
Dr Dana Wong	Traumatic brain injury and rehabilitation Diagnosis, causes and treatment of anxiety and depression following traumatic brain injury Relationships between theory of mind and executive functions	Clayton	Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre	Psychology
Dr Gregory 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	Clayton	Psycholinguistics and Cognition Research Group Blood-Brain Interactions Group Sleep and Chronobiology Research	Psychology

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Adjunct Research Staff

Adjunct staff member	Research Interests	Host organisation / office location	Associated SPPPM centres and research teams	Discipline
Professor Stewart Einfeld	Psychosocial aspects of physical illness in children and adolescence Autism Prader-Willi Syndrome and Genetics	University of Sydney & Brain and Mind Research Institute	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology
Professor Nicholas A Keks	Psychopharmacology Psychoses: schizophrenia and bipolar illness Psychoneuroendocrinology Ethical issues in psychosis research	Box Hill Hospital		Psychological Medicine
Professor Pradeep Nathan	Neuro- and psycho-pharmacology and drug development Functional and Molecular Bra Neuropharmacology of cognition in Imaging (fMRI, PET, Electrophysiology) and emotion Behavioural Neuroscience, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Drug addiction	University of Cambridge	Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory	Psychology
Emeritus Professor John Bradshaw	Neuropsychology of perception, cognition and movement control (upper, lower limbs) in patients with neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders Synaesthesia (including spatial) Phantom limb phenomena	Clayton and Nottinghilles	Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychology
Emeritus Professor Dexter Irvine	Auditory system plasticity Auditory perceptual learning Auditory cortex organization	Clayton		Psychology
Emeritus Professor Paul Mullen	Forensic psychiatry	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science	Psychological Medicine
Emeritus Professor Kim T Ng	Astrocytes Behavioural / cognitive neuroscience Glia-neuronal interactions Psychopharmacology		Psycho-Oncology Research Group	Psychology
Emeritus Professor Graeme Smith	Multimorbidity, intefrated care, complexity Transplaantation Psychotherapy			Psychological Medicine
Emeritus Professor Thomas J Triggs	Young driver skill development Intelligent transport systems Human-computer interaction Applied human information processing		Human Factors and Ergonomics
Assoc. Professor Ken Jones	Stress - psychophysiology and management Professional development, and professional behaviour Health professional education			Psychological Medicine
Assoc. Professor Steven Lockley	Basic and applied human circadian biology Role of light and blindness on circadian rhythms, sleep and health Impact of sleep and sleep disorders on workplace performance and safety	Harvard Medical School	Sleep and Chronobiology Research	Psychology
Assoc. Professor Jennifer R Redman	Psychopharmacology (including drugs of abuse) Chronobiology Circadian rhythms and sleep		Sleep and Chronobiology Research	Psychology
Clinical Assoc. Professor George Mendelson	Psychiatric issues in chronic pain Compensation and litigation following personal injury Rating of psychiatric impairment Posttraumatic psychiatric reactions			Psychological Medicine
Clinical Assoc. Professor Krishnarao Vaddadi	Movement disorders, Huntington's Disease and Tardive Dyskinesia Stress of care giving Rehabilitation psychiatry Novel antipsychotics and method of switching Essential fatty acids in psychiatric therapeutics	Clayton Community Mental Health Service	Clinical Trials Research Group	Psychological Medicine
Dr Rubina Alpitsis	Neurodegenerative and memory disorders HIV Epilepsy	Department of Neurology, Alfred Hospital		Psychology
Dr Jodi DeAraugo	Anxiety disorders Mood disorders Rural mental health Eating disorders	Monash University School of Rural Health, Bendigo	Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service	Psychology
Dr Brian Dean	Neurobiology of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and unipolar depression. The role of muscarinic receptors in the pathology and treatment of schizophrenia. The use of high-throughput screening technologies to identify biomarkers for schizophrenia.	The Mental Health Research Institute		Psychological Medicine
Dr Dhayanthi Devasagayam	Consultation-liaison Psychiatry	Maroondah hospital		Psychological Medicine
Dr Nitin Dharwadkar	Biological Psychiatry Refractory Depression and Somatoform Pain Disorders	Monash Medical Centre		Psychological Medicine
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		Biology of Memory Research Group
Dr Ronald Francis	Professional ethics for psychologists Research ethics	Caulfield		Psychology
Dr Michael Gordon	Adolescent depression		Interdisciplinary Self-Harm Research Group	Psychological Medicine
Ms Josephine Hall	Psychoanalysis Understanding perceptions of genuine interpersonal contact Interface between psyche and soma - presentations and communications between mind and body; cross-cultural fitness approaches and interface with understandings of mental health and wellbeing.	Private practice		Psychology
Dr Ester Klimkeit	Child development and developmental disorders - anxiety, depression, ADHD Clinical Health Psychology - mental health in individuals with chronic conditions. Self-efficacy and anxiety and depression	Southern Health	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
Dr Milica Markovic	Contemporary public health issues & health policy Gender and Immigrant health Health promotion interventions	Caulfield	Social Sciences and Health Research Team	Psychology
Dr Trish Martin	Police encounters with people experiencing mental illness Impact of reducing seclusion in a forensic context Mental health patient aggression	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science	Psychological Medicine
Dr Adam McKay	Traumatic brain injury Reading and language processing Cognitive neuropsychology	Clayton	Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre	Psychology
Dr Michelle Menzel	Evaluation of carer information provision on eating disorders Evaluation of education on eating disorders to school welfare staff Effect of session frequency/duration on treatment outcome in eating disorders	Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee Disorders Service	Centre for Rural Mental Health
Ms Caroline Mohr	Mental health in people with intellectual disablity, older people, and indigenous people Rating scales and checklists in mental health Clinical psychology and existential psychotherapy.	Private Practice	Centre for Developmental Psychiatry & Psychology	Psychological Medicine
George Patton	Adolescent health and behaviour Early onset depressive disorder Mental health promotion	Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne		Psychological Medicine
Dr Tina Proffitt	Neuroprotection Neuropsychology in youth psychiatric disorder Social cognition in autism spectrum, psychosis and borderline personality disorder	ORYGEN Youth Health Research Centre		Psychology
Dr Gregory Savage	Cognitive Neuropsychology	Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University		Psychology
Dr Evelyn Scannell	Personal values	Caulfield Campus		Psychology
Dr Danny Sullivan	Forensic psychiatry Sexual offending Ethics	Clifton Hill	Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science	Psychological Medicine
Dr George Taleporos	Psychological impact of physical disability Benefits of counselling Sexuality and disability Masculinity and wellbeing
Ms Amelie Tee	Psychometrics testing (cross cultural differences, specific industries/ sectors attributes) Stress and Globalisation Networking and Cross Culture issues	Private practice (Singapore)		Psychology
Dr Michael Wong	Psychiatry in relation to philosophy, culture and religion Neuropsychiatry and neuroimaging Major psychosis - psychopathology and psychopharmacology	Monash Medical Centre	Clinical Trials Research Group	Psychological Medicine
Dr Natalie Wray	Medical anthropology Cancer Qualitative research		Social Sciences and Health Research Team	Psychology

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