Meet Our Scientists
Research from Dr Sharna Jamadar of Clayton Node
Dr Jamadar is focused on cognitive reserve and its protective effect against age-related cognitive decline. Cognitive reserve refers to the mind’s resilience to changes in the brain. While it is recognised that cognitive reserve can provide a protective effect against...
Research from Dr Talitha Ford of Hawthorn Node.
Talitha's Ph.D. work focused on revealing a shared phenotype within the autism and schizotypal spectra at a subclinical level. Briefly tell us about your research project. My research interests are focussed on the relationship between the autism and schizophrenia...
Research from Jamie Byrne of Hawthorn Node
Jamie is completing her PhD (Clinical Psychology) investigating the interactions between sleep, the body clock, and reward. Briefly tell us about your research project. Like our ancestors, we have evolved to live on a planet that is governed by a day/night cycle....
Research from Dr Chris Tailby of Austin Node
Dr Tailby is a clinical neuropsychologist focused on how cognition comes to be disrupted in conditions such as epilepsy. Chris, briefly tell us about your research. I am a clinical neuropsychologist with a background in electrophysiology. My research is focussed...
Research project work by Dr Mangor Pedersen of Austin Node
Dr Pedersen is focused on understanding the function of large-scale brain networks, or connectomics, in health and disease. Mangor, briefly tell us about your research.My current research is focused on understanding the function of large-scale brain networks, or...
Research project work by Dr Genevieve Rayner of the Austin Node
Dr Rayner is a clinical neuropsychologist focused on mood and memory problems in people with epilepsy. Genevieve, briefly tell us about your research. I am a clinical neuropsychologist, so am interested in the relationships between brain and behaviour. I am linking...
Research project work by Dr Stewart Ryan of Werribee node
Dr Ryan is interested in 3D training models that are useful for learning techniques. For example, coiling vessels to treat a bleeding sinonasal tumour in a horse, guttural pouch empyema in the horse, intrahepatic porstosystemic shunts in the dog; and use of...
Research project work by Dr Blaine McCracken of Werribee node
Dr McCracken looking at how a different laparoscopic technique that is currently used in humans and dogs may be adapted for use in rabbits, hopefully making the procedure safer for the rabbits. 1. Briefly tell us about your research. My research is in...
