Research Fellows & Students

A diagram of the AMI Network can be viewed here.

Advanced Trainees in Geriatric Psychiatry

Brendan Hughes

Judith Martin

Megan Nitz

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr Nadeeka Dissanayaka - Emotional aspects of Parkinson's disease [from UQ School of Medicine]

Dr Natasha Koloski - Psychosocial interventions for pain in osteoarthritis [School of Psychology]

Dr Rudi Tannenberg – Brain biochemistry [from UQ School of Molecular & Microbial Sciences]

Dr Tarja-Brita Robins Wahlin – Neuropsychology [from the Karolinska Institute]

Higher Degree Students

Zoe Barnett (PsychD)  – An innovative postal-based intervention for caregivers of persons with dementia

Joshua Barton (MBBS/PhD) – The neurophysiology of the blind spot.

Shu Yang Chen (PsychD) - Attention and phobia in younger and older adults

Daniela Coelho Da Silva Gonçalves (PhD) – Anxiety/depression during cognitive decline.

Matthew Currell (PsychD) - The California Older Adults Stroop Test (COAST): Predicting volumetric changes of fronto-executive brain regions from test scores and the effects of depression and anxiety on score interpretation

Emmaline Falconer (PsychD) – Neuropsychological aspects of hazard perception in older adults

Daniela Aurora Coelho da Silva Goncalver (PhD) - Anxiety/depression during cognitive decline

Crystal Higgs (PhD) - Synaptic Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Disease

Linda Hollis (PsychD) - Caregiver's satisfaction with hospital care for relatives with a diagnosis of dementia

Ada Lo (PhD) – Lifestyle factors, small vessel ischaemia, and cognitive decline.

Bronwyn Maassavelli (PhD) - Animal assisted therapy and persons with dementia

Sally Matheson FRANZCP (PhD) – The SSRI discontinuation syndrome in neonates (RCT).

Michale Meehan (PhD) - Strategies to improve non-technical competencies in vetinary students

Leander Mitchell (PsychD) – Use of memory training to aid transition to residential care for persons with dementia

Jenifer Murphy (PhD) - Treatment Resistant Depression

Emma Poulsen (PsychD)- Why Women Use CAM: A comparison across two cohorts of Australian Women

Kellee Poulson (PhD) – The impact of anxiety symptoms on individuals with diabetes mellitus

Jerome Sarris (PhD) – Kava for the treatment of anxiety and depression (RCT).

Theresa Scott (PhD) – Effects of a horticultural intervention on older adults in a nursing home setting

Kate Thompson (PsychD) – Neuropsychology of ageing – frontal executive function.

Michelle Tyack (PsychD) – Neuropsychology of ageing.

Successful Graduates

Rebecca Bates (B. Psych. Hons., 2009) – Marital status and anxiety in older women.

Natasha Squelch (PsychD)  – Anxiety in older inpatient populations.

Alex Craven (MBBS Hons., 2009) - Depression and cerebrovascular disease.

Amanda Harris (B. Psych. Hons., 2009) - Social networks and anxiety in older women.

Christine Neville (PhD, 2009) – Dr Neville is now a Senior Lecturer at UQ and Deputy Head at the Ipswich Clinical School

Donna Pinsker (PhD, 2009) – Dr Pinsker is now a Clinical Neuropsychologist at the Prince Charles Hospital

Jerome Sarris (PhD, 2009) – Dr Sarris is now a NHMRS Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Melbourne

Robert Sheehy (MBBS Hons., 2009) - Depression and anterior cingulate gyrus volume. 2009

Catherine Travers (PhD, 2009) – Dr Travers is now a Research Fellow at the Academic Unit for Geriatric Medicine

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