By Associate Professor Ute Vollmer-Conna

Book Chapters

Cameron B; Bierl C; Davenport T; Vollmer-Conna U; Hickie I; Wakefield D; Lloyd AR, 2021, 'Drought and Q fever: The association between trends in the incidence of infection and rainfall in rural Australia', in The Encyclopedia of Bacteriology Research Developments, pp. 1975 - 1988

Cameron B; Bierl C; Davenport T; Vollmer-Conna U; Hickie I; Wakefield D; Lloyd AR, 2017, 'Drought and q fever: The association between trends in the incidence of infection and rainfall in rural australia', in The Principles and Practice of Q Fever: The One Health Paradigm, pp. 301 - 315

Lloyd AR; Hickie IB; Peterson PK, 1997, 'Chronic fatigue syndrome', in Clinical Virology, Churchill Livingstone, New York, pp. 343 - 355

Journal articles

Burnham D; Opacic M; Vollmer-Conna U, 2024, 'Vocal Emotion in Pet-Directed and Infant-Directed Speech: Similar Sounds and Functions, but Different Determinants', Anthrozoos, 37, pp. 791 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08927936.2024.2320997

Tavakoli P; Vollmer-Conna U; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Vázquez-Campos X; Grimm MC; Vazquez Campos X, 2022, 'The Interplay Between Use of Biological Therapies, Psychological State, and the Microbiome in IBD', Frontiers in Medicine, 9, pp. 788992, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.788992

Li H; Cvejic E; Gu B; Vollmer-Conna U; Hickie I; Wakefield D; Davenport T; Wiley J; Lloyd AR, 2021, 'Regulation of the Acute Sickness Response by the P2RX7 Receptor', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 224, pp. 914 - 920, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiab027

Tavakoli P; Vollmer-Conna U; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Grimm MC, 2021, 'A Review of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Model of Microbial, Immune and Neuropsychological Integration', Public Health Reviews, 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2021.1603990

Valencia BM; Cvejic E; Vollmer-Conna U; Hickie IB; Wakefield D; Li H; Pedergnana V; Rodrigo C; Lloyd AR; Valencia Arroyo BM, 2021, 'The severity of the pathogen-induced acute sickness response is affected by polymorphisms in genes of the NLRP3 inflammasome pathway', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 93, pp. 186 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2021.01.005

Vollmer-Conna U; Beilharz JE; Cvejic E; Macnamara CL; Doherty M; Steel Z; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Harvey SB; Parker G, 2020, 'The well-being of medical students: A biopsychosocial approach', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54, pp. 997 - 1006, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867420924086

Beilharz JE; Paterson M; Fatt S; Wilson C; Burton A; Cvejic E; Lloyd A; Vollmer-Conna U, 2020, 'The impact of childhood trauma on psychosocial functioning and physical health in a non-clinical community sample of young adults', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54, pp. 185 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867419881206

Fatt SJ; Beilharz JE; Joubert M; Wilson C; Lloyd AR; Vollmer-Conna U; Cvejic E, 2020, 'Parasympathetic activity is reduced during slow-wave sleep, but not resting wakefulness, in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome', Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 16, pp. 19 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.5664/JCSM.8114

Fatt SJ; Beilharz JE; Joubert M; Wilson C; Lloyd AR; Vollmer-Conna U; Cvejic E, 2020, 'Parasympathetic activity is reduced during slow-wave sleep, but not resting wakefulness, in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.', J Clin Sleep Med, 16, pp. 19 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.8114

Cvejic E; Li H; Hickie IB; Wakefield D; Lloyd AR; Vollmer-Conna U, 2019, 'Contribution of individual psychological and psychosocial factors to symptom severity and time-to-recovery after naturally-occurring acute infective illness: The Dubbo Infection Outcomes Study (DIOS)', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 82, pp. 76 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.07.034

Sullivan R; Gaskell C; Lewis CR; Vollmer-Conna U; Post JJ, 2019, 'Infectious disease screening in patients prior to undergoing immunosuppressive therapy', International Journal of Clinical Practice, 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijcp.13406

Beilharz JE; Fatt SJ; Cvejic E; Lloyd AR; Vollmer-Conna U, 2019, 'Response to Commentary: ‘Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and Chronic Fatigue: Three Distinct Entities Requiring Complete Different Approaches’', Current Rheumatology Reports, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11926-019-0824-y

Tan J; Vollmer-Conna U; Tat L; Coroneo M, 2019, 'Dry-eye disease in recurrent pterygium', Ophthalmic Research, 61, pp. 199 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000493544

Parker GB; Cvejic E; Vollmer-Conna U; McCraw S; Granville Smith I; Walsh WF, 2019, 'Depression and poor outcome after an acute coronary event: Clarification of risk periods and mechanisms', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53, pp. 148 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867418763730

Vollmer-Conna U; Chen M; Donovan B, 2019, 'Regional but not systemic immune parameters relate to neuropsychiatric morbidity in patients with genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection', BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY, 76, pp. E8 - E8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2018.11.196

Fatt SJ; Cvejic E; Lloyd AR; Vollmer-Conna U; Beilharz JE, 2019, 'The Invisible Burden of Chronic Fatigue in the Community: a Narrative Review', Current Rheumatology Reports, 21, pp. 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11926-019-0804-2

Vollmer-Conna U; Huang S; Macnamara C; Beilharz J; Imants P; Cvejic E; Parker G, 2019, 'The mental health and wellbeing of medical trainees - autonomic, immunological and behavioural considerations', BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY, 76, pp. E8 - E9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2018.11.197

Tan JPH; Beilharz JE; Vollmer-Conna U; Cvejic E, 2019, 'Heart rate variability as a marker of healthy ageing', International Journal of Cardiology, 275, pp. 101 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.08.005

Vollmer-Conna U; Joubert M; Fatt S; Beilharz J; Lloyd A; Cvejic E, 2019, 'Abstract # 3251 You sleep, but your heart is not in it - the importance of nocturnal autonomic signalling', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 81, pp. 12 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.08.045

Vollmer-Conna U; Tan JP; Beilharz J; Cvejic E, 2019, 'Abstract # 3252 Healthy aging – A role for autonomic function?', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 81, pp. 12 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.08.046

Macnamara CL; Cvejic E; Parker GB; Lloyd AR; Lee G; Beilharz JE; Vollmer-Conna U, 2018, 'Personalised relaxation practice to improve sleep and functioning in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and depression: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial', Trials, 19, pp. 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2763-8

Katz BZ; Collin SM; Murphy G; Moss-Morris R; Wyller VB; Wensaas KA; Hautvast JLA; Bleeker-Rovers CP; Vollmer-Conna U; Buchwald D; Taylor R; Little P; Crawley E; White PD; Lloyd A, 2018, 'The international collaborative on fatigue following infection (COFFI)', Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior, 6, pp. 106 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2018.1426086

Cvejic E; Huang S; Vollmer-Conna U, 2018, 'Can you snooze your way to an ‘A’? Exploring the complex relationship between sleep, autonomic activity, wellbeing and performance in medical students', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 52, pp. 39 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867417716543

Cvejic E; Sandler CX; Keech A; Barry BK; Lloyd AR; Vollmer-Conna U, 2017, 'Autonomic nervous system function, activity patterns, and sleep after physical or cognitive challenge in people with chronic fatigue syndrome', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 103, pp. 91 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2017.10.010

McBride RL; Horsfield S; Sandler CX; Cassar J; Casson S; Cvejic E; Vollmer-Conna U; Lloyd AR, 2017, 'Cognitive remediation training improves performance in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome', Psychiatry Research, 257, pp. 400 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2017.08.035

Bopage RI; Vollmer-Conna U; Shand AW; Post JJ, 2017, 'Sex differences in the significance of isolated reactive treponemal chemiluminescence immunoassay results.', Sex Transm Infect, 94, pp. 187 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2017-053284

Lynar E; Cvejic E; Schubert E; Vollmer-Conna U, 2017, 'The joy of heartfelt music: An examination of emotional and physiological responses', International Journal of Psychophysiology, 120, pp. 118 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2017.07.012

Cvejic E; Parker G; Harvey SB; Steel Z; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Macnamara CL; Vollmer-Conna U, 2017, 'The health and well-being of Australia's future medical doctors: Protocol for a 5-year observational cohort study of medical trainees', BMJ Open, 7, pp. e016837, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016837

Tennant E; Vollmer-Conna U; Demirkol A; Post JJ, 2017, 'Determining the factors associated with blood-borne virus testing of substance misusers presenting to hospital', Internal Medicine Journal, 47, pp. 907 - 914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.13497

Bhardwaj G; Jacobs MB; Martin FJ; Moran KT; Prelog K; Donaldson C; Vollmer-Conna U; Coroneo MT, 2017, 'Photographic assessment of retinal hemorrhages in infant head injury: the Childhood Hemorrhagic Retinopathy Study', Journal of AAPOS, 21, pp. 28 - 33.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaapos.2016.11.020

Sandler CX; Hamilton BA; Horsfield SL; Bennett BK; Vollmer-Conna U; Tzarimas C; Lloyd AR, 2016, 'Outcomes and predictors of response from an optimised, multidisciplinary intervention for chronic fatigue states', Internal Medicine Journal, 46, pp. 1421 - 1429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imj.13251

Cvejic E; Lynar EC; Chung YM; Vollmer-Conna U, 2016, 'One size does not fit all: Individual differences in cardiac autonomic and subjective responses to brief relaxation activities', International Journal of Cardiology, 223, pp. 265 - 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.08.252

Vollmer-Conna U; Cvejic E; Smith IG; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Parker G, 2016, 'Acute coronary syndrome-associated depression: Immunological, autonomic, nutritional, and psychosocial contributors', BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY, 57, pp. E10 - E10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.07.036

Cvejic E; Lloyd AR; Vollmer-Conna U, 2016, 'Differential speed of recovery across symptom domains after naturally-occurring viral infections: Preliminary genetic associations', BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY, 57, pp. E9 - E10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2016.07.035

Hopper B; Cameron B; Li H; Graves S; Stenos J; Hickie I; Wakefield D; Vollmer-Conna U; Lloyd AR, 2016, 'The natural history of acute Q fever: A prospective Australian cohort', QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 109, pp. 661 - 668, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcw041

Keech A; Vollmer-Conna U; Barry BK; Lloyd AR, 2016, 'Gene expression in response to exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: A pilot study', Frontiers in Physiology, 7, pp. 421, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2016.00421

Mina MM; Cameron B; Luciani F; Vollmer-Conna U; Lloyd AR; Dolan K; Maher L, 2016, 'Natural killer cells in highly exposed hepatitis C-seronegative injecting drug users', Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 23, pp. 464 - 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12511

Cvejic E; Birch RC; Vollmer-Conna U, 2016, 'Cognitive Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a Review of Recent Evidence', Current Rheumatology Reports, 18, pp. 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11926-016-0577-9

Cvejic E; Lloyd AR; Vollmer-Conna U, 2016, 'Neurocognitive improvements after best-practice intervention for chronic fatigue syndrome: Preliminary evidence of divergence between objective indices and subjective perceptions', Comprehensive Psychiatry, 66, pp. 166 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2016.02.002

An H; Lim C; Guillemin GJ; Vollmer-Conna U; Rawlinson W; Bryant K; Tedla N, 2016, 'Serum Leukocyte immunoglobulin-like receptor A3 (LILRA3) is increased in patients with multiple sclerosis and is a strong independent indicator of disease severity; 6.7kbp LILRA3 gene deletion is not associated with diseases susceptibility', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0149200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149200

Keech A; Sandler CX; Vollmer-Conna U; Cvejic E; Lloyd AR; Barry BK, 2015, 'Capturing the post-exertional exacerbation of fatigue following physical and cognitive challenge in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome', Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 79, pp. 537 - 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2015.08.008

Granville Smith I; Parker G; Rourke P; Cvejic E; Vollmer-Conna U, 2015, 'Acute coronary syndrome and depression: A review of shared pathophysiological pathways', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49, pp. 994 - 1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867415597304

Granville Smith I; Parker G; Cvejic E; Vollmer-Conna U, 2015, 'Acute coronary syndrome-associated depression: The salience of a sickness response analogy?', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 49, pp. 18 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2015.02.025

Buckett G; Vollmer-Conna U, 2015, 'Clinical practice guidelines for eating disorders - Comments from the front line', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49, pp. 844 - 846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867415598010

Keech A; Vollmer-Conna U; Barry B; Lloyd A, 2015, 'Physical Activity And Sleep Patterns Following Physical And Cognitive Challenge In Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome', MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE, 47, pp. 58 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000476560.85673.81

Vollmer-Conna U; Cvejic E; Smith IG; Hadzi-Pavlovic D; Parker G, 2015, 'Characterising acute coronary syndrome-associated depression: Let the data speak', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 48, pp. 19 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2015.03.001

Sandler C; Hamilton B; Horsfield S; Bennett B; Casson S; Vollmer-Conna U; Tzarimas C; Lloyd A, 2015, 'Development of an optimised, multi-disciplinary intervention for chronic fatigue states', Physiotherapy, 101, pp. e1333 - e1334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.1262

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