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Associate Professor Michele Catherine Madigan

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Opthalmology and Vision Science, Optometry and Ophthalmology, Cancer Cell Biology, Neurosciences, Pathology (excl. Oral Pathology)
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RESEARCH

Professor Colleen Loo

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy), Neurosciences
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clinical depression

transcranial magnetic stimulation

ketamine

electroconvulsive therapy

transcranial direct current stimulation

Psychedelic assisted therapy

Professor Michael Kalloniatis

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Optometry and Ophthalmology, Neurosciences, Biological Sciences
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Expanding Knowledge

About Me: I have been working in the field of optometry and vision science for many years which has helped provide me with expertise in retinal anatomy and neurochemistry.

Professor Simon Killcross

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology), Neurosciences, Mental Health
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Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Mental Health

Keywords:

experimental psychology

neurosciences

associative learning

classical conditioning

dopamine sytems in drug addiction and disease

instrumental learning

behavioural neuroscience

ABOUT ME Biography

Professor Arun Vishwanathan Krishnan

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Neurosciences, Peripheral Nervous System
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Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Our goals

Professor Michelle Anne Farrar

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Paediatrics, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Neurosciences, Public Health and Health Services, Genetics, Genomics
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Child Health

Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified

Dr Sandra Fok

Faculty: Research & Enterprise
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Cancer Cell Biology, Optical and Photonic Systems

Sandra is a research associate in the Biomedical Imaging Facility within the Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre. Her research interest are in cancer cell migration/invasion and neuroscien

Dr Anna Louise Hudson

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Respiratory Diseases, Motor Control, Medical Physiology, Neurosciences
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Respiratory System and Diseases (incl. Asthma)

Anna Hudson completed her doctorate at NeuRA and UNSW in 2010, investigating the neural control of the human inspiratory muscles using single motor unit electromyography (EMG) recordings.

Dr Vibeke Sorensen Catts

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Central Nervous System, Neurosciences
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Nervous System and Disorders

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Dr Vibeke Catts is the Research Manager the Centre for Healthy Br

Professor Johannes le Coutre

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Food Sciences, Nutrition and Physiology, Bioprocessing, Bioproduction and Bioproducts, Neurosciences
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Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing not elsewhere classified

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Professor Glenda Halliday

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
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Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences

I am the Professor of Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales with a major reputation in the area of pathology of neurodegenerative diseases.

Dr Nicole Anita Kochan

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology), Neurosciences, Mental Health, Developmental Psychology and Ageing
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Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)

Keywords:

dementia

mild cognitive impairment

cognitive ability

neuropsychological assessment

neuropsychology

neuropsychological tests

Dr Nicole Kochan is a Senior Rese

Professor Philip Ward

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology), Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy), Neurosciences
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Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Behaviour and Health

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Scientia Professor Perminder Singh Sachdev

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy), Geriatrics and Gerontology, Neurosciences, Neurogenetics
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Health Related to Ageing

Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing

Perminder Sachdev AM, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRANZCP, FAAHMS is Scientia Professor of Neuropsychiatry at UNSW Sydney (UNSW), Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Br

Associate Professor Wei Wen

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Radiology and Organ Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, Pattern Recognition and Data Mining

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Dr Ria Arnold

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases, Nephrology and Urology, Endocrinology
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exercise physiology

peripheral neuropathy

kidney diseases

diabetes complications

Dr Ria Arnold is an NHRMC Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer in the Department of Exercise Physiology, School of Health Sciences, UNSW.

Dr Asheeta Prasad

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Neurosciences, Animal Cell and Molecular Biology, Animal Behaviour, Mental Health, Animal Neurobiology
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Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences

Mental Health

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing

Behavioural and cognitive sciences

Keywords:

dopamine

addiction

neurodegenerative

I am interested in the wiring of the brain, how neurons grow and form neural circuits and their functions.

Dr Denovan Begg

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology), Neurobiology, Neurosciences, Comparative Physiology, Neurogenetics
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Nutrition

Diabetes

Behavioural and cognitive sciences

Cardiovascular System and Diseases

Nervous System and Disorders

Neurodegenerative Disorders Related to Ageing

ABOUT ME

Switching on Brain Transporters to Switch off Brain Seizures

Field of Research (FoR):

Neurosciences

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Expanding Knowledge

Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)

Brain function is a delicate balance of neuronal excitation and inhibition. The schematic diagram above illustrates inhbitory neuronal responses mediated via the neurotransmitter GABA, and how these are affected by the neuronal Cl- transporters KCC2 and NKCC1.