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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The University of Melbourne

Genevieve is a practicing clinical neuropsychologist in the Epilepsy program at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and senior lecturer in clinical neuropsychology at The University of Melbourne. As a clinician-scientist, she balances her clinical and academic work with her role as a senior research fellow in a world-leading epilepsy research genetics group at the Epilepsy Genetics Research Program. Her program of research aims to explore the neurobiological and psychosocial underpinnings of mood and cognitive disorders in epilepsy and other neurological conditions, using behavioural, neuroimaging, and genetics methodologies.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Senior Lecturer Psychology, The University of Melbourne
  • 2018–present
    Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist, The Alfred Hospital

Education

  • 2015 
    The University of Melbourne, PhD
  • 2013 
    The University of Melbourne, Masters of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • 2008 
    The University of Melbourne, BA (Hons)

Publications

  • 2016
    Cognition-related brain networks underpin the symptomotology of unipolar depression: evidence from a systematic review, Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews
  • 2016
    The role of epilepsy surgery, Neuropsychiatric symptoms in epilepsy
  • 2016
    MRI-negative Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: a network disorder of neocortical connectivity., Neurology
  • 2016
    Two distinct symptom-based phenotypes of depression in epilepsy yield specific clinical and etiological insights, Epilepsy & Behavior
  • 2016
    Mechanisms of memory impairment in epilepsy depend on age at disease onset, Neurology
  • 2015
    Self-identity and autobiographic memory in epilepsy, Epilepsia
  • 2015
    Behavioural profiles in frontal lobe epilepsy: Autobiographic memory versus mood impairment, Epilepsia
  • 2012
    Psychiatric care in epilepsy surgery: who needs it?, Epilepsy Currents
  • 2012
    Intersecting factors lead to absolute pitch acquisition that is maintained in a "fixed do" environment", Music Perception
  • 2012
    Developmental outcomes of childhood-onset temporal lobe epilepsy: a community-based study, Epilepsia
  • 2011
    Profiling the evolution of depression after epilepsy surgery, Epilepsia
  • 2010
    Differential contributions of objective memory and mood to subjective memory complaints in refractory focal epilepsy, Epilepsy & Behavior

Grants and Contracts

  • 2024
    Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies - a novel treatment for behavioural and mental health problems
    Role:
    CIB
    Funding Source:
    2023 MRFF Clinician Researchers - Applied Research in Health
  • 2023
    A comparative effectiveness trial of digital mental health care models for adults with epilepsy.
    Role:
    CIF
    Funding Source:
    2023 MRFF Clinical Trials Activity Grant
  • 2022
    Phenotyping Neurobehavioural Disorders in People with Epilepsy
    Role:
    CIA
    Funding Source:
    National Medical and Health Research Council (NHMRC) 2022 EL1 Investigator Grant
  • 2020
    Phenotyping Depression and Anxiety in Epilepsy
    Role:
    CIA
    Funding Source:
    MRFF Australian Epilepsy Research Fund 

Professional Memberships

  • Epilepsy Society of Australia
  • Clinical Neuropsychologist, Psychology Board of Australia, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, No. PSY0001129526
  • International Neuropsychology Society

Research Areas

  • Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) (170101)
  • Neurocognitive Patterns And Neural Networks (170205)
  • Neurology And Neuromuscular Diseases (110904)