Department Welcomes and Congratulations
Join us in welcoming some new faces to the Department of Psychiatry over the last few months. We’re thrilled to have them join us and we look forward to achieving some great results across the department.
A very warm welcome to all our new starters:
New DoP staff:
- Ms Lindsay McIntyre, Tuning in to Kids Administration Coordinator
- Dr Julia Cook, Academic Specialist – Autism
- Ms Sarah-Jane Brighthope, Research Assistant
- Mr Thomas Magree, Research Assistant
- Mr Lilian Lagarrigue, Research Assistant
- Dr Ashlyn Hansen, Research Assistant
- Dr Fjalar de Haan, Senior Research Fellow, Data Analytics
- Dr George Disney, Senior Research Fellow
- Ms Emily Kay, Research Support Officer
Congratulations across the department
We’re very pleased to announce the recent promotions and PhD completions within the department. Please join us in congratulating the following staff members and students.
Promotions:
- Dr Maria Di Biase, Level D
- Dr Robin Cash, Level D
- Dr Trevor Steward, Level D
PhD Completions:
- Christine Leonards, Thesis: Task-related suppression of the frontocingulate cortex and its implications for depression: A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation
- Eva Halbe, Thesis: The impact of affective functions on decision-making behaviour in adult ADHD
- Dhamidhu Eratne, Thesis: Neurofilament light chain and other biomarkers in neuropsychiatric disorders: Cerebrospinal fluid and blood tests to improve timely and accurate diagnosis of dementia and distinction from primary psychiatric disorders
- Wei-Hsuan Chiu, Thesis: A Systems-Level Analysis of Interactions Between Neuropsychiatric Symptoms, Cognition, and Biomarkers in Young-Onset Neuropsychiatric Disorders
- Ulysse Thivisol, Thesis: Adolescent Hippocampal Development: Impact of Cognitive Training and Maternal Immune Activation in Mice