BrainPark Team | BrainPark

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Prof Murat Yücel

A trained clinical neuropsychologist and NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Murat is BrainPark's Founding Director as well as leader of the Addiction and Mental Health program within Monash University's Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health.

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Dr Rebecca Segrave

A clinical neuropsychologist and the David Winston Turner Senior Research Fellow, Rebecca oversees BrainPark's studies of non-medication treatments for impulsive-compulsive conditions and lifestle interventions to boost wellbeing and mental health.

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Dr Chao Suo

Utilising multiple-modalities of neuroimaging methods (including structural MRI, functional MRI and MR spectroscopy) to understand brain health, Chao oversees the analysis of intervention-related brain changes in BrainPark's research study participants.

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Dr Rico Lee

Leading the development of emerging cognitive technologies with industry partners, Rico is building the BrainPAC gamified assessment battery to phenotype, monitor and train core cognitive and behavioural constructs across compulsive disorders and habits.

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Dr Lucy Albertella

Investigating the cognitive drivers of risk and resilience across a range of behaviours and life domains, Lucy's research spans from compulsive disorders to optimal functioning and resilience in dynamic, high-stress environments.

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Dr Karyn Richardson

As the Wilson Foundation-BrainPark Research Fellow, Karyn provides effective management and ongoing quality enhancement of lifestyle and technology-based behavioural interventions with a view to translating evidence-based interventions into the community.

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Sam Hughes

Passionate about the interplay between mental health, physical health and exercise, Sam creates operational procedures to ensure physical exercise measurements, programs, data handling and analysis, are consistently meeting gold-standards.

Edouard Kayayan

Drawing on his clinical experience, Eddie helps BrainPark bridge the gap between exercise, mental and brain health within clinical, industry and community organisations. His role involves developing partnerships, programs and tailored interventions.

Rebecca Kirkham

Working with the Australian Defence Force on a hybrid Delphi study to investigate dimensions of cognitive fitness, Rebecca provides efficient research administration, conducts focus groups, qualitative interviews and facilitates Delphi consensus panels.

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Roberto Tamayo

Drawing from his counselling experience and work with startups, Roberto helps with the efficient running of culture initiatives and day-to-day operations at BrainPark.

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Madeline Thorbecke

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A/Prof Kris Rotaru

Researching affective decision making in everyday economic behaviours, neurocognitive and functional correlates of addiction, and designing and testing interventions for behavioural change, Kris contributes his knowledge to various BrainPark projects.

Dr Sam Chamberlain

Focusing on the neurobiology and treatment of addictive, impulsive, and compulsive disorders, Sam studies longitudinal population cohorts to understand dimensional measures (intermediate phenotypes) that predispose to a range of mental health problems.

Charlie Brown

A very good boy, who keeps his colleagues entertained and motivated.

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Dan Myles

Exploring social, cognitive, and behavioural aspects of gambling, Dan studies how theories of addiction contribute to stigma and frame a persons understanding of their behaviours, and how electronic gambling machine design may contribute to behaviour.

Suzan Maleki

Exploring the potential of physical exercise to recover cannabis-induced white matter impairments in the brain, Suzan uses multi modal MR imaging data obtained at the Monash Biomedical Imaging facility, with which BrainPark is co-located.

Kavya Raj

Mapping corticostriatal dysfunction and testing the efficacy of lifestyle interventions in compulsive disorders, Kavya focuses particularly on whether meditation has the potential to assist people who have been engaged in problematic use of the internet.

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Erynn Christensen

Using BrainPAC gamified assessment battery, Erynn studies the neurocognitive underpinnings of addictive behaviours. She aims to model phenotypes of addiction, teasing apart the cognitive constructs that predispose and exacerbate problematic behaviours.

Craig Harper

Exploring the role of motivation in creating lasting behavioural change, Craig looks from theoretical constructs around the concept of human motivation, through to its application in behaviour change interventions, including those developed at BrainPark.

Teresa Wulandari

Focusing on contextual factors that affect executive functions (particularly response inhibition, such as cognitive training and exercise) Teresa uses the BrainPAC gamified assessment battery to monitor and train core cognitive and behavioural constructs.

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Chang Liu

Working on the cognitive and personality aspects of problematic behaviors, Chang focuses specifically on the relationship among cognitive flexibility, impulsive-compulsive personality traits and problematic eating and risky decision-making.

Campbell Ince

Aiming to explore modern technology's influence on sexual behaviours, Campbell's research examines the symptoms and mechanisms associated with problematic pornography use relative to other behavioural addictions.

Sakshi Dhir

Aiming to enhance control over compulsive behaviours (and potentially develop a new treatment for OCD), Sakshi studies whether cognitive training, physical training or combinations of both, can strengthen the neural processes that underpin self-control.

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Olivia Chung

Clinically minded, Olivia tests the ability of therapeutic virtual reality to offer an accessible, low-cost strategy to help people stay well and avoid relapse after being discharged from in-patient treatment programs for obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Louise Destree

Examining predictors of the escalation of compuslive behaviour or risk factors into diagnosable OCD, Louise particularly looks at the relationship between trauma and OCD. She works with large international data sets using a clinical perspective.

Mary-Ellen Brierley

Using a clinical lens, Mary-Ellen studies the associations between lifestyle factors (including diet, physical activity, tobacco and alcohol use, sleep and stress) and symptom severity of obsessive-compulsive and related disorders.

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Emma Thompson

Working on characterising sub-threshold OCD and the transition into full-blown OCD, Emma focuses particularly on acceptance and commitment-based constructs, including the potential of online interventions to help people curtail condition progression.

Catherine Brown

Using models of behaviour change, Catherine is designing and implementing an exercise intervention program for university students. Her research aims to identify behaviour change techniques to optimise student engagement in physical exercise.

Maja Brydevall

Using the BrainPAC gamified assessment battery, Maja aims to disentangle the decision-making processes that underpin addictive and compulsive behaviour. Her work involves computational modelling and brain imaging techniques.

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Lara Piccoli

Using the BrainPAC gamified assessment battery, Lara aims to understand and treat individuals who drink to cope. Drawing on her clinical training, she is investigating whether virtual reality cue exposure therapy reduces alcohol craving and relapse rates.

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Maggie Eyers

Eliana Wyman

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Prof Murat Yücel

Dr Rebecca Segrave

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Dr Chao Suo

Dr Rico Lee

Dr Lucy Albertella

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Dr Karyn Richardson

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Sam Hughes

Edouard Kayayan

Rebecca Kirkham

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Roberto Tamayo

Madeline Thorbecke

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A/Prof Kris Rotaru

Dr Sam Chamberlain

Charlie Brown

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Dan Myles

Suzan Maleki

Kavya Raj

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Erynn Christensen

Craig Harper

Teresa Wulandari

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Chang Liu

Campbell Ince

Sakshi Dhir

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Olivia Chung

Louise Destree

Mary-Ellen Brierley

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Emma Thompson

Catherine Brown

Maja Brydevall

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Lara Piccoli

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Maggie Eyers

Eliana Wyman

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Prof Murat Yücel

Dr Rebecca Segrave

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Dr Chao Suo

Dr Rico Lee

Dr Lucy Albertella

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Dr Karyn Richardson

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Sam Hughes

Edouard Kayayan

Rebecca Kirkham

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Roberto Tamayo

Madeline Thorbecke

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A/Prof Kris Rotaru

Dr Sam Chamberlain

Charlie Brown

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Dan Myles

Suzan Maleki

Kavya Raj