General enquiries
Thompson Institute Reception
Tel: +61 7 5430 1191
Email: thompsoninstitute@usc.edu.au
Street address
Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience Thompson Institute
USC
Ground Floor, 12 Innovation Parkway
Birtinya, QLD, 4575
Postal address
Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience Thompson Institute (ML59)
USC
Locked Bag 4
MAROOCHYDORE DC QLD 4558
Key contacts
PEER Centre
Ground Floor, 12 Innovation Parkway, Britinya
Open hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10am-4pm
By appointment: Monday to Friday 9am-4pm
Contact: Cherie McGregor, Consumer Centre Coordinator
Our people
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Amanda Finch
Receptionist and Administrative Assistant, USC Psychology Clinic
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Professor Daniel Hermens
Professor of Youth Mental Health and Neurobiology
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Tyrone Huckstepp
Adolescent Risk Research Unit Senior Research Assistant
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Professor Jim Lagopoulos
Director, Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience Thompson Institute
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Dr Larisa McLoughlin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Youth Mental Health
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Amanda Nuske
Personal Assistant to Director, Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience Thompson Institute
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Tegan Schefe
Project Officer, Indigenous Engagement and Suicide Prevention
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Dr Bridie Scott-Parker
Senior USC Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council
Bridie leads USC's Adolescent Risk Research Unit's research which includes adolescent health and wellbeing, including teen mental health, social influences, and interactions with authorities.
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Associate Professor Mathew Summers
Associate Professor in Neuropsychology and Mental Health
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Higher Degree Researchers
| Name | Project title | Program | Year | Research area |
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| Michelle Kennedy | Combating Anxiousness for Learning Minds: the CALM study. | PhD | Commenced 2018 | Youth Mental Health |
| Dash Sacks | The longitudinal implications of structural connectivity in adolescence: Determining how white matter changes relate to the onset of mental disorder. | PhD | Commenced 2019 | Youth Mental Health |
| Daniel Jamieson | Looking at how decreased sleep in adolescents changes the brain. | PhD | Commenced 2019 | Youth Mental Health |
| Glenn Holmes |
Gatekeeper Training, Engagement, and Retention: Optimisation of a Community Suicide Prevention Intervention for the Health and Wellbeing of Gatekeepers and Beneficiaries. |
PhD | Commenced 2018 | Suicide Prevention |
| Helen Hall | Intergenerational Transmission: Examining the relationship between parental mental health and corresponding child development | PhD | Commenced 2019 | Youth Mental Health |
| Ben Isbel | Examining the Efficacy of Mindfulness Training to Enhance Attention in normal Ageing and Age-Related Neurogenerative Disease. | PhD | Commenced 2015 | Aging and Dementia |
| Kayla Stefanidis | The relationship between vascular processes and neurocognitive function in non-stroke cardiovascular disease. | PhD | Commenced 2015 | Aging and Dementia |
| Bryan Peck | An evaluation of a Surf Therapy Intervention on Neurobiology and Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Australian Veterans. | PhD | Commenced 2018 | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| Cyrana Gallay | Transcranial magnetic stimulation and oral ketamine combination for post-traumatic stress disorder (TMS-OK for PTSD). | PhD | Commenced 2018 | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |