General enquiries
Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience – Thompson Institute reception
Tel: +61 7 5430 1191
Email: thompsoninstitute@usc.edu.au
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USC Psychology Clinic enquiries
Tel: +61 7 5459 4514
Email: psychologyclinic@usc.edu.au
Street address
Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience – Thompson Institute
USC
Ground Floor, 12 Innovation Parkway
Birtinya, QLD, 4575
Postal address
Sunshine Coast Mind and Neuroscience – Thompson Institute (ML59)
USC
Locked Bag 4
MAROOCHYDORE BC QLD 4558
Our people
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Thu Andersen
Study Coordinator, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Hannah Anderson
Healthy Brain Ageing research assistant, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Liz Askew
Educational Designer -
Dr Denise Beaudequin
Senior Research Fellow, Biostatistics, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Dr Ana Bouças
Molecular Biology Research Fellow -
Amanda Boyes
PhD Candidate and Research Assistant (YMH) - Thompson Institute -
Lauren Den Ouden
Psychologist -
Dr Christina Driver
Associate Lecturer: Mental Health and Neuroscience -
Megan Dutton
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Rory Fischer
Psychologist -
Grace Forsyth
Research Assistant, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Cyrana Gallay
Research Assistant (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Professor Daniel Hermens
Professor of Youth Mental Health and Neurobiology, Chief Investigator, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Trish Howard
Project Officer, Communications and Engagement -
Benjamin Isbel
Research Program Coordinator, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Annelise Jefferies
Dietitian, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Emma Jensen
Strategic Projects Officer, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Elise Jione
General Manager, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Monique Jones
Mental Health Nurse Research Officer, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Professor Jim Lagopoulos
Director, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience Thompson Institute -
Sam Manger
Clinical Research Fellow and General Practitioner, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Dr Larisa McLoughlin
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Youth Mental Health, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Amanda Nuske
Personal Assistant to Director, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Marcella Parker
Research Assistant (Youth Mental Health), Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Louise Pemble
Engagement Officer, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Tegan Schefe
Project Officer, Indigenous Engagement and Suicide Prevention -
Jennifer Scherman
Research Assistant (Youth Mental Health), Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Dr Paul Schwenn
Data Scientist, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Dr Zack Shan
Senior Research Fellow | Head of Neuroimaging Platform -
Professor Helen Stallman
Professor, Clinical Psychology | Professorial Research Fellow - Suicide Prevention -
Kayla Stefanidis
Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Healthy Brain Ageing (HBA) Clinic, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute -
Andrew Watkins
Nurse Practitioner -
Cian Yang
Research Assistant, Sunshine Coast Mind & Neuroscience - Thompson Institute
Higher Degree Researchers
Name | Project title | Program | Year |
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Michelle Kennedy | Combating Anxiousness for Learning Minds: the CALM study. | PhD | Commenced 2018 |
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 |
Cyrana Gallay | Transcranial magnetic stimulation and oral ketamine combination for post-traumatic stress disorder (TMS-OK for PTSD). | PhD | Commenced 2018 |
Elise Berber | Towards an NPL future: Talent identification and development in football | PhD | Commenced 2018 |
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 |
Daniel Jamieson | Looking at how decreased sleep in adolescents changes the brain. | PhD | Commenced 2019 |
Helen Hall | Intergenerational Transmission: Examining the relationship between parental mental health and corresponding child development | PhD | Commenced 2019 |
Daisy Atwell |
The role of diffusion weighted imaging in radiation therapy treatment planning and dose escalation of mucosal primary head and neck cancer. |
PhD |
Commenced 2019 |
Charlotte Jones |
Real-time fMRI neurofeedback; a feasibility study in police officers with post-traumatic stress disorder |
PhD | Commenced 2019 |
Katelyn Cahill |
Feasibility of using Diffusion Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging to guide salivary gland sparing Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer patients. |
PhD | Commenced 2019 |
Nathan Hearn | Targeted radiotherapy dose escalation in neoadjuvant treatment of rectal adenocarcinoma using diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging | PhD | Commenced 2019 |
Daisy Atwell | Functional Imaging Guided Radiation Therapy Dose Escalation in Head and Neck Cancer | PhD | Commenced 2019 |
Megan Dutton | Stress, ketamine and mental disorder-does ketamine reduce the experience of stress in adults with chronic suicidality, TRD, and PTSD? | PhD | Commenced 2019 |
Amanda Boyes |
Project title: Neurobiological markers for resilience in early adolescence: Developing phenotypes using measures of wellbeing, psychological distress, brain structure and chemistry |
PhD | Commence 2020 |
Grace Forsyth | Oral Ketamine Trial on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (OKTOP). | PhD | Commenced 2020 |