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