Dr Caroline Gurvich
Caroline is a Senior Research Fellow and a clinical neuropsychologist.
Caroline is the Deputy Director, MAPrc and Deputy Driector of the Women’s Mental Health Division at MAPrc, and Head of the “Hormones and Cognition Group". Caroline combines neuropsychological assessments with eye movement research to clearly characterise cognition. She has a particular interest in how hormones influence cognitive functioning in mental health and illness.
Caroline has over 75 publications that have ultimately contributed to a better understanding of how biological factors influence symptoms and cognition in mental health and mental illness. She is the recipient of several awards, prizes and competitive grant funding, including NHMRC project grants, an NHMRC early career fellowship, Rebecca Cooper Foundation project grant as well as institutional and philanthropic funding. She is a dedicated supervisor to PhD candidates, honours students, neuropsychology registrars and medical student placements. Caroline has established ongoing biodatabanks to better understand biological mechanisms underpinning symptoms across a range of neuropsychiatric disorders.
Caroline is also passionate about gender equity in science and is the Chair of the central clinical school Gender Equity Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) committee.
Current projects and key areas of interest
Sex hormones and cognition
Eye movements in psychiatry
Stress hormones, early life adversity and cognition
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Student Supervision and Research Team members
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Current PhD Supervision
Jacqueline Riddiford PhD Student, The Mirror Neuron System and Autism Spectrum Disorder: An investigation into visual processing influences
Tanya Gilmartin, PhD Student, The relationship between dimensional models of personality pathology and disordered eating behaviour
Brad Stolz-Grobusch PhD Student, Characterisation of subgroups in Borderline Personality Disorder and the potential for Cognitive Bias Modification training
Paige Gray, PhD Student, Characterising premenstrual dysphoric disorder
Current Neuropsychology registrar supervision
Current Post-doctoral Supervions
Current (2020) honours supervision
Current (2020) medical student research placement supervision
Completed PhD Candidates Supervision