BMRI5004 Clinical & Translational Neuroscience

The following outline is a guide to the topics that may be presented as part of the unit of study BMRI5004 Clinical & Translational Neuroscience, offered in Semester 1 only.

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Class Topic and Presenter
Week 1 Advantages-disadvantages of DSM/ICD & development of Clinical Staging models for brain and mind disorders
Dr Daniel Hermens
Neurophysiology Group, BMRI
Week 2 Emerging disorders in childhood
Ms Gail Alvares
Social Cognition & Behaviour Treatment, BMRI
Week 3 Emerging disorders in youth
Dr Daniel Hermens
Neurophysiology Group, BMRI
Week 4 Emerging disorders in adulthood and ageing
Dr Sam Bolitho
Ageing Brain Centre, BMRI
Week 5 Introduction to neuropharmacology I
Dr Daniel Hermens
Neurophysiology Group, BMRI
Week 6 Introduction to neuropharmacology II
Professor Tim Lambert
Schizophrenia Treatments & Outcomes Research, BMRI and Concord Hospital
Week 7 Introduction to neuropharmacology III
Professor Tim Lambert
Schizophrenia Treatments & Outcomes Research, BMRI and Concord Hospital
Week 8 Clinical assessments of brain and mind disorders
Dr Daniel Hermens
Neurophysiology Group, BMRI
Week 9 Introduction to cognitive therapies
Ms Cristina Cacciota Saija
Social Cognition & Behaviour Treatment, BMRI
Week 10 Position Emission Tomography and biomarkers for clinical staging
Professor Richard Banati
Pharmacology Neurobiol & Psychiatry Research, BMRI & Health Sciences
Week 11 MRI and Spectroscopy: biomarkers of neurodegenerative disorders
Associate Professor Michael Valenzuela
Regenerative Neuroscience Group, BMRI
Week 12

Functional MRI biomarkers of affective disorders
Associate Professor Jim Lagopoulos
Advanced Multimodal Imaging, BMRI

Week 13 Electrophysiological Biomarkers of early episode psychosis
Dr Daniel Hermens
Neurophysiology Group, BMRI