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Dr Siobhan O'Dean
Postdoctoral Research Associate
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use
Faculty of Medicine and Health
The Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Dr. Siobhan O’Dean is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney. She contributes to the RADAR project, investigating the developmental course of alcohol use disorder in young adults. Siobhan is also contributing to the Climate Schools Combined program and the Health4Life program. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons, 1st class) and a PhD in Social Psychology (2021) from the University of New South Wales. Her PhD research investigated whether mindfulness meditation could reduce interpersonal aggression. Siobhan thoroughly enjoys teaching and supervising students. She has 5 years teaching experience at University of New South Wales and has co-supervised two Psychology Honours students.
Adolescent and young adult substance use
Adolescent mental health
Alcohol epidemiology
Aggression
Translational research
Neurosciences and Mental Health
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Journals
- Rowe, A., O'Dean, S., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Grummitt, L., Mills, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Gardner, L. (2025). Childhood traumatic experiences and vaping among Australian adolescents: A prospective investigation. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 267-272. [More Information]
- Gardner, L., O'Dean, S., Rowe, A., Hawkins, A., Egan, L., Stockings, E., Teesson, M., Hides, L., Catakovic, A., Ellem, R., Stapinski, L., Freeman, B., Thornton, L., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N., et al (2024). Research Letter: E-cigarette use and mental health during early adolescence: An Australian survey among over 5000 young people. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(12), 1103-1106. [More Information]
- Slade, T., O'Dean, S., Chung, T., Mewton, L., McCambridge, J., Clare, P., Bruno, R., Yuen, W., Tibbetts, J., Clay, P., Isik, A., Johnson, P., et al (2024). The key role of specific DSM-5 diagnostic criteria in the early development of alcohol use disorder: Findings from the RADAR prospective cohort study. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48(7), 1395-1404. [More Information]
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2025
- Rowe, A., O'Dean, S., Champion, K., Barrett, E., Grummitt, L., Mills, K., Teesson, M., Newton, N., Gardner, L. (2025). Childhood traumatic experiences and vaping among Australian adolescents: A prospective investigation. Drug and Alcohol Review, 44(1), 267-272. [More Information]
2024
- Gardner, L., O'Dean, S., Rowe, A., Hawkins, A., Egan, L., Stockings, E., Teesson, M., Hides, L., Catakovic, A., Ellem, R., Stapinski, L., Freeman, B., Thornton, L., Birrell, L., Champion, K., Newton, N., et al (2024). Research Letter: E-cigarette use and mental health during early adolescence: An Australian survey among over 5000 young people. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(12), 1103-1106. [More Information]
- Slade, T., O'Dean, S., Chung, T., Mewton, L., McCambridge, J., Clare, P., Bruno, R., Yuen, W., Tibbetts, J., Clay, P., Isik, A., Johnson, P., et al (2024). The key role of specific DSM-5 diagnostic criteria in the early development of alcohol use disorder: Findings from the RADAR prospective cohort study. Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, 48(7), 1395-1404. [More Information]
2023
- Champion, K., Newton, N., Gardner, L., Chapman, C., Thornton, L., Slade, T., Sunderland, M., Hides, L., McBride, N., O'Dean, S., Mills, K., Osman, B., Smout, S., McCann, K., Hunter, E., Teesson, M., et al (2023). Health4Life eHealth intervention to modify multiple lifestyle risk behaviours among adolescent students in Australia: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Digital Health, 5(5), e276-e287. [More Information]
- Halladay, J., Slade, T., Chapman, C., Mewton, L., O'Dean, S., Visontay, R., Baillie, A., Teesson, M., Sunderland, M. (2023). Is the association between psychological distress and risky alcohol consumption shifting over time? An age-period-cohort analysis of the Australian population. Psychiatry Research, 326. [More Information]
2022
- O'Dean, S., Mewton, L., Chung, T., Clay, P., Clare, P., Bruno, R., Yuen, W., McBride, N., Swift, W., Isik, A., Tibbetts, J., Johnson, P., Slade, T., et al (2022). Definition matters: assessment of tolerance to the effects of alcohol in a prospective cohort study of emerging adults. Addiction, 117(11), 2955-2964. [More Information]
2021
- Slade, T., Mewton, L., O'Dean, S., Tibbetts, J., Clay, P., Isik, A., Johnson, P., McCraw, S., Upton, E., Kypri, K., et al (2021). DSM-5 and ICD-11 alcohol use disorder criteria in young adult regular drinkers: Lifetime prevalence and age of onset. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 229, 109184. [More Information]
2019
- Beames, J., O'Dean, S., Grisham, J., Moulds, M., Denson, T. (2019). Anger regulation in interpersonal contexts: Anger experience, aggressive behavior, and cardiovascular reactivity. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 36(5), 1441-1458. [More Information]
2018
- Denson, T., O'Dean, S., Blake, K., Beames, J. (2018). Aggression in Women: Behavior, Brain and Hormones. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 12, 81-1-81-20. [More Information]
- Dixson, B., Blake, K., Denson, T., Gooda-Vossos, A., O'Dean, S., Sulikowski, D., Rantala, M., Brooks, R. (2018). The role of mating context and fecundability in women’s preferences for men’s facial masculinity and beardedness. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 93, 90-102. [More Information]
2017
- Blake, K., Bastian, B., O'Dean, S., Denson, T. (2017). High estradiol and low progesterone are associated with high assertiveness in women. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 75, 91-99. [More Information]
- Blake, K., Dixson, B., O'Dean, S., Denson, T. (2017). No compelling positive association between ovarian hormones and wearing red clothing when using multinomial analyses. Hormones and Behavior, 90, 129-135. [More Information]
2016
- Blake, K., Dixson, B., O'Dean, S., Denson, T. (2016). Standardized protocols for characterizing women's fertility: A data-driven approach. Hormones and Behavior, 81, 74-83. [More Information]