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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Alex Fornito completed his Clinical Masters (Neuropsychology) and PhD in 2007 in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at The University of Melbourne before undertaking Post-Doctoral training in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, UK, under the auspices of an NHMRC Training Fellowship. He is currently a Sylvia and Charles Viertel Foundation Senior Research Fellow, co-Director of the Brain, Mind and Society Research Hub and Head of the Brain Mapping and Modelling Research Program at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health.
Prof Fornito's research concentrates on developing new imaging techniques for mapping human brain connectivity and applying these methods to shed light on brain function in health and disease. A major emphasis of his work concerns understanding foundational principles of brain organization and their genetic basis; characterizing brain connectivity disturbances in psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia; and mapping how brain networks dynamically reconfigure in response to changing task demands.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- connectome
- schizophrenia
- neuroimaging
- networks
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Next-generation maps and models of the human brain
Monash University – Internal School Contribution
1/01/23 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Neuropharmacology of decision-making: causal brain network modelling across species
Bellgrove, M., Thiele, A., Chong, T., Coxon, J., Deco, G., Lyra Gollo, L., Arnatkeviciute, A., O’Connell, R. G., Fornito, A., Breakspear, M. J., Davey, C. G. & Razi, A.
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia)
1/01/22 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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A network approach to mapping and modifying brain changes in psychosis
1/01/21 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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A Comprehensive Framework for Modelling the Human Connectome
Fornito, A., Deco, G. & Aquino, K. M.
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Frontostriatothalamic effective connectivity and dopaminergic function in the psychosis continuum
Sabaroedin, K., Razi, A., Chopra, S., Tran, N., Pozaruk, A., Chen, Z., Finlay, A., Nelson, B., Allott, K. A., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Graham, J., Yuen, H. P., Harrigan, S., Cropley, V. L., Sharma, S., Saluja, B., Williams, R., Pantelis, C., Wood, S. J., O'Donoghue, B., & 4 others , Jan 2023, In: Brain. 146, 1, p. 372-386 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus) -
A pilot study of fMRI targeted rTMS for obsessive compulsive disorder
Fitzgerald, P. B., Segrave, R. A., Fornito, A., Harrison, B. J. & Hoy, K., Mar 2022, In: Brain Stimulation. 15, 2, p. 483-484 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
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Associations of Sex, Age, and Cardiometabolic Risk Profiles With Brain Structure and Cognition: A UK Biobank Latent Class Analysis
Than, S., Moran, C., Collyer, T. A., Beare, R. J., Lane, E. M., Vincent, A. J., Wang, W., Callisaya, M. L., Thomson, R., Phan, T. G., Fornito, A. & Srikanth, V. K., 25 Oct 2022, In: Neurology. 99, 17, p. e1853-e1865 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Beyond antipsychotics: a twenty-first century update for preclinical development of schizophrenia therapeutics
Spark, D. L., Fornito, A., Langmead, C. J. & Stewart, G. D., Dec 2022, In: Translational Psychiatry. 12, 1, 11 p., 147.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access12 Citations (Scopus) -
Cortical and subcortical neuroanatomical signatures of schizotypy in 3004 individuals assessed in a worldwide ENIGMA study
Kirschner, M., Hodzic-Santor, B., Antoniades, M., Nenadic, I., Kircher, T., Krug, A., Meller, T., Grotegerd, D., Fornito, A., Arnatkeviciute, A., Bellgrove, M. A., Tiego, J., Dannlowski, U., Koch, K., Hülsmann, C., Kugel, H., Enneking, V., Klug, M., Leehr, E. J., Böhnlein, J., & 46 others , Feb 2022, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 27, 2, p. 1167-1176 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access7 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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AW Campbell Young Scientist Award
Fornito, Alex (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Clarivate Analytics, Highly Cited Researcher
Fornito, Alex (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Clarivate Analytics, Highly Cited Researcher
Fornito, Alex (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Clarivate Analytics, Highly Cited Researcher
Fornito, Alex (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Club Melbourne Fellowship Finalist
Fornito, Alex (Recipient), 2016
Prize: National/international honour