Bernadette Fitzgibbon

Personal profile

Biography

Dr Fitzgibbon is a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University and the head of the “Pain, Addiction and Mental Health Group” at the Epworth Centre for Innovation in Mental Health.

Bernadette’s research program is dedicated to understanding the neurobiology of pain and the development of novel pain therapeutics.

Her research uses a range of methods, including Theta-Burst Stimulation (TBS), Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS), electroencephalogram (EEG), concurrent TMS-EEG, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Electrocardiography (ECG) and Galvanic Skin Resistance (GSR), as well as the use of novel at-home brain stimulation adjunctive with psychological therapies.

She has received several awards for her research including the 2018 Australasian Brain Stimulation Society Early Career Award, the national 2014 Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation Young Investigator of the Year award, a 2014 Young Tall Poppy Science Award through the Australian Institute of Policy and Science and in 2018 was selected for the Veski inspiring women STEM sidebyside program.

She is also dedicated to the advancement of brain sciences within Australia, as reflected in role as chair of the Australian Brain Alliance EMCR Network and an Executive Member of the Australian Brain Alliance, an initiative of the Australian Academy of Science to bring together strategic brain research across Australia.

External positions

Research Affiliate , Epworth Healthcare

2019 → …

Honorary (Senior Fellow), Department of Physiotherapy, University of Melbourne

2019 → …

Honorary Researcher, Alfred Health

2016 → …

Research area keywords

Neurobiology
Pain Medicine
Pain Management
Neuroimaging
Neurophysiology
Brain Stimulation
Pain
Chronic Pain
Fibromyalgia
Depression
Autism
Social Cognition
Social Neuroscience
Empathy
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Electroencephalography

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Projects 2014 2019

7 Finished

A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial of Prefrontal Theta Burst Stimulation in Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)

Fitzgibbon, B., Hoy, K. & Fitzgerald, P.

1/01/19 → 31/12/19

Project: Research

A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of prefrontal theta burst stimulation in fibromyalgia

Fitzgibbon, B. & Fitzgerald, P.

1/04/17 → 5/01/18

Project: Research

2017 Advancing Women's Research Success Grant

Fitzgibbon, B.

29/03/17 → 31/12/17

Project: Research

Does emotion regulation differ between individuals with chronic low back pain and health controls? A functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Fitzgibbon, B., Urquhart, D. & Cicuttini, F.

5/05/15 → 4/11/15

Project: Research

2015 Advancing Women's Research Success Grant

Fitzgibbon, B.

29/03/15 → 31/12/15

Project: Research

Research Output 2006 2019

35 Article
7 Review Article
3 Letter
1 Chapter (Book)
1 More
- 1 Short Survey

1 Citation (Scopus)

A Neuroethics Framework for the Australian Brain Initiative

Australian Brain Alliance, 6 Feb 2019, In : Neuron. 101, 3, p. 365-369 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Survey › Other › peer-review

Domains of chronic low back pain and assessing treatment effectiveness: A clinical perspective

Tagliaferri, S., Miller, C. T., Owen, P. J., Mitchell, U. H., Brisby, H., Fitzgibbon, B., Masse-Alarie, H., Oosterwijck, J. V. & Belavy, D. L., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Pain Practice.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review

Low-frequency rTMS is better tolerated than high-frequency rTMS in healthy people: Empirical evidence from a single session study

Kaur, M., Michael, J. A., Fitzgibbon, B., Hoy, K. E. & Fitzgerald, P. B., 1 Jun 2019, In : Journal of Psychiatric Research. 113, p. 79-82 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

2 Citations (Scopus)

Mindfulness Meditators Do Not Show Differences in Electrophysiological Measures of Error Processing

Bailey, N. W., Raj, K., Freedman, G., Fitzgibbon, B., Rogasch, N. C., Van Dam, N. T. & Fitzgerald, P. B., 15 Jul 2019, In : Mindfulness. 10, 7, p. 1360-1380 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review