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Biography
Dr Bernadette Fitzgibbon is an NHMRC early career research fellow at MAPrc where she heads the Pain and Affective Neuroscience Unit.
She has received several awards for her research including the 2014 Young Researcher of the Year by the Bethlehem Griffith Research Foundation, a 2014 Tall Poppy Award by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science, and the 2012 Vice Chancellor's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence (Monash University).
Her work has received extensive coverage from top media outlets including New Scientist magazine,Australasian Science, and The Psychologist. She has also written online pieces for The Conversationand Body in Mind Blog, and been interviewed on 3RRR and ABC1 television.
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 2018
A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial of prefrontal theta burst stimulation in fibromyalgia
Fitzgibbon, B. & Fitzgerald, P. B.
1/04/17 → 5/01/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2006 2018
Poor general health and lower levels of vitality are associated with persistent, high-intensity low back pain and disability in community-based women: A prospective cohort study
Ng, S-K., Cicuttini, F. M., Davis, S. R., Bell, R., Botlero, R., Fitzgibbon, B. M. & Urquhart, D. M. 17 Apr 2018 (Accepted/In press) In : Maturitas. 113Research output: Research - peer-review › Article
The Psychology of Ultra-Marathon Runners: A Systematic Review
Roebuck, G. S., Fitzgerald, P. B., Urquhart, D. M., Ng, S-K., Cicuttini, F. M. & Fitzgibbon, B. 18 Apr 2018 (Accepted/In press) In : Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 51 p.Research output: Research - peer-review › Article
The Relationship between Structural and Functional Brain Changes and Altered Emotion and Cognition in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review of MRI and fMRI Studies
Ng, S. K., Urquhart, D. M., Fitzgerald, P. B., Cicuttini, F. M., Hussain, S. M. & Fitzgibbon, B. M. Mar 2018 In : Clinical Journal of Pain. 34, 3, p. 237-261 25 p.Research output: Research - peer-review › Article
The Social Regulation of Pain: Autonomic and Neurophysiological Changes Associated With Perceived Threat
Che, X., Cash, R., Fitzgerald, P. & Fitzgibbon, B. M. 2018 (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Pain. 10 p.Research output: Research - peer-review › Article
Combined cerebral and peripheral treatments for pain: A commentary on Hazime et al.
Fitzgibbon, B. M., de Andrade, D. C. & Schabrun, S. Aug 2017 In : European Journal of Pain. 21, 7, p. 1130-1131 2 p.Research output: Other - peer-review › Article
Prizes
2012 Vice-Chancellor's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
Bernadette Fitzgibbon (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2014 Young Researcher of the Year
Bernadette Fitzgibbon (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
2014 Young Tall Poppy
Bernadette Fitzgibbon (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Australian Postgraduate Award
Bernadette Fitzgibbon (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Doctoral Thesis
Bernadette Fitzgibbon (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2012 2014
- 3 External research organisation, centre or institute
National Health and Medical Research Council Biomedical Early Career Fellowship
Fitzgibbon, B. (Visitor)1 Jan 2014 → 1 Jan 2018
Activity: External research organisation, centre or institute
Monash Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fitzgibbon, B. (Visitor)1 Jul 2012 → 1 Jul 2013
Activity: External research organisation, centre or institute
Guest Associate Editor
Fitzgibbon, B. (Visitor)17 Jul 2012 → 17 Sep 2013
Activity: External research organisation, centre or institute