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Biography

Dr Gershon Spitz leads the Precision Neurorehabilitation group within the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre and is the Deputy Program Lead of the Brain Injury and Rehabilitation theme at the School of Psychology. He is also a Group leader at the Trauma Group and iBrain research groups at the Department of Neuroscience, Monash University.

His research focuses on traumatic brain injury, which is a growing global health challenge due to persistent, debilitating, and complex interactions between cognitive, emotional, and behavioural impairments. Traumatic brain injury is increasingly recognised to result in pathological evolving processes that span many years or decades. 

He leads a multidisciplinary research group comprising clinicians and basic research scientists with the following key objectives: 


1) to understand the biological, psychological, and social/environmental mechanisms that underlie persistent cognitive, emotional, or behavioural disturbances following traumatic brain injury. 


2) to use established mechanistic understanding to develop novel interventions for persistent difficulties following traumatic brain injury.

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):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Research area keywords

  • Cognitive neuroscience
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
  • Neuropsychology
  • Traumatic brain injury

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