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Biography
Dr Gershon Spitz leads the Translation Neuroscience stream within the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre and is the Deputy Program Lead of the Brain Injury and Rehabilitation theme at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health. 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):
Research area keywords
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Neuropsychology
- Traumatic brain injury
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A transdiagnostic approach to psychopathology following traumatic brain injury
Spitz, G., Ponsford, J., Gould, K. & Carmichael, J.
1/01/21 → 1/01/25
Project: Research
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Neuroprotective effect of the combination of cannabidiol and isoflurane in mild traumatic brain injury
McDonald, S., Mychasiuk, R., Shultz, S. & Spitz, G.
15/02/21 → 15/02/22
Project: Research
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Modulation of brain function, neurochemistry, and behaviour by manipulating gut bacteria.
Spitz, G., O'Shea, J. & Johansen-Berg, H.
1/01/18 → 1/01/22
Project: Research
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A critical guide to the automated quantification of perivascular spaces in magnetic resonance imaging
Pham, W., Lynch, M., Spitz, G., O’Brien, T., Vivash, L., Sinclair, B. & Law, M., 14 Dec 2022, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16, 27 p., 1021311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Brain age in chronic traumatic brain injury
Spitz, G., Hicks, A. J., Roberts, C., Rowe, C. C. & Ponsford, J., 2022, In: NeuroImage: Clinical. 35, 8 p., 103039.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Highlights in traumatic brain injury research in 2021
Ponsford, J., Spitz, G. & Hicks, A. J., Jan 2022, In: The Lancet Neurology. 21, 1, p. 5-6 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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The impact of break duration, time of break onset, and prior shift duration on the amount of sleep between shifts in heavy vehicle drivers
Harris, R., Beatty, C. J., Cori, J. M., Spitz, G., Soleimanloo, S. S., Peterson, S. A., Naqvi, A., Barnes, M., Downey, L. A., Shiferaw, B. A., Anderson, C., Tucker, A. J., Clark, A., Rajaratnam, S. M. W., Howard, M. E., Sletten, T. L., Wolkow, A. P. & on behalf of the National Transport Commission Heavy Vehicle Driver Fatigue Project Team, Oct 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Sleep Research. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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β-Amyloid and Tau Imaging in Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury: A Cross-sectional Study
Hicks, A., Ponsford, J. L., Spitz, G., Doré, V., Krishnadas, N., Ayre, C. & Rowe, C. C., 13 Sep 2022, In: Neurology. 99, 11, p. e1131-e1141 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)