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Personal profile
Biography
Professor Kate Hoy is Head of Interventional Neuropsychology and Deputy Director of the Epworth Centre for Innovation in Mental Health (ECIMH), a Monash University and Epworth HealthCare research centre.
Professor Hoy, a current NHMRC fellow and Clinical Neuropsychologist, is a leading clinical researcher having been awarded three sequential NHMRC Fellowships, an NHMRC excellence award (Top Ranked CDF) and a 2017 Victorian Telstra Business Women’s Award. With more than 15 years’ experience in clinical brain stimulation research, she runs a substantive program focused on developing novel biological treatments for cognitive disorders. She currently leads a number of world first clinical trials aimed at improving cognition in Alzheimer's, as well preventing dementia in people with mild cognitive impairment. Her team is also conducting research looking at cognitive impairment in schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, head injury, Huntington's disease and mild cognitive impairment, as well as investigating ways in which to optimise efficacy of prefrontal brain stimulation techniques. She has received over 4.5 million dollars in funding for this research to date and has published over 100 scientific journal articles.
Professor Hoy is internationally recognised as a leading brain stimulation researcher. She is on the editorial board of Cortex, has given more than 40 invited presentations on cognition and brain stimulation (including keynote presentations), and is a founding executive member and current President of the Australasian Brain Stimulation Society.
Professor Hoy is a passionate and active science advocate, particularly around issues of equity, diversity and inclusion and career sustainability. She is a former Deputy Chair of the Australian Academy of Science’s Early and Mid-Career Researchers forum, has been a returning mentor in the Global STEM Alliance initiative: 1000girls, 1000futures and currently works with the Australian Academy of Science across a number of national diversity and inclusion initiatives. In 2016 she founded the WomeninBrainStim.com initiative, a database website which has had a positive impact in addressing the extreme gender imbalances at international brain stimulation conferences, as highlighted in Science Careers.
She is also dedicated to communicating science to the public, not only her own research, but the importance and impact of science in general. She gives regular talks on her research to a range of audiences, she is active on twitter, has published articles in consumer targeted magazines (i.e. Link Disability Magazine, Australian Quarterly) and on the conversation website, and has been interviewed in the media on nearly 40 occasions.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology), MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 6 Dec 2007
Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience (Honours), MONASH UNIVERSITY
Award Date: 30 Oct 2002
Research area keywords
- Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
- Cognitive Enhancement
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Neurological Disorders
Projects
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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
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A randomized controlled trial of Theta Burst Stimulation for the treatment of cognitive impairment in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease
Hoy, K., Fitzgerald, P. & Gleason, A.
1/01/18 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
Research output
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A genetic profile of refractory individuals with major depressive disorder and their responsiveness to transcranial magnetic stimulation
Souza-Silva, N. G., Nicolau, E. S., Hoy, K., Hawi, Z., Bellgrove, M. A., Miranda, D. M., Romano-Silva, M. A. & Fitzgerald, P. B., Jul 2020, In : Brain Stimulation. 13, 4, p. 1091-1093 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Research › peer-review
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A pilot investigation of an intensive theta burst stimulation protocol for patients with treatment resistant depression
Fitzgerald, P. B., Chen, L., Richardson, K., Daskalakis, Z. J. & Hoy, K., 1 Jan 2020, In : Brain Stimulation. 13, 1, p. 137-144 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile7 Citations (Scopus) -
A pragmatic randomized controlled trial exploring the relationship between pulse number and response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment in depression
Fitzgerald, P. B., Hoy, K. E., Reynolds, J., Singh, A., Gunewardene, R., Slack, C., Ibrahim, S. & Daskalakis, Z. J., Jan 2020, In : Brain Stimulation. 13, 1, p. 145-152 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile9 Citations (Scopus) -
Benzodiazepine use and response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in Major Depressive Disorder
Fitzgerald, P. B., Daskalakis, Z. J. & Hoy, K. E., 1 May 2020, In : Brain Stimulation. 13, 3, p. 694-695 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Depressive symptom trajectories associated with standard and accelerated rTMS
Kaster, T. S., Chen, L., Daskalakis, Z. J., Hoy, K. E., Blumberger, D. M. & Fitzgerald, P. B., 1 May 2020, In : Brain Stimulation. 13, 3, p. 850-857 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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2013 Victorian Tall Poppy Award
Hoy, Kate (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2017 Victorian Telstra Business Woman of the Year: Public Sector and Academia
Hoy, Kate (Recipient), 2017
Prize: National/international honour
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Deans Award for Excellence in Research: Early Career Research
Hoy, Kate (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Finalist: L'Oreal Australian For Women in Science Fellowship
Hoy, Kate (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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High Commendation for Doctoral Thesis
Hoy, Kate (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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[Invitation] Second annual Carolina Neurostimulation Conference
Kate Hoy (Invited speaker)
4 Apr 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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International Neuromodulation Society’s 14th World Congress
Kate Hoy (Invited speaker)
25 May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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NHMRC Project Grant Review Panel Member
Kate Hoy (Fellow)
2018Activity: External Academic Engagement › Peer review panel or committee
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Cortex (Journal)
Kate Hoy (Editorial board member)
Dec 2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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[Invitation] NANS + NYC Neuromodulation conference
Kate Hoy (Keynote/plenary speaker)
24 Aug 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press / Media
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Nature News: Brain-stimulation trials get personal to lift depression
4/04/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Monash Lens Feature Article: Paying it forward: encouraging women to pursue STEMM careers
1/03/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Monash Lens Feature Article: 'TMS - firing up the brain to treat depression and mental health conditions'
1/02/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Monash Agent of Change: Short film and Bus/Tram stop advertising
1/01/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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Radio Interview Triple RRR Einstein a-go-go: Dementia Research
1/10/17
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview