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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Elizabeth Thomas is a post-doctoral research fellow who gained her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (2019) and a Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Hons)/Bachelor of Science (2014) from Monash University. Elizabeth has authored or co-authored one invited book chapter and 15 publications in high-ranking journals, and has presented her research at >30 national and international conferences in the areas of mental health, sex hormones and/or cognition. She has a passion for research in infertility and women’s mental health, and her research aims to better understand mood fluctuations across abnormal menstrual cycles in women suffering with infertility.
Monash teaching commitment
Sessional Teaching
Monash University, Clayton
- SCI2010: Scientific practice and communication (2016 – 2020)
- IMM2011: Basic immunology (2016 – 2022)
- IMM2022: Immunology in health and disease (2016 – 2017, 2019 – present)
University Service
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2020-2021 |
Alfred Research Alliance EMCR committee member |
Community service
| 2019 | Invited speaker at Careers Day, Mentone Girls Grammar School (July 31) |
| 2019 | Speaker at Women in STEM Girls in Engineering, Maths and Science (GEMS) conference, Ecolinc, in collaboration with Toyota Australia (May 7) |
| 2018 - 2019 | STEM Professional in Schools (Dandenong South Primary School; St John’s Regional College), CSIRO |
| 2018 |
Invited speaker at Careers Day, Mentone Girls Grammar School (Aug 1) |
| 2018 |
Invited workshop leader for NeuroDay, Methodist Ladies’ College (July 21) |
| 2017 |
Students of Brain Research (SOBR) committee media and marketing manager |
| 2017 |
Invited speaker at Careers Day, Mentone Girls Grammar School (July 26) |
| 2015 |
Women in Science Breakfast invited guest, Mentone Girls Grammar School (Aug 13) |
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Psychiatry, Doctor of Philosophy, Cognition across the schizotypy-schizophrenia continuum and the role of the glutamatergic system
2015 → 2019
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Establishment of the Bluesky Brain Stimulation Team
Chen, L., Kulkarni, J., De Castella, A. & Thomas, L.
6/06/22 → 31/12/27
Project: Research
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Accelerated Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Treat Major Depression: The Past, Present, and Future
Chen, L., Klooster, D. C. W., Tik, M., Thomas, E. H. X., Downar, J., Fitzgerald, P. B., Williams, N. R. & Baeken, C., 1 May 2023, In: Harvard Review of Psychiatry. 31, 3, p. 142-161 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
The relationship between cognitive clusters and telomere length in bipolar-schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Gurvich, C., Thomas, N., Hudaib, A-R., Van Rheenen, T. E., Thomas, E. H. X., Tan, E. J., Neill, E., Carruthers, S. P., Sumner, P., Romano-Silva, M., Bozaoglu, K., Kulkarni, J. & Rossell, S. L., Aug 2023, In: Psychological Medicine. 53, 11, p. 5119-5126 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Does switching between high frequency rTMS and theta burst stimulation improve depression outcomes?
Chen, L., Thomas, E. H. X., Kaewpijit, P., Miljevic, A., Hahn, L., Lavale, A., Hoy, K. E., Galletly, C. & Fitzgerald, P. B., 1 Jul 2022, In: Brain Stimulation. 15, 4, p. 889-891 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus) -
Evidence that a working memory cognitive phenotype within schizophrenia has a unique underlying biology.
Dean, B., Thomas, E. H. X., Bozaoglu, K., Tan, E. J., Van Rheenen, T. E., Neill, E., Sumner, P. J., Carruthers, S. P., Scarr, E., Rossell, S. L. & Gurvich, C., Nov 2022, In: Psychiatry Research. 317, 10 p., 114873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Gender Differences in the Correlations between Childhood Trauma, Schizotypy and Negative Emotions in Non-Clinical Individuals
Thomas, E. H. X., Rossell, S. L. & Gurvich, C., Feb 2022, In: Brain Sciences. 12, 2, 18 p., 186.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Alfred Psychiatry Poster Prize
Thomas, Lizzie (Recipient), 25 Jun 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Early Career Award, Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS)
Thomas, Lizzie (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Outstanding Review Editor Award
Thomas, Lizzie (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Postgraduate Publication Award
Thomas, Lizzie (Recipient), 2 May 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (Journal)
Lizzie Thomas (Associate editor)
2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Psychiatry Grand Round, Alfred Health
Lizzie Thomas (Contributor)
11 Sept 2019Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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In Her Shoes Annual Symposium
Lizzie Thomas (Member of programme committee)
14 Sept 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference