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Biography
I gained a PhD combined with specialist clinical training in Clinical Neuropsychology in 2001 at La Trobe University. I then worked across as a number of mental health research centers at the University of Melbourne and was promoted to Professor in 2012.
Currently, I work at Monash University - within the School of Psychological Sciences, where I Head the Addiction and Mental Health research program. I also Direct BrainPark - a world-first neuroscience research clinic designed to bring the latest neuroscience with diagnostic or therapeutic benefit to the community in an accessible and inspiring way, using neuroscience, lifestyle medicine and technology. I am an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow and hold the David Winston Turner Chair in Addiction and Mental Health Research.
Over two decades, I have work worked at the interface between clinical neuropsychology, psychiatry, neuroscience and technology. My group adopt a 'trans-diagnostic' approach to investigate whether the initiation and maintenance of substance and behavioural addictions, as well as, obsessive-compulsive disorder are underpinned by overlapping cognitive and motivational tendencies, and brain substrates (e.g., those related to impulsivity and compulsivity). My group are also combining lifestyle, psychological and technology-based interventions (such as physical exercise, mindfulness mediation, yoga, virtual reality, cognitive training, and gentle brain stimulation) to enhance therapeutic outcomes and create accessible treatments that can be engaging, effective and self-administered.
In 2015, 2017-2019, I was named in the world's “Most Highly Cited” authors reflecting that my groups work is in the top 1% of the world’s most influential scientific work over a 10-year period. This illustrates my groups exceptional and enduring impact on a world stage.
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Research interests
neuroscience | decision-making | habit | motivation | reward | impulsivity | compulsivity | addiction | exercise | virtual-reality | brain health
External positions
Honorary Professorial Fellow (Department of Psychiatry), University of Melbourne
Research area keywords
- MRI
- Neuropsychological assessment
- brain development
- brain imaging
- impulsivity
- problem gambling
- risk taking
- substance abuse
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Projects
Do "losses disguised as wins" in Australian pokies cause harm?
Myles, D., Yucel, M. & Carter, A.
13/05/20 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
The MonCOG Project: Validating a neurocognitive framework for addictive behaviours
Yucel, M., Lee, R. & Chamberlain, S. R.
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Cannabidiol may protect the brain against the harmful effects of marijuana
Yucel, M., Solowij, N., Martin, J. & Galettis, P.
1/01/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
Research Output
Cannabis Use in Adolescence: A Review of Neuroimaging Findings
Chye, Y., Christensen, E. & Yücel, M., 2 Jan 2020, In : Journal of Dual Diagnosis. 16, 1, p. 83-105 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Fear driven compulsive behaviour is associated with worse long-term outcome in obsessive–compulsive disorder
Ferreira, G. M., Albertella, L., Moreira-de-Oliveira, M. E., Piquet-Pessôa, M., Yücel, M., Lee, R. S. C., Batista, K. B., de Menezes, G. B. & Fontenelle, L. F., Jan 2020, In : Human Psychopharmacology. 35, 1, 4 p., e2720.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Neural correlates of symptom severity in obsessive-compulsive disorder using magnetization transfer and diffusion tensor imaging
Maleki, S., Chye, Y., Zhang, X., Parkes, L., Chamberlain, S. R., Fontenelle, L. F., Braganza, L., Youssef, G., Lorenzetti, V., Harrison, B. J., Yücel, M. & Suo, C., 30 Apr 2020, In : Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging. 298, 8 p., 111046.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Neuroanatomical alterations in people with high and low cannabis dependence
Lorenzetti, V., Chye, Y., Suo, C., Walterfang, M., Lubman, D. I., Takagi, M., Whittle, S., Verdejo-Garcia, A., Cousijn, J., Pantelis, C., Seal, M., Fornito, A., Yücel, M. & Solowij, N., 1 Jan 2020, In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 54, 1, p. 68-75 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Self-reported and neurocognitive impulsivity in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Frydman, I., Mattos, P., de Oliveira-Souza, R., Yücel, M., Chamberlain, S. R., Moll, J. & Fontenelle, L. F., Feb 2020, In : Comprehensive Psychiatry. 97, 7 p., 152155.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
Clinical Career Development Award
Yucel, Murat (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Early Career Investigator Award
Yucel, Murat (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press / Media
Media: print article on pioneering ideas for neuroscience and clinical research using virtual reality technology
25/10/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research