Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis

In her role of Deputy Dean, Academic and Graduate Affairs, Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis is responsible for the oversight of academic performance (academic and research staff) across the areas of probation, performance development and promotion. She supports Heads of School/Department/Institute Directors and academic staff in strengthening academic performance and drives a culture of performance excellence. She is also responsible for the oversight of graduate research degrees (PhD and Masters by research), including development of student recruitment strategies, quality selection tools, enrolments, timely completions, international exchange programs, and up-skilling for work-readiness via targeted professional development training as part of the Monash doctoral program.

Professor Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis was awarded her PhD in 1997 at Monash University. She has held several academic leadership positions within the School of Psychological Sciences, including as Course Convenor of first year Psychology (across multiple campuses), Course Convenor of the Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience, Director of Graduate Research, and in Faculty leadership positions, including as Associate Dean, Graduate Research, and currently as Deputy Dean, Academic and Graduate Affairs.

Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis is Professor of Psychology and Heads the Georgiou-Karistianis Experimental Neuropsychology Research Unit within the Turner Institute of Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences. She is internationally renowned for her pioneering research in rare neurodegenerative disorders, in particular Huntington’s disease (HD) and Friedreich ataxia (FRDA). She leads large multidisciplinary NHMRC and Philanthropy funded research programs (IMAGE-HD and IMAGE-FRDA) with the discovery of sensitive neuroimaging biomarkers for tracking disease progression, providing new insights for examining and treating disease at the brain, cognitive and motor level. She has over 190 peer-reviewed scientific publications, several book chapters, and has attracted over $12M in research funding from the NHMRC, ARC-Linkage and Philanthropic organisations. The impact of her work is recognised by key-note addresses at leading international conferences, including the World Congress of Huntington’s Disease; Cure Huntington’s Disease Initiative (CHDI) Foundation Annual Therapeutics Conference; and European Huntington’s Disease Network. She is Director of the Huntington’s Research Group of Victoria (HRGV) and is a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Huntington's Disease. She currently serves on a number of international committees, including with the Huntington’s Disease Regulatory Science Consortium (HD-RSC), Critical Path Institute, Arizona (USA), and the Cure Huntington’s Disease Initiative (CHDI) Foundation Inc, New York (USA). She has a long-standing commitment for excellence in training of PhD students and early career researchers. She has supervised 29 PhD students to completion, with seven successful recipients of NHMRC early career research fellowships.

Email: nellie.georgiou-karistianis@monash.edu

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