Peter Anderson

Professor

Professor (Research), Psychology

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7430-868X

EmailPeter.J.Anderson@monash.edu

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Personal profile

Biography

Professor Peter Anderson is a research neuropsychologist and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at Monash University. He is the Founder and Chair of the Australian Paediatric Neuropsychology Research Network, on the Board of Directors for the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), co-director of the Australian Centre for Child Neuropsychological Studies, and on the Executive of the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Newborn Medicine.

His work focuses on understanding brain and cognitive development following early brain insults, and for the past 15 years his program has centered on neonatal conditions, especially infants born very preterm. Professor Anderson heads the Victorian Infant Brain Studies group based at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, which is internationally known for integrating neuroimaging in prospective longitudinal studies of sick neonates. He is also heavily involved in large longitudinal observational studies, designing and evaluating the benefits of early intervention and cognitive training programs, and assessing the long-term consequences of perinatal interventions.

Professor Anderson’s research has been continuously funded by NHMRC for the past 12 years, and he has published in excess of 200 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. His research is well cited and published in the leading medical, paediatric, neuroscience and psychology journals. Training the next generation of researchers is a core aspect of Professor Anderson’s program, having successfully supervised 25 PhD students to completion and mentored 20 post-doctoral fellows.

External positions

Honorary Fellow / Group Leader, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Research area keywords

cognitive development
brain development
neuropsychological assessment
paediatric neuropsychology
preterm birth
low birth weight
at-risk infants

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Projects

1 Finished
1 Not started
5 Active

PROTECT Me: Assessing Antenatal Maternal Melatonin Supplementation in Fetal Growth Restriction to Improve Neurodevelopmental Outcomes

Palmer, K., Wallace, E., Groom, K. M., Mol, B., Davies, M., Fahey, M., Anderson, P., Goergen, S., Pannek, K. & Miller, S.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/20 → 31/12/24

Project: Research

Optimising Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in ‘At-Risk’ Infants

Anderson, P.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/20 → 31/12/24

Project: Research

Long-term impact of moderate and late preterm birth: effects on neurodevelopment, brain development and respiratory health at school age

Cheong, J. L. Y., Anderson, P., Thompson, D., Ranganthan, S., Spittle, A. J., Doyle, L. W., Clark, R. A. & Burnett, A. C.

1/01/19 → 31/12/23

Project: Research

Antenatal melatonin to provide neuroprotection to the growth restricted fetus.

Wallace, E., Palmer, K., Miller, S., Anderson, P. & Fahey, M.

1/07/18 → 31/12/20

Project: Research

Long-term effect on offspring of low to moderate or binge drinking during pregnancy.

Anderson, P., Halliday, J., Elliott, E., Penington, A., Thompson, D., Muggli, E., Spittle, A. J., Forster, D., Lewis, S. & Hearps, S.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/18 → 31/12/21

Project: Research

Research Output

Parcellation of the neonatal cortex using Surface-based Melbourne Children’s Regional Infant Brain atlases (M-CRIB-S)

Adamson, C. L., Alexander, B., Ball, G., Beare, R., Cheong, J. L. Y., Spittle, A. J., Doyle, L. W., Anderson, P. J., Seal, M. L. & Thompson, D. K., 9 Mar 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 11 p., 4359.