Rebecca Kerestes

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Rebecca Kerestes

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1298-9904

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20092024

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Dr Kerestes is a research fellow in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. Her research focuses on understanding emotion regulation difficulties in children with neurodivergent conditions, with a particular interest in Attention hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She conducts research imaging techniques including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to investigate the neural basis of emotion regulation in ADHD and ASD, and has expertise in cerebellum mapping and measurement. 

Dr Kerestes is passionate about improving engagement of families into co-designed community-led research and is currently leading several projects in this area. She sits on the School of Psychological Sciences early career research committee and is a member of the Monash Neuroscience Network subcommittee.

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):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Neuroscience, PhD, A functional magnetic resonance imaging investigation of emotion processing in remitted major depressive disorder: towards the identification of neurobiological trait markers and clinical implications for treatment, Monash University

Award Date: 7 Jan 2012

Psychology, BSc (Honours), Monash University

Physiology, Bachelor of Science, Monash University

External positions

Research Fellow, University of Pittsburgh

1 Sept 2014 → 1 Dec 2016

Research Fellow, University of Melbourne

2 Feb 2012 → 2 Feb 2014

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  • Patterns of subregional cerebellar atrophy across epilepsy syndromes: An ENIGMA-Epilepsy study

    Kerestes, R., Perry, A., Vivash, L., O'Brien, T. J., Alvim, M. K. M., Arienzo, D., Aventurato, Í. K., Ballerini, A., Baltazar, G. F., Bargalló, N., Bender, B., Brioschi, R., Bürkle, E., Caligiuri, M. E., Cendes, F., de Tisi, J., Duncan, J. S., Engel, J. P., Foley, S. & Fortunato, F. & 44 others, Gambardella, A., Giacomini, T., Guerrini, R., Hall, G., Hamandi, K., Ives-Deliperi, V., João, R. B., Keller, S. S., Kleiser, B., Labate, A., Lenge, M., Marotta, C., Martin, P., Mascalchi, M., Meletti, S., Owens-Walton, C., Parodi, C. B., Pascual-Diaz, S., Powell, D., Rao, J., Rebsamen, M., Reiter, J., Riva, A., Rüber, T., Rummel, C., Scheffler, F., Severino, M., Silva, L. S., Staba, R. J., Stein, D. J., Striano, P., Taylor, P. N., Thomopoulos, S. I., Thompson, P. M., Tortora, D., Vaudano, A. E., Weber, B., Wiest, R., Winston, G. P., Yasuda, C. L., Zheng, H., McDonald, C. R., Sisodiya, S. M. & Harding, I. H., Apr 2024, In: Epilepsia. 65, 4, p. 1072-1091 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

    Open Access
    6 Citations (Scopus)

  • Smaller total and subregional cerebellar volumes in posttraumatic stress disorder: a mega-analysis by the ENIGMA-PGC PTSD workgroup

    Huggins, A. A., Baird, C. L., Briggs, M., Laskowitz, S., Hussain, A., Fouda, S., Haswell, C., Sun, D., Salminen, L. E., Jahanshad, N., Thomopoulos, S. I., Veltman, D. J., Frijling, J. L., Olff, M., van Zuiden, M., Koch, S. B. J., Nawjin, L., Wang, L., Zhu, Y. & Li, G. & 90 others, Stein, D. J., Ipser, J., Seedat, S., du Plessis, S., van den Heuvel, L. L., Suarez-Jimenez, B., Zhu, X., Kim, Y., He, X., Zilcha-Mano, S., Lazarov, A., Neria, Y., Stevens, J. S., Ressler, K. J., Jovanovic, T., van Rooij, S. J. H., Fani, N., Hudson, A. R., Mueller, S. C., Sierk, A., Manthey, A., Walter, H., Daniels, J. K., Schmahl, C., Herzog, J. I., Říha, P., Rektor, I., Lebois, L. A. M., Kaufman, M. L., Olson, E. A., Baker, J. T., Rosso, I. M., King, A. P., Liberzon, I., Angstadt, M., Davenport, N. D., Sponheim, S. R., Disner, S. G., Straube, T., Hofmann, D., Qi, R., Lu, G. M., Baugh, L. A., Forster, G. L., Simons, R. M., Simons, J. S., Magnotta, V. A., Fercho, K. A., Maron-Katz, A., Etkin, A., Cotton, A. S., O’Leary, E. N., Xie, H., Wang, X., Quidé, Y., El-Hage, W., Lissek, S., Berg, H., Bruce, S., Cisler, J., Ross, M., Herringa, R. J., Grupe, D. W., Nitschke, J. B., Davidson, R. J., Larson, C. L., deRoon-Cassini, T. A., Tomas, C. W., Fitzgerald, J. M., Blackford, J. U., Olatunji, B. O., Kremen, W. S., Lyons, M. J., Franz, C. E., Gordon, E. M., May, G., Nelson, S. M., Abdallah, C. G., Levy, I., Harpaz-Rotem, I., Krystal, J. H., Dennis, E. L., Tate, D. F., Cifu, D. X., Walker, W. C., Wilde, E. A., Harding, I. H., Kerestes, R., Thompson, P. M. & Morey, R., Mar 2024, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 29, 3, p. 611–623 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

    Open Access
    3 Citations (Scopus)

  • Cerebellar Volume and Disease Staging in Parkinson's Disease: An ENIGMA-PD Study

    Kerestes, R., Laansma, M. A., Owens-Walton, C., Perry, A., van Heese, E. M., Al-Bachari, S., Anderson, T. J., Assogna, F., Aventurato, Í. K., van Balkom, T. D., Berendse, H. W., van den Berg, K. R. E., Betts, R., Brioschi, R., Carr, J., Cendes, F., Clark, L. R., Dalrymple-Alford, J. C., Dirkx, M. F. & Druzgal, J. & 42 others, Durrant, H., Emsley, H. C. A., Garraux, G., Haroon, H. A., Helmich, R. C., van den Heuvel, O. A., João, R. B., Johansson, M. E., Khachatryan, S. G., Lochner, C., McMillan, C. T., Melzer, T. R., Mosley, P. E., Newman, B., Opriessnig, P., Parkes, L. M., Pellicano, C., Piras, F., Pitcher, T. L., Poston, K. L., Rango, M., Roos, A., Rummel, C., Schmidt, R., Schwingenschuh, P., Silva, L. S., Smith, V., Squarcina, L., Stein, D. J., Tavadyan, Z., Tsai, C. C., Vecchio, D., Vriend, C., Wang, J. J., Wiest, R., Yasuda, C. L., Young, C. B., Jahanshad, N., Thompson, P. M., van der Werf, Y. D., Harding, I. H. & the ENIGMA-Parkinson’s Study, Dec 2023, In: Movement Disorders. 38, 12, p. 2269-2281 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

    Open Access
    11 Citations (Scopus)

  • Multimodal Analysis of Secondary Cerebellar Alterations After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

    Keleher, F., Lindsey, H. M., Kerestes, R., Amiri, H., Asarnow, R. F., Babikian, T., Bartnik-Olson, B., Bigler, E. D., Caeyenberghs, K., Esopenko, C., Ewing-Cobbs, L., Giza, C. C., Goodrich-Hunsaker, N. J., Hodges, C. B., Hoskinson, K. R., Irimia, A., Königs, M., Max, J. E., Newsome, M. R. & Olsen, A. & 12 others, Ryan, N. P., Schmidt, A. T., Stein, D. J., Suskauer, S. J., Ware, A. L., Wheeler, A. L., Zielinski, B. A., Thompson, P. M., Harding, I. H., Tate, D. F., Wilde, E. A. & Dennis, E. L., 1 Nov 2023, In: JAMA Network Open. 6, 11, 15 p., e2343410.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

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    4 Citations (Scopus)

  • Reduced cerebello-cerebral functional connectivity correlates with disease severity and impaired white matter integrity in Friedreich ataxia

    Kerestes, R., Cummins, H., Georgiou-Karistianis, N., Selvadurai, L. P., Corben, L. A., Delatycki, M. B., Egan, G. F. & Harding, I. H., May 2023, In: Journal of Neurology. 270, 5, p. 2360–2369 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

    Open Access
    6 Citations (Scopus)
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