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Professor Suresh Sundram is the Head, Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University and Director of Research, Mental Health Program, Monash Health.
He has been investigating the molecular pathology of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders using pharmacological, neurochemical and neuropathological approaches. These inter-related methods have been applied to parse components of the disorder such as treatment resistance and suicide to better understand their neurobiological substrates. He undertook his doctoral and post-doctoral studies at the Mental Health Research Institute in Melbourne before establishing his laboratory there and subsequently at the Florey Institute and concurrently establishing a clinical research laboratory undertaking clinical trial and biomarker research in psychotic disorders. He then transferred to, and integrated his research program at Monash University and Monash Medical Centre. Together, this has permitted rapid and seamless translational research between molecular and clinical approaches. The work has resulted in more than 150 published scientific articles, books, book chapters and conference abstracts. He has presented as plenary and invited speaker at international and national conferences, served as deputy editor for the Asian Journal of Psychiatry and is an advisor to the UN, national and state governments.
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, PhD, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 31 Dec 2001
Psychiatry, MMed, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 31 Dec 1999
Medicine, MBBS, University of Melbourne
Award Date: 31 Dec 1988
Research area keywords
- Schizophrenia Disorders
- Neurosciences
- molecular neuroscience
- Psychopharmacology
- Psychosis
- Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Traumatic stress
- Refugee Health
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Assessment of ERG components to discriminate between schizophrenia and bipolar disorder type I
24/08/21 → 23/08/26
Project: Research
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Characterising the Muscarinic Receptor Deficit in Schizophrenia
Kanaan, R., Castle, D. J., Oliver, J., O'Keefe, G., Wilson, S. J., Jayaram, M. B., Dean, B., Rowe, C. C. & Sundram, S.
4/02/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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A prospective, longitudinal, case–control study to evaluate the neurodevelopment of children from birth to adolescence exposed to COVID-19 in utero
Hill, R. A., Malhotra, A., Sackett, V., Williams, K., Fahey, M., Palmer, K. R., Hunt, R. W., Darke, H., Lim, I., Newman-Morris, V., Cheong, J. L. Y., Whitehead, C., Said, J., Bignardi, P., Muraguchi, E., Fernandes, L. C. C., Oliveira, C. & Sundram, S., Dec 2023, In: BMC Pediatrics. 23, 1, 8 p., 48.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Maternal SARS-CoV-2 exposure alters infant DNA methylation
Hill, R. A., Gibbons, A., Han, U., Suwakulsiri, W., Taseska, A., Hammet, F., Southey, M., Malhotra, A., Fahey, M., Palmer, K. R., Hunt, R. W., Lim, I., Newman-Morris, V. & Sundram, S., Feb 2023, In: Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health. 27, 6 p., 100572.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Perturbed iron biology in the prefrontal cortex of people with schizophrenia
Lotan, A., Luza, S., Opazo, C. M., Ayton, S., Lane, D. J. R., Mancuso, S., Pereira, A., Sundram, S., Weickert, C. S., Bousman, C., Pantelis, C., Everall, I. P. & Bush, A. I., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Molecular Psychiatry. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Age and environmental factors predict psychological symptoms in adolescent refugees during the initial post-resettlement phase
Hocking, D. C. & Sundram, S., Dec 2022, In: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. 16, 1, 12 p., 105.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Cognitive and perceptual impairments in schizophrenia extend to other psychotic disorders but not schizotypy
Frattaroli, N., Geljic, M., Runkowska, D., Darke, H., Reddyhough, C., Mills, T., Mitchell, M., Hill, R., Carter, O. & Sundram, S., Dec 2022, In: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition. 30, 8 p., 100266.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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