Associate Professor Kristin Laurens - Nat Sch Psychology (Faculty of Health Sciences)

Fully accredited supervisor - Can supervise as principal supervisor

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My primary research interests are in child and youth mental health. I conduct multi-disciplinary longitudinal research projects that use cognitive neuroscience and life-course epidemiology methods to characterise developmental pathways from childhood to diverse health, social, and educational outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood. I am motivated to identify new prevention and early intervention opportunities in childhood that promote successful development for all individuals, and I work with clinical colleagues and educational professionals to develop new prevention and intervention programs for young people. I am currently supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship.

Contact

Phone :6257 (Brisbane)
Email :kristin.laurens@acu.edu.au
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Research Interests

Developmental psychopathology ; Cognitive Neuroscience ; Epidemiology and Population Health ; Schizophrenia / psychosis ;

Methods Expertise

record linkage (population cohort studies) ; Event-Related Potentials (ERP) ; structural and functional MRI ; Longitudinal and cross-sectional designs ;

Research Projects

No research project is currently recorded.

Selected Publications

2017

The 2015 Middle Childhood Survey (MCS) of mental health and wellbeing at age 11 years in an Australian population cohort, in BMJ Open

2016

Toward earlier identification and preventative intervention in schizophrenia: Evidence from the London Child Health and Development Study, in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

2012

Psychotic-like experiences in a community sample of 8,000 children aged 9-11 years: An Item Response Theory analysis, in Psychological Medicine