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Sarah Whittle

Nhmrc Career Development Research Fellow
Psychiatry
psychology
neuroscience
psychiatry
mental health
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A/Prof

Sarah Whittle

 
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Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Adolescent brain development
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Projects

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NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ANXIETY ACROSS DEVELOPMENT AND SEX

Anxiety disorders are extremely debilitating, and are most likely to have their onset in young people. Understanding the biological mechanis..

2019 - 2021
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PKU in the adolescent and young adult meeting

2020 - 2021
Active
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NEURODEVELOPMENTAL RISK FACTORS FOR DEPRESSION FROM CHILDHOOD TO EARLY ADULTHOOD

To understand who is at risk for depression, we need to understand how both the environment and biological factors promote risk at specific ..

2017 - 2021
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PUBERTAL TIMING, BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH IN ADOLESCENCE

Early timing of puberty is known to be associated with future mental health problems. This study aims to investigate whether children who go..

2015 - 2020
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Mobilising and empowering parents in the COVID-19 mental health response: A single-arm trial of an enhanced online parenting intervention to improve parent risk and protective factors for adolescent mental health

2020 - 2020
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The neuroendocrinological stress response system and stress vulnerability in youth with first-presentation borderline personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental disorder with adverse long-term outcomes, including suicide. BPD is characterised b..

2013 - 2018
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PREDICTING TREATMENT RESPONSE IN YOUTH DEPRESSION WITH BRAIN IMAGING

Depression is the single greatest cause of disability and morbidity in young people. In order to reduce its substantial burden on individual..

2014 - 2018
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PREDICTING TREATMENT RESPONSE IN YOUTH DEPRESSION WITH BRAIN IMAGING

Depression is the single greatest cause of disability and morbidity in young people. In order to reduce its substantial burden on individual..

2014 - 2018
Completed
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FATTY ACID CONCENTRATIONS AND MYELIN INTEGRITY IN YOUNG PEOPLE AT ULTRA-HIGH RISK OF PSYCHOSIS

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) play an important role in many physiological processes in all organisms. Myelination is the process by w..

2014 - 2017
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Do family environments influence children's brain development during the transition to adolescence?

Late childhood marks the first stages of a wave of brain growth and reorganisation, second only to infancy in terms of its extent and signif..

2013 - 2017
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Projects

Project Types

16

Research Grant

3

Internal Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

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Scholarly Works

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Towards a Social Brain

Sarah Whittle, Katherine O Bray, Elena Pozzi

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Socioeconomic status and the developing brain - A systematic review of neuroimaging findings in youth.

Divyangana Rakesh, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  Neurosci Biobehav Rev

A growing literature has shown associations between socioeconomic disadvantage and neural properties (such as brain structure and ..

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Parental Physical Illnesses and Their Association with Subsequent Externalizing and Internalizing Symptoms in Children

Lotta Kinnunen, Tanja Nordstrom, Mika Niemela, Sami Rasanen, Sarah Whittle, Jouko Miettunen

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF CHILD AND FAMILY STUDIES

Parental physical illnesses can be stressful for children. We estimated the prevalence of children who experience parental physica..

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Longitudinal changes in within-salience network functional connectivity mediate the relationship between childhood abuse and neglect, and mental health during adolescence.

Divyangana Rakesh, Nicholas B Allen, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  Psychol Med

BACKGROUND: Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of childhood maltreatment is vital given consistent links with poor me..

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Similar but distinct - Effects of different socioeconomic indicators on resting state functional connectivity: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study®.

Divyangana Rakesh, Andrew Zalesky, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  Dev Cogn Neurosci

Early socioeconomic status (SES) has consistently been associated with child health and cognitive outcomes, in addition to alterat..

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Neighborhood disadvantage and longitudinal brain-predicted-age trajectory during adolescence.

Divyangana Rakesh, Vanessa Cropley, Andrew Zalesky, Nandita Vijayakumar, Nicholas B Allen, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  Dev Cogn Neurosci

Neighborhood disadvantage has consistently been linked to alterations in brain structure; however, positive environmental (e.g., p..

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The effects of puberty and its hormones on subcortical brain development

Nandita Vijayakumar, George Youssef, Nicholas B Allen, Vicki Anderson, Daryl Efron, Lisa Mundy, George Patton, Julian G Simmons, Tim Silk, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  Comprehensive Psychoneuroendocrinology

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Associations between cognitive and affective empathy and internalizing symptoms in late childhood

Katherine O Bray, Vicki Anderson, Christos Pantelis, Elena Pozzi, Orli S Schwartz, Nandita Vijayakumar, Sally Richmond, Camille Deane, Nicholas B Allen, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS

BACKGROUND: Empathy is a multidimensional construct, which includes cognitive and affective components. Studies in adults have dem..

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The long-term associations between parental behaviors, cognitive function and brain activation in adolescence

Orwa Dandash, Nicolas Cherbuin, Orli Schwartz, Nicholas B Allen, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Parenting behavior has a vital role in the development of the brain and cognitive abilities of offspring throughout childhood and ..

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A Researcher's Guide to the Measurement and Modeling of Puberty in the ABCD Study (R) at Baseline

Theresa W Cheng, Lucia Magis-Weinberg, Victoria Guazzelli Williamson, Cecile D Ladouceur, Sarah L Whittle, Megan M Herting, Kristina A Uban, Michelle L Byrne, Marjolein EA Barendse, Elizabeth A Shirtcliff, Jennifer H Pfeifer

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY

The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development℠ (ABCD) Study is an ongoing, diverse, longitudinal, and multi-site study of 11,880 adol..

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Keyword Analysis

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Clinical Sciences
Neurosciences
Clinical Health
Health Services and Systems
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Biological Psychology
Expanding Knowledge
Other Psychology
Applied and Developmental Psychology

News

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Growing up in a rough neighbourhood can shape kids' brains, so good parenting and schooling is crucial

Divyangana Rakesh, Sarah Whittle

ShutterstockGrowing up in a poor or disadvantaged neighbourhood can affect the way adolescents’ brains function..

March 28, 2021
conversation Article
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The legacy of maltreatment on the brain

Divyangana Rakesh, Sarah Whittle

The World Health Organization defines childhood maltreatment as the abuse and neglect of children, including all types of physical and emoti..

November 2, 2020
pursuit Article
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To safeguard children's mental health during COVID-19, parents must look after their own

Sarah Whittle, Kate Bray

ShutterstockThe negative mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are clear, but there is particular conc..

August 23, 2020
conversation Article
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Growing up in disadvantaged areas may affect teens' brains, but good parenting can help

Sarah Whittle, Julian G. Simmons, Nick Allen

Disadvantaged neighbourhoods can be a source of stress for young people. Dielok/Flickr, CC BY-SANew research has found growing up in a disa..

June 22, 2017
conversation Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2003

Australian Postgraduate Award
2008

FARC - Fellow of the Australian Research Council

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Nhmrc Career Development Research Fellow

Psychiatry

Education

PhD in Psychology

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science with Honours

University of Tasmania

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