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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

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Sarah Whittle.

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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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Project Types

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Research Grant

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Internal Research Grant

2

Research Contracts

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Sarah Whittle.

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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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The development of structural covariance networks during the transition from childhood to adolescence

Nandita Vijayakumar, Gareth Ball, Marc L Seal, Lisa Mundy, Sarah Whittle, Tim Silk

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Structural covariance conceptualizes how morphologic properties of brain regions are related to one another (across individuals). ..

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Associations Between Neighborhood Disadvantage, Resting-State Functional Connectivity, and Behavior in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study: Moderating Role of Positive Family and School Environments

Divyangana Rakesh, Caio Seguin, Andrew Zalesky, Vanessa Cropley, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

BACKGROUND: Neighborhood disadvantage has consistently been associated with mental health and cognitive function, in addition to a..

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Associations Between Neighborhood Disadvantage, Resting-State Functional Connectivity, and Behavior in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study: Moderating Role of Positive Family and School Environments

Divyangana Rakesh, Caio Seguin, Andrew Zalesky, Vanessa Cropley, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  Biological Psychiatry

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Maternal parenting behavior and functional connectivity development in children: A longitudinal fMRI study

Elena Pozzi, Nandita Vijayakumar, Michelle L Byrne, Katherine O Bray, Marc Seal, Sally Richmond, Andrew Zalesky, Sarah L Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  DEVELOPMENTAL COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE

Parenting behavior is associated with internalizing symptoms in children, and cross-sectional research suggests that this associat..

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Unraveling the Consequences of Childhood Maltreatment: Deviations From Typical Functional Neurodevelopment Mediate the Relationship Between Maltreatment History and Depressive Symptoms

Divyangana Rakesh, Clare Kelly, Nandita Vijayakumar, Andrew Zalesky, Nicholas B Allen, Sarah Whittle

Journal article  |  2021  |  BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY-COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROIMAGING

BACKGROUND: Childhood maltreatment is associated with lifelong psychiatric sequelae. However, our understanding of neurobiological..

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The impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on event-related potentials in affective and non-affective paradigms: A systematic review with meta-analysis

Lisa N Miller, Julian G Simmons, Sarah Whittle, David Forbes, Kim Felmingham

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with neural processing deficits affecting early automatic and later conscious ..

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A longitudinal analysis of puberty-related cortical development

Nandita Vijayakumar, George J Youssef, Nicholas B Allen, Vicki Anderson, Daryl Efron, Philip Hazell, Lisa Mundy, Jan M Nicholson, George Patton, Marc L Seal, Julian G Simmons, Sarah Whittle, Tim Silk

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEUROIMAGE

The brain undergoes extensive structural changes during adolescence, concurrent to puberty-related physical and hormonal changes. ..

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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

Displaying the 4 most recent news articles by Sarah Whittle.

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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
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Video games and creative culture: independent or bound by a common shoestring?

Dan Golding

Video game makers and other "creatives" may be pulling in the same direction. CynrTalk creative cultures and you may think high-en..

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
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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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