Sarah is an internationally recognised expert in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology. Her research program has advanced our understanding of the neural basis of human cognition and behaviour.
She has pioneered music neuroscience research in Australia, showing how music can enhance brain function in healthy individuals, and facilitate recovery after brain injury. She has also described a new clinical syndrome that arises following treatment of neurological disorders, and her research has led to better management of the cognitive, emotional, and social difficulties faced by individuals recovering from brain injury. Sarah employs behavioural, genetic, and neuroimaging techniques in her research, and heads a vibrant team of researchers in the Clinical and Music Neuroscience Lab. She is also the Director of Music, Mind and Wellbeing (MMW), a world-first initiative linking neuroscience with music and social wellbeing through a unique set of collaborations spanning music, science, health, education, and industry. Clinically, she has expertise in the cognitive and psychosocial assessment of individuals with brain injury. She has established a hospital-based rehabilitation service for epilepsy patients and their families, and more recently a community-based Psychosocial Clinic for patients with Functional Neurological Disorders. Her research has been awarded multiple prizes internationally and changed clinical practice around the globe.
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FEATURED Journal article
Rethinking neurobehavioral comorbidity in Panayiotopoulos syndrome
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Projects
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Project Types
18
Research Grant
3
Research Contracts
2
Internal Research Grant
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
IBE-SPACE Prize for Assessing Costs in Epilepsy
Director, Music, Mind & Wellbeing, The University of Melbourne
Research Fellow, Florey Neuroscience Institutes
Credentials
Positions
Head Of School
Melbourne School Of Psychological Sciences
Invited Member
Epilepsy Education Task Force, International League Against Epilepsy
Chair
Chair, Neuropsychology Task Force, Diagnostic Methods Commission, International League Against Epilepsy
Elected Member
President, Australian Music and Psychology Society
Clinical Neuropsychologist
The APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists
Esa
Epilepsy Society of Australia
Maps
Australian Psychological Society
Registered Psychologist
The Psychologists Registration Board of Victoria
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Clinical Neuropsychology
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science (Honours)
University of Melbourne