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Email

swhittle@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Tasmania
ORCID

0000-0003-3145-1528

Prof Sarah Whittle

Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

317 Scholarly works
25 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Dimensional adversity, brain-age, & mental health: Differences in male and female adolescents
    DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2026.101671
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Classification of major depressive disorder using vertex-wise brain sulcal depth, curvature, and thickness with a deep and a shallow learning model.
    DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03273-w
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Longitudinal Associations Between Greenspace Exposure, Structural Brain Development, and Mental Health and Academic Performance During Early Adolescence
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.03.026
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Pubertal Hormones and the Early Adolescent Female Brain: A Multimodality Brain MRI Study
    DOI: 10.1002/hbm.70451
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    The Impact of Female Sex Hormones on Neurodevelopment
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    Neural Mechanisms of Anxiety Across Development and Sex
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Neurodevelopmental Risk Factors for Depression From Childhood to Early Adulthood
Sarah Whittle

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2008
Fellow of the Australian Research Council (FARC)
2003
Australian Postgraduate Award

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    The Influence of Maternal and Paternal Parenting on Adolescent Brain Structure
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2024.06.013
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Regional brain morphology and current antidepressant use: findings from 32 international cohorts from the ENIGMA major depressive disorder working group
    DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03310-8
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Brain Changes After a Parenting Intervention in Adolescent Girls With Internalizing Symptoms: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.3845
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Advances on design considerations inDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience
    DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101627
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Residential greenness and adolescent mental health trajectories: A longitudinal pre-registered study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.122150
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Prospective Associations Between Structural Brain Development and Onset of Depressive Disorder During Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood.
    DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.20240588

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2023

    Internal Research Grant

    Creation and Validation of an English Version of an Empathy and Theory of Mind Measurement Tool for Adolescents: EmpaToM-Y-Engl
  • 2023

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Impact of Early Relational Health on Neurodevelopment

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