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Email

jgs@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Associate Professor
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Education
Doctoral Degree (Research) / PhD
University of Melbourne
Postgraduate Diploma
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-7228-1847

A/Prof Julian Simmons

Associate Professor
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences

168 Scholarly works
9 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Fibroscan Compact 530
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Inspiration or instigation? Bidirectional links between body-focused content, body image, and disordered eating urges
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2026.102157
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Seeing size: A systematic review on responses to plus-size representation in contemporary media.
    DOI: 10.1037/cps0000373
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Body comparisons are bidirectionally linked with body dissatisfaction but not disordered eating urges
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101992
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Corrigendum to “A systematic review and meta-analysis on the temporal relationship between appearance comparisons and body dissatisfaction: Body image 53 (2025) 101885” (Body Image (2025) 53, (S1740144525000361), (10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101885))
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101968
  • 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
Julian Simmons

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2025
The University of Melbourne
2016
Melbourne Neurosciences Institute Research Fellowship
2014
Dyason Travel Fellowship
2009
AAAS/Science Program for Excellence in Science Award

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 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
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Temperament, brain structure and problematic video gaming in adolescence – A six-year longitudinal study
    DOI: 10.1556/2006.2025.00068
  • 2025

    Journal article

    A systematic review and meta-analysis on the temporal relationship between appearance comparisons and body dissatisfaction
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2025.101885
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Puberty and NeuroDevelopment in adolescents (PANDA): a study protocol
    DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-05197-w
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Associations Between Brain Structural Development and Onset of Depressive Disorder During Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Results From a 15-Year Longitudinal Study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.146
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Associations between diet quality and anxiety and depressive disorders: A systematic review
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jadr.2023.100629

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    OMIX3: High-Capacity Integrated Multi-Omics
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    GE Lunar iDXA Advance Bone Mineral Densitometer

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