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Email

nelsonb@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professorial Fellow
Centre for Youth Mental Health (Orygen)
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters (Coursework)
University of Melbourne
Post Graduate Diploma
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-6263-2332

Prof Barnaby Nelson

Professorial Fellow
Centre for Youth Mental Health (Orygen)

637 Scholarly works
24 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Effects of 6-months of SSRI use on DNA-methylation and gene expression in blood
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106520
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The impact of expanding the PACE clinic: Closing the gap by including complex presentations in youth mental health
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2026.104886
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Integrating dynamical systems theory and phenomenology to enhance early identification and treatment of psychotic disorders
    DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00244-5
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Structural covariance network topology in individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis: the ENIGMA-CHR Study
    DOI: 10.1038/s41380-025-03304-6
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    The Prediction and Treatment of Early Stage Psychosis: Sharpening the Tools, Broadening the Target, and Innovating the Interventions
  • 2020

    Research grants (international)

    Trajectories and Predictors in the Clinical High Risk for Psychosis Population (CHR-Aus): A Nationwide Network of Clinics With International Partners (PRESCIENT) - 5u01mh124631-05 NoA 03/09/2026
  • 2020

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Australian Early Psychosis Collaborative Consortium Clinical Registry (Cr) & Clinical Trial & Translation Network (Cttn)
Barnaby Nelson

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2015
Outstanding Research Award - Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Prize for Innovative and Promising Schizophrenia Research Brain & Behavior Research Foudnation (BBRF)
2015
NARSAD Independent Investigator Award
2008
NARSAD Young Investigator Award
2008
Ronald Phillip Griffith Fellow, University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Premorbid functioning trajectories and the one-year course of cognitive performance in first-episode psychosis: a cluster analysis in PSYSCAN
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2025.100391
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Treatment of schizotypal disorder: A systematic review and GRADE evaluation of the certainty of evidence
    DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2025.12.008
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Delusion as embodied emotion: a qualitatively driven, multimethod study of first-episode psychosis in the UK
    DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(25)00341-4
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The central role of negative emotional states, rejection sensitivity and negative self-beliefs in a complex non-clinical paranoia network model
    DOI: 10.1007/s00127-025-02964-7
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Feasibility of a Stepped-Care Intervention for Those at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis in the United States
    DOI: 10.1111/eip.70120
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Clinical characteristics linked to persistent and emerging eating disorder risk trajectories in young people seeking mental health care
    DOI: 10.1007/s00787-026-02978-9

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Youth AI: Infrastructure for the Next Generation of Youth Mental Healthcare
  • 2023

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    The Cannabidiol First-Episode Psychosis Study

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