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Email

nelsonb@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professorial Fellow
Centre for Youth Mental Health (Orygen)
Education
Doctoral Degree (Research) / PhD
University of Melbourne
Masters Degree (Coursework)
University of Melbourne
Postgraduate 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)

648 Scholarly works
24 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Comparative profiles of anomalous self-experiences and social cognition in clinical high risk for psychosis and autism spectrum disorder
    DOI: 10.1016/j.scog.2026.100450
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Reliability and Validity of the Japanese Version of the Inventory of Psychotic-Like Anomalous Self-Experiences
    DOI: 10.1002/mpr.70099
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Machine Learning Prediction of First Suicide Attempts in Early Adolescence Among Child Ideators
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2026.07.1245
  • 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
  • 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) - 4u01mh124631-06- NOA Dated 06/09/2026
  • 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

    Differential effects of illness and antipsychotics on cortical thinning in first episode psychosis: A randomised placebo-controlled MRI study
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.06.028
  • 2026

    Journal article

    The Staging Model in Psychosis and Preventive Interventions: An Emerging Field With Debates on Conceptual Models and Interpretation of the Evidence Base
    DOI: 10.1111/eip.70185
  • 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
  • 2026

    Journal article

    271. Three LLaMA Models (3.2:3b, 3:Latest, 3.1:8b) Converge: Elaboration, Specificity, and Self-Initiation Highlight Obsessive Beliefs in CHR Youth via ClinicalBERT
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.03.505
  • 2026

    Journal article

    640. Leveraging Natural Language Processing to Quantify Self-Stigma Expressions in Spontaneous Speech Across the Psychosis Spectrum
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.03.874
  • 2026

    Journal article

    744. Neural Habituation Deficits in Clinical High-Risk Youth: Evidence From Auditory and Visual P300 Event-Related Potentials (ERP) in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia Project
    DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.03.978

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2024

    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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