Dr Catherine Orr
Biography
Background: I was awarded my MPsych (Clinical Neuropsychology)/ PhD from the University of Melbourne. Before taking up a position at Swinburne University in 2018, I completed postdoctoral training at the University of Vermont.
Research interests: My primary research interest is cognitive neuroscience with a particular interest in brain maturation during the adolescent and early adult period. I use multi-modal neuroimaging methods to describe neural network organization with the aim of better understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of emotional and cognitive dysregulation.
Current projects: I am currently working on projects making use of large, longitudinal neuroimaging datasets. With collaborators, I am relating the developmental trajectories of cortical and subcortical structures to risk taking behaviours in adolescence; studying the neurobiological correlates of substance misuse initiation; and disentangling the effects of sex and pubertal staging on neuropsychiatric symptoms.
Research interests
Clinical Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Mood Disorders; Neuroscience
PhD candidate and honours supervision
Higher degrees by research
Accredited to supervise Masters & Doctoral students as Principal Supervisor.
Honours
Available to supervise honours students.
Honours topics and outlines
Brain development in adolescents with high levels of substance use
Evaluation of "Right Now", an eight-week course to support women who have experienced interpersonal trauma (a collaboration with Relationships Australia, Victoria)
Neurobiological correlates of low levels of cannabis use in adolescents
Fields of Research
- Learning, Motivation And Emotion - 520403
- Behavioural Genetics - 520201
- Behavioural Neuroscience - 520202
- Cognitive Neuroscience - 520203
- Psychopharmacology - 520205
- Psychophysiology - 520206
- Social And Affective Neuroscience - 520207
- Clinical Neuropsychology - 520301
- Cognition - 520401
Publications
Also published as: Orr, Catherine; Orr, C.; Orr, C. A.; Orr, Catherine A.; Orr, Catherine Ann
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Recent research grants awarded
- 2019: Brimbank Young Researchers Project Evaluation *; Brimbank City Council
- 2018: Neural Circuits Underlying Risk and Resilience in Young People Exposed to Intrafamilial Violence *; Barbara Dicker Brain Science grant
* Chief Investigator