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Theme:Mental health and the ageing brain
Role:Affiliated Stakeholder Advisory Panel (ASAP)
School of Medicine
Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
Building 42 Room 311
University of Wollongong
+61 2 4221 5743
Research focus
Professor Kelly Newell’s research focuses on the neurobiology and treatment of mental illness including depression and schizophrenia. She utilizes postmortem human brain samples to uncover biological changes in the brains of those with mental illness. She has research interests in the biology of antenatal depression and the impacts of antenatal depression and its treatment on offspring.
Publications and funding
IHMRI research team
PhD candidates
Noor Jarbou
The effects of treated and untreated depression during pregnancy on offspring behaviour and brain development: The role of maternal exercise
Samara Brown
Exploring the kynurenine pathway in depression
Honours students
Olivia Mairinger (2021)
Examining the effects of stress, depression and antidepressant drugs on developing neurons
Elise Kulen (2021)
Can exercise during pregnancy mitigate some of the transgenerational effects of maternal depression?