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Research InterestsDr Thomas Weickert | | (Position Details) | | Phone 02 9399 1130 | | Email | | Qualifications PhD |
| | | School/Unit |
| School of Psychiatry | |
| | Broad Research Areas | |
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Psychiatry
Neuroscience
Neuropsychology
Clinical Research
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| | | | Specific Research Keywords | |
| Schizophrenia
Psychology
Cognition
fMRI
Clinical Research
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| | | | Research Interests | |
| Focused on cognitive function as it pertains to frontal-striatal circuitry, schizophrenia, and normal aging. Using cognitive and neuropsychological testing, brain stimulation, and fMRI to examine the interaction of genes, schizophrenia, antipsychotic treatment, and aging on cognition.
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| | | | ILP Research Interests (Will supervise ILP students) |
| Clinical Pharmacology
Cognition
Decision Making
Genetics
Learning
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Memory
Problem Solving
Schizophrenia
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| | | | Teaching Interests | |
| Including schizophrenia, cognition, learning and memory, working memory, probabilistic category learning, basal ganglia function, antipsychotic effects on cognition, prefrontal cortex function. | |
| | | | Society Memberships & Professional Activities | |
| Society for Neuroscience
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Brain Sciences University of New South Wales
Schizophrenia International Research Society
Australian Neuroscience Society
Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research
Schizophrenia Research Institute, Infrastructure panel, affiliated scientist
Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Research Committee
Schizophrenia Research Institute, Cognition and Connectivity Panel
Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank, Scientific Research Committee | |
| | | | Funding Sources | |
| UNSW
NHMRC | |
| | | | Key works/Publications | |
| Weickert, T.W.*, Walenski, M.*, Maloof, C.J., Ullman, M.T. (in press). A grammatical deficit in schizophrenia: Evidence from morphology. Neuropsychologia. (5-year impact factor: 4.4) citations: 0.
Weickert, T.W., Goldberg, T.E., Callicott, J.H., Chen, Q., Apud, J.A., Das, S., Zoltick, B.J., Egan, M.F., Meeter, M., Myers, C., Gluck, M.A., Weinberger, D.R., Mattay, V.S., (2009). Neural correlates of probabilistic category learning in patients with schizophrenia. J Neurosci. 29(4):1244-1254. (5-year impact factor: 8.2) citations: 0.
Jazbec, S., Pantelis, C., Weickert, T., Robbins, T., Weinberger, D., Goldberg, T. (2007). Intra-dimensional/Extra-dimensional set-shifting performance in schizophrenia: Impact of distractors. Schizophr Res 89(1-3): 339-49. (5-year impact factor: 4.9) citations: 13.
Oroszi, G., Lapteva, L., Davis E., Yarboro C.H., Weickert, T., Roebuck-Spencer, T., Bleiberg, J., Rosenstein, D., Pao, M., Lipsky, P.E., Goldman, D., Lipsky R.H., Illei, G.G. (2006). The Met66 allele of the functional Val66Met polymorphism in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene confers protection against neurocognitive dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus. Ann Rheum Dis. 65(10):1330-5. (5-year impact factor: 5.9) citations: 11.
Lapteva, L., Nowak, M., Yarboro, C.H., Takada, K., Roebuck-Spencer, T., Weickert, T., Bleiberg, J., Rosenstein, D., Pao, M., Patronas, N., Steele, S., Manzano, M., Van Der Veen, J., Lipsky, P.E., Marenco, S., Wesley, R., Volpe, B., Diamond, B., Illei, G. (2006). Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor antibodies, cognitive dysfunction and depression in systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 54(8):2505-14. (5-year impact factor: 7.4) citations: 37.
Blasi, G., Goldberg, T., Weickert, T., Das, S., Kohn, P., Zoltick, B., Bertolino, A., Callicott, J., Weinberger, D.R., Mattay, V.S. (2006). Brain regions underlying response inhibition and interference monitoring and suppression. Eur J Neurosci. 23(6):1658-64. (5-year impact factor: 4.1) citations: 24.
Roebuck-Spencer, T.M., Yarboro, C., Nowak, M., Takada, K., Jacobs, G., Lapteva, L., Weickert, T., Volpe, B., Diamond, B., Illei, G., Bleiberg, J. (2006). Use of computerized assessment to predict neuropsychological functioning and emotional distress in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Rheum. 55(3):434-41. (5-year impact factor: 7.4) citations: 9.
Weickert, T.W.*, Fera, F.*, Goldberg, T., Tessitore, A., Hariri, A., Das, S., Lee, S., Zoltick, B., Meeter, M., Myers, C., Gluck, M., Weinberger, D.R., Mattay, V. S. (2005). Neural mechanisms underlying probabilistic learning in normal aging. Journal of Neuroscience, 25(49), 11340-11348. (5-year impact factor: 8.2) citations: 8.
Weickert, T.W. & Goldberg, T.E. (2005) First and second generation antipsychotic medication and cognitive processing in schizophrenia. Current Psychiatry Reports, 7(4), 304-310. (Review) citations: 13.
Weickert, T.W., Goldberg, T.E., Mishara, A., Apud, J., Kolachana, B., Egan, M.F., Weinberger, D.R. (2004). COMT val108/158met genotype predicts working memory response to antipsychotic medication. Biological Psychiatry, 56, (9), 677-682. (5-year impact factor: 8.7) citations: 50.
Elvevåg, B., Fisher, J. E., Weickert, T. W., Weinberger, D. R., Goldberg, T. E. (2004). Lack of false recognition in schizophrenia: A consequence of poor memory and impaired semantic processing? Neuropsychologia, 42, 546-554. (5-year impact factor: 4.4) citations: 18.
Weickert, T.W., Goldberg, T.E., Marenco, S., Bigelow, L.L., Egan, M.F., Weinberger, D.R. (2003). Comparison of cognitive performances in a placebo period and an atypical neuroleptic treatment period in schizophrenia: Critical examination of confounds. Neuropsychopharmacology, 28, 1491-1500. (5-year impact factor: 6.3) citations: 38.
Goldberg, T.E., Egan, M.F., Gscheidle, T., Coppola, R., Weickert, T., Kolachana, B.S., Goldman, D., Weinberger, D.R. (2003). Executive subprocesses in Working Memory: Relationship to COMT Val108/158 Met genotype and schizophrenia. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 889-896. (5-year impact factor: 16.1) citations: 249.
Weickert, T.W., Terrazas, A., Bigelow, L.L., Malley, J.D., Hyde, T., Egan, M.F., Weinberger, D.R., Goldberg, T.E. (2002). Habit and skill learning in schizophrenia: Evidence of normal striatal processing with abnormal cortical input. Learning and Memory. 9, (6), 430-42. (5-year impact factor: 5.2) citations: 28.
Elvevåg, B., Weickert, T., Wechsler, M., Coppola, R., Weinberger, D.R., Goldberg, T.E. (2002). An investigation of the integrity of semantic boundaries in schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 53, 187-198. (5-year impact factor: 4.9) citations: 12.
Weickert, T.W., Goldberg, T.E., Gold, J.M., Egan, M.F., Bigelow, L.L., & Weinberger, D.R. (2000). Cognitive impairments in patients with schizophrenia displaying preserved and compromised intellect. Archives of General Psychiatry, 57, 907-913. (5-year impact factor: 16.1) citations: 180. | |
| | | | Attachments | |
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Tom Weickert 2007 CV.doc | |
| | | | Further Information | |
| http://www.powmri.edu.au/research/themes/weickert-group | |
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