Catherine Willmott Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Dr. Willmott is Co-Director of the Monash Psychology Centre, Coordinator of the Neuropsychology Clinic and Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. She is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow within the Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre (MERRC) and the National Trauma Research Institute at The Alfred. Over the past 20 years, Dr. Willmott has conducted research into the rehabilitation of adult and paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). She was involved in studies identifying ongoing symptoms following mild TBI which involved developing information booklets which were requested by over 100 bodies worldwide, and translated into 5 languages, and validating a screening tool for mild TBI in Emergency. She is currently investigating the use of accelerometers in measuring head impacts and sports concussion in collaboration with the NTRI at The Alfred with a NHMRC Partnership Grant, partnering with the Australian Football League.Dr. Willmott has also conducted research into cognitive problems associated with moderate-severe TBI. Findings from the largest ever successful trial of drug therapy to reduce attentional problems are underpinning ground-breaking imaging studies to examine the brain pathways that mediate effective treatments within the Monash Biomedical Imaging platform. She is also investigating genetic biomarkers for recovery and response to pharmacological treatments. This research has been funded by Monash University, the Victorian Neurotrauma Initiative and the Epworth Research Institute. She collaborates with the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, investigating specific language impairment in children and cognitive sequelae associated with pre-term births.Dr. Willmott is a registered Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia and an active member of the following: APS-CCN, INS & ASSBI. She serves an external reviewer numerous international journals and the NHMRC.