Dr Fallon Cook
professor
Clinical Sciences
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Dr Fallon Cook graduated from Swinburne University of Technology in 2011, with a PhD in Psychophysiology. Her Honours work examined the impact of childhood psychological trauma on neural connectivity and dissociative tendencies. Her PhD examined the impact of childhood exposure to high-level family conflict and tested the efficacy of a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for the treatment of child trauma symptoms. She has an interest in the impact of early life stress on the child and parent, and possible bi-directional relationships between these. Dr Cook has expertise in the fields of infant sleep and crying behaviours, postnatal mental health of parents, and mother-infant interactions. She has coordinated several large randomised controlled trials, been involved in the development of intervention programs, published in international peer reviewed journals, co-authored a book chapter and has presented at international conferences.
Research Interest
Clinical Sciences
Publications
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Hilarski C, Wodarski JS, Feit MD, editors. Handbook of social work in child and adolescent sexual abuse. Routledge; 2012 Jan 26.
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Cook F, Ciorciari J, Varker T, Devilly GJ. Changes in long term neural connectivity following psychological trauma. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2009 Feb 28;120(2):309-14.
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Cook F, Bayer J, Le HN, Mensah F, Cann W, Hiscock H. Baby Business: a randomised controlled trial of a universal parenting program that aims to prevent early infant sleep and cry problems and associated parental depression. BMC pediatrics. 2012 Feb 6;12(1):13.
