Vicki Anderson
Professor
Child Neuropsychology
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Professor Vicki Anderson is a paediatric neuropsychologist with over 30 years' experience. In 2002 she was appointed Director of Psychology at the Royal Children's Hospital, and in 2005 she took up the position of Theme Director, Critical Care and Neurosciences Research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. She is an NHMRC Senior Practitioner Fellow, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, the Australian Psychological Society and the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment.Professor Anderson has published over 250 papers in peer-reviewed journals, as well as four books and has obtained competitive research grants totalling over $20 million. She is Associate Editor of the Journal of Neuropsychology (British Psychological Society) and Neuropsychology (American psychological Association) and consulting editor on a number of prestigious international neuropsychology journals. She has served on the Board of Governors of the International Neuropsychological Society, and has had a long-term involvement, at an executive level, with the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment and has been President of the Society.
Research Interest
Clinical Sciences,Child Neuropsychology and cancer
Publications
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Cooper JM, Catroppa C, Beauchamp MH, Eren S, Godfrey C, Ditchfield M, Anderson VA. Attentional control ten years post-childhood traumatic brain injury: the impact of lesion presence, location, and severity in adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of neurotrauma. 2014 Apr 15;31(8):713-21.
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Anderson V, Beauchamp MH, Yeates KO, Crossley L, Hearps SJ, Catroppa C. Social competence at 6 months following childhood traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2013 May;19(5):539-50.
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Anderson V, Gomes A, Greenham M, Hearps S, Gordon A, Rinehart N, Gonzalez L, Yeates KO, Hajek CA, Lo W, Mackay M. Social competence following pediatric stroke: Contributions of brain insult and family environment. Social neuroscience. 2014 Sep 3;9(5):471-83.
