Dr Bernadette Fitzgibbon - Researcher Profile

Bernadette Fitzgibbon

Address

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Contact Details

Tel: 90769860

Email: Bernadette.Fitzgibbon@monash.edu


Biography

Dr Bernadette Fitzgibbon is a Research Fellow at Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Center in the Psychiatric Neurotechnology team. Bernadette completed her PhD in 2011 where she conducted the first clinical and neurophysiological studies into a new pain phenomenon in amputees. Her current research involves the use of neuroscientific techniques (MRI, TMS, tDCS) to explore chronic pain, autism spectrum disorder and mirror neurons.

Related Links:

  • MAPrc

Keywords

fibromyalgia, pain, chronic pain, depression, autism, social cognition, empathy, synaesthesia, EEG, TMS,MRI

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (MNHS)
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2012
MASTER OF SCIENCE
Institution: The University of Auckland
Year awarded: 2007
BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONOURS)
Institution: The University of Auckland
Year awarded: 2006
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Institution: The University of Auckland
Year awarded: 2005

Activities

Employment

From: 01/02/2010 To: 31/01/2011
Monash University
TEACHING ASSOCIATE

From: 06/09/2010 To: 05/09/2011
Monash University
Research Assistant

Monash Postdoctoral Bridging Fellow
Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science

Visiting professorships, fellowships, or other appointments

Monash Bridging Postdoctoral Fellowship
Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science

Awards

Academic awards (national, international)

Australian Postgraduate Award
Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science

Faculty of Science Masters Award
The University of Auckland

Faculty of Science Summer Scholarship
The University of Auckland

From: 01/01/0012 To: 31/12/0012
Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science
Best Doctoral Thesis
School of Psychology and Psychiatry

Post Graduate Publications Award
Monash University Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Science

Senior Prize in Psychology
The University of Auckland

Siemens and Auckland University Travel Award
The University of Auckland