Staff Profile
Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie
Conjoint Professor
School of Psychology
EditCareer Summary
Biography
Dr. Michie currently holds the position of Professor of Psychology, School of Psychology, at the University of Newcastle having previously held professorial positions at the University of Western Australia and Macquarie University. Dr. Michie's primary research interest is in the area of cognitive neuroscience, particularly the neural basis of auditory information processing, attention and executive functions in healthy individuals, in people with schizophrenia and those at risk of psychosis. She has on-going research collaborators will colleagues in Finland, Japan, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. In terms of research leadership,
Dr. Michie was appointed Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research), University of Newcastle, in March 2007. She previously held the position of Assistant Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Science and IT in 2006 and has been member of the Universitys Research Committee since 2001. She is head of the Neuroscience Research Group within the School of Psychology. Since taking up her current position at the University of Newcastle, Dr. Michie has established the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory (FNL) with state-of-the-art ERP facilities, integrated fMRI image processing and electrical source localization tools. This laboratory supports the research activities of 6 academic and postdoctoral staff, 7 PhD students and 20 Honours students. She is currently principal supervisor of 4 doctoral level students and co-supervisor of 3 other students. Dr. Michie has a strong research record with a publication record consisting of over 90 peer reviewed journal papers, in excess of 1100 citations, an average citation rate per item of 20 and consistently in excess of 80 citations per year since 1999 (204 in 2006). The most frequently cited paper published in the last 5 years has received 27 citations. She has been awarded approximately $4.5m in NCG project grants (NHMRC and ARC) over the period from 1983 2006. She has been invited to sit on NHMRC project grant review panels (2001, 2003, 2005) and the NHMRC Program grant panel in 2004. Dr. Michie was convenor of the Neuroimaging consortium of the NHMRC Brain and Mental Health Network in 2001 and was responsible for establishing training scholarships for postgraduate students to enable them to obtain basic training in fMR image processing.
Qualifications
- PhD, Macquarie University
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of New England
Research
Research keywords
- Cogntiive Neuroscience
- Event related potentials (ERPs) of the brain
- Functional MRI
- Schizophrenia
Research expertise
Cognitive neuroscience, Functional neuroanatomy of response inhibition, Executive functions and acts of control, Neural basis of auditory processing deficits in schizophrenia, Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and those at risk.
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|
| 170100 | Psychology | 50 |
| 170299 | Cognitive Science Not Elsewhere Classified | 25 |
| 110999 | Neurosciences Not Elsewhere Classified | 25 |
Memberships
Body relevant to professional practice.
- Committee member - APS/Program Development & Accreditation Advisory Group (PDAAG)
- Member - Australian Psychological Society
NHMRC Committee
- GRP member and Program Review committee - GRP 5 - Mental Health/Psychiatry & Psychology 2001,2003, 2005, Program Review committee 2004
Other
- Member - Australasian Society for Psychiatry Research
- Member - Australasian Society for Psychophysiology
- Member - Australian Neuroscience Society
- Member - Cognitive Neuroscience Society
- Member - Schizophrenia International Research Society
- Member and Society Committee member - Society for Psychophysiological Research/Publications Committee
Invitations
8th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry, Austria (Conference Presentation - non published.)
| 2005 |
Genes, neurones and mental illness Brain and Mind Institute, Sydney University, Australia (Conference Presentation - non published.)
| 2005 |
Department of Psychology University of New England, Australia (External Reviewer - Departments.)
| 2003 |
International assessment panel for CBRU Professorship University of Helsinki, Finland (International reviewer of applicants for Professorship in Psychology, University of Helsinki)
| 2007 |
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Cognition
- Experimental Psychopathology
EditPublications
No publications.
EditGrants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 59 |
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| Total funding | $5,603,171 |
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For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
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2013 (1 grants)
Identifying the pathways to better detection of temporal cues in sound$50,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
2012 (5 grants)
The effects of maternal infection on glutamate-related behavioural, electrophysiological and neuropathological measures relevant to schizophrenia$523,417
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Cognitive flexibility from adolescence to senescence: Variability associated with cognitive strategy and brain connectivity$387,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Testing for N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibodies in a large Australian cohort of schizophrenia patients$30,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
Tomago Aluminium$26,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
Testing for N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antibodies in a large Australian cohort of schizophrenia patients$10,000
Funding Body: Schizophrenia Research Institute
2011 (4 grants)
Impaired anticipation of sensory events in schizophrenia$300,032
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Relationships between white matter lesions and cognitive and motor functioning in patients with minor ischaemic stroke: A structural and functional brain imaging study - RhD 2yr$40,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
The effects of maternal infection on NMDA-related electrophysiological, behavioural and biochemical measures relevant to schizophrenia$25,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
IMPLEN NanoPhotometer pearl$10,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team |
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| Doctor Murray Cairns, Associate Professor Paul Tooney, Associate Professor Alan Brichta, Professor John Rostas, Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie, Conjoint Professor Keith Jones, Professor Ulli Schall, Associate Professor Phillip Dickson, Doctor Frederick Walker, Doctor Rick Thorne, Doctor Chris Dayas, Doctor Nikki Verrills, Doctor Janet Holt, Doctor Severine Roselli, Doctor Kathryn Skelding, Doctor Jude Weidenhofer, Associate Professor Liz Milward, Doctor Charles De Bock, Doctor Julie Merriman-Jones, Doctor Jing Qin Wu, Doctor Bing Liu, Mr Dan Johnstone, Ms Belinda Goldie, Ms Natalie Beveridge |
| Scheme | Role |
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| Equipment Grant | Investigator |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
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| $10,000 | 2011 | 2011 |
| GNo:G1100030 |
2010 (3 grants)
The effects of maternal viral infection on electrophysiological and biochemical measures of NMDA receptor functioning in adult offspring$70,000
Funding Body: Schizophrenia Research Institute
A structural and functional brain imaging study of how white matter lesions in patients with minor ischaemic strike affect cognitive and motor control processes$24,600
Funding Body: Hunter Children`s Research Foundation
Examination of Cerebral Metabolites and Structural Abnormalities in Temporal and Frontal Lobes and their relationship to Mismatch Negativity in Schizophrenia$20,000
Funding Body: Schizophrenia Research Institute
2009 (3 grants)
Neurocognitive correlates of transition from ultra-high risk mental state to schizophrenia$1,505,750
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Working memory deficits and mismatch negativity changes induced by early life infection: 'Two-hit' model of schizophrenia$43,800
Funding Body: Schizophrenia Research Institute
Shared mass storage device and backup media$16,800
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
2008 (4 grants)
Brain Science and Young People's Mental Health: A gene expression study in young people at ultra high risk of developing schizophrenia$25,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
Modulation of cognitive control: integrating behavioural and ERP analyses of experimental and participant levels of control$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
Brain electrical source analysis software (BESA)$11,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
First Schizophrenia International Research Conference$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
2007 (3 grants)
HMRI Postdoctoral Fellowship in Youth Mental Health Research$150,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
Executive fractionating in schizophrenia and healthy controls: The role of inhibitory control processes$20,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, THE BROADMOOR in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, 28/3/2007 - 1/4/2007$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
2006 (7 grants)
PRC - Priority Research Centre for Brain & Mental Health Research (CBMHR)$524,282
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team |
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| Conjoint Professor Chris Levi, Professor Amanda Baker, Professor Mike Calford, Professor Trevor Day, Emeritus Professor Peter Dunkley, Professor Michael Hazelton, Professor Andrew Heathcote, Professor Brian Kelly, Conjoint Professor Vaughan Carr, Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie, Professor David Pow, Professor John Rostas, Professor Ulli Schall, Professor Alistair Sim, Professor Mike Startup |
| Scheme | Role |
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| Priority Research Centre | Investigator |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
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| $524,282 | 2006 | 2013 |
| GNo:G0186947 |
Neurocognitive profiles of people receiving cognitive behaviour therapy$25,000
Funding Body: NSW Ministry of Health
Predictors of transition to psychosis in an 'at-risk' population - a pilot study$19,980
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
Spatial and temporal dynamics of motor and cognitive inhibition: An fMRI and ERP study of schizophrenia$12,790
Funding Body: Schizophrenia Research Institute
The spatial and temporal dynamics of motor and cognitive inhibition in schizophrenia $12,600
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
Fractionating cognitive control processes in task switching$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
Forth Conference on Mismatch Negativity (MMN) and its clinical and scientific applications 22 April - 26 April 2006$2,175
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
2005 (5 grants)
Application for funding to develop a software grid for data-sharing associated with the NISAD/LONI Virtual Brain Bank$95,254
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
The Australian EEG Database - Infrastructure Support$20,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
2005 RIBG allocation$15,798
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team |
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| Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie |
| Scheme | Role |
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| Research Infrastructure Block Grant (RIBG) | Chief Investigator |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
|---|
| $15,798 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0185828 |
Neural consequences of cardiac surgery: a study using magnetic resonance measures of functional brain activation and brain metabolism$11,305
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
8th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, 28/6/2005 to 3/7/2005$2,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
2004 (4 grants)
Neuroscan SynAmps2 32 channel amplifier$22,394
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Facial Identity and Facial Expression Processing in Autism$19,565
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
The structural and functional organisation of cognitive control processes.$10,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
fMRI analysis of visual areas involved in the perception of self motion.$7,200
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
2003 (9 grants)
Functional and structural imaging of auditory information processing deficits in recent-onset and chronic schizophrenia$357,500
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
The neural basis of countermanding an action$60,000
Funding Body: Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
| Project Team |
|---|
| Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie |
| Scheme | Role |
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| Postgraduate Research Scholarship | Chief Investigator |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
|---|
| $60,000 | 2003 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0182907 |
Polhemus Fastrak Digitizer with Accessories$20,829
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Face and Facial expression processing in autism$14,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
Neural basis of countermanding an action.$12,100
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
Integrity of auditory temporal processing in the ascending auditory system.$10,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
The neural basis face processing: A functional MRI investigation$10,000
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Third International Workshop on Mismatch negativity and Auditory Functions and Dysfunctions, Lyon, France 15 - 17 May, 2003$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
Small grant NHMRC Neuroimaging Consortium (Equipment Grant)$2,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
2002 (7 grants)
Abnormal auditory system function in schizophrenia: an ERP and MEG study of its origin, course and generality$250,000
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
Research Fellow Support for Dr B Budd.$100,000
Funding Body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
| Project Team |
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| Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie |
| Scheme | Role |
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| Clinical Neurosciences Program | Chief Investigator |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
|---|
| $100,000 | 2002 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0182299 |
Research fellow support for Dr B Budd.$25,000
Funding Body: Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders
The neural basis of countermanding an action$7,250
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
Neuroscan hardware lock or dongle for SCAN analysis software system$6,600
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
SEEDING GRANT from Neuroimaging Consortium - A Pilot study assessing MMN generators using event related fMRI$1
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
SEEDING GRANT from Neuroimaging Consortium - The neural basis of inhibitory deficits in schizophrenia$1
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
| Project Team |
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| Emeritus Professor Patricia Michie |
| Scheme | Role |
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| Network for Brain Research - Neuroimaging Consortium | Chief Investigator |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
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| $1 | 2002 | 2002 |
| GNo:G0182034 |
2001 (3 grants)
Genetic basis of complex traits in schizophrenia$140,000
Funding Body: National Health & Medical Research Council
| Scheme | Role |
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| Project Grant | Investigator |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
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| $140,000 | 2001 | 2002 |
| GNo:17565915 |
Network for Brain Research into Mental Disorders - Neuroimaging Consortium$111,248
Funding Body: NHMRC (National Health & Medical Research Council)
11th Australasian Psychophysiology Conference, 1 December 2001 to 4 December 2001$3,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
1999 (1 grants)
Correlated phenotypes in schizophrenia: Clinical and genetic analysis$347,000
Funding Body: National Health & Medical Research Council
| Scheme | Role |
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| Project Grant | Investigator |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
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| $347,000 | 1999 | 2001 |
| GNo:17656629 |
EditResearch Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 9 |
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| Total current UoN Masters EFTSL | 0.13 |
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| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 1.38 |
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For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
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| 2013 | 2013 | M Philosophy (Psychology) | Co-Supervisor | Exploring the Differential Effects of Aging on Controlled and Automatic Inhibitory Tasks |
| 2012 | 2016 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Co-Supervisor | The Role of Inter-individual Differences in Processing Network Connectivity on Cognitive Flexibility |
| 2012 | 2016 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Co-Supervisor | The Role of Early Versus Late Gestational Maternal Immune Activation in the Aetiology of Schizophrenia: A Focus on Cognitive Symptomology, the NMDA Receptor and Microglial Activation Using a Rodent Model |
| 2010 | 2014 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Co-Supervisor | Relationship Between White Matter Lesions and Cognitive Motor Functions in Older Adults |
| 2009 | 2013 | PhD (Medicine) | Co-Supervisor | Neural Correlates of Cognitive Impairment in a Sample of Young People at Risk of Developing Schizophrenia |
| 2008 | 2013 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Principal Supervisor | Cognitive Rehabilitation for Schizophrenia |
| 2007 | 2012 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Co-Supervisor | Cognitive Control Across the Adult Lifespan: A Combined Cognitive Modelling and Event-Related Potential Approach |
| 2007 | 2010 | PhD (Clinical Psychology) | Co-Supervisor | Long-Term Memory Performance in Schizophrenia |
| 2006 | 2015 | PhD (Psychiatry) | Co-Supervisor | Neurocognitive profiles of people receiving cognitive behaviour therapy. |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
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| 2012 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Principal Supervisor | Effects of Central Nervous System Depressant Drug Overdose on Cognitive Functions and Driving |
| 2011 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Co-Supervisor | Formulation of Stimuli Sets and Evaluation of Facial Emotion Processing in Typically Developing Individuals and in the Clinical Populations of Intellectual Disability, Autistic Disorder, and Asperger's Disorder |
| 2010 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Co-Supervisor | The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Cognitive Control |
| 2010 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Principal Supervisor | The Neural Basis of Stop-Signal Inhibition in Healthy Individuals and in Schizophrenia Patients |
| 2009 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Principal Supervisor | Auditory Information Processing in Schizophrenia: Electrophysiological and Behavioural Evidence for a Pervasive Temporal Processing Impairment |
| 2009 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Principal Supervisor | Age Effects on Auditory Sensory Memory: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective |
| 2006 | PhD (Psychology - Science) | Co-Supervisor | Behavioural and Electrophysiological Correlates of Anticipatory Task-Set Reconfiguration |
| 2005 | M Psychology (Clinical) [R] | Co-Supervisor | Auditory Sensory Memory in the Young, the Aged and Individuals with Memory Impairment: Mismatch Negativity and Neuropsychological Assessment |
| 2003 | PHD Psychology University of Western Australia | Principal Supervisor | Cognitive and perceptual deficits associated with delusions of paranoid schizophrenia |
| 2001 | PHD Psychology University of Western Australia | Principal Supervisor | Mismatch negativity reduction reveals temporal processing abnormalities in schizophrenia |