A/Prof. Frini Karayanidis

Work Phone	(02) 4921 5457
Fax	(02) 4921 6980
Email	Frini.Karayanidis@newcastle.edu.au
Position	Associate Professor School of Psychology The University of Newcastle, Australia
Office	W249, Behavioural Sciences

Biography

My main research interest involves defining the structure and neural substrates of cognitive control processes using multi-disciplinary methodology and applying these methodologies to investigate the development of cognitive control across the lifespan. I am particularly interested in understanding the impact of inter-individual variability in cognitive control on the development of adaptive and maladaptive behavioural patterns and implications for mental health. I am keenly interested in designing educational and clinical interventions that will promote healthy development of cognitive control processes and complex decision-making across the lifespan.

I head a targeted research program that examines the structural and functional organisation of cognitive control processes. This program was developed over the last 10 years and now includes research collaboration with other senior researchers at the University of Newcastle as well as other national and international institutions, supervision of high calibre PhD students and training of many Honours students.

Qualifications

PhD, University of New South Wales
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology), Deree College, Greece
Masters Qualifying (Psychology)(Honours), University of New South Wales

Research

Research keywords

Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychophysiology
Developmental Psychopathology
Executive Control Processes

Research expertise

Dr Karayanidis' broad research area is cognitive neuroscience, with a specific focus on the structural and functional organization of cognitive control processes. Her research uses multi-disciplinary techniques to examine the organization of cognitive control processes in healthy controls, the development of these processes across the lifespan and their disruption in clinical conditions such as schizophrenia and ADHD. Dr Karayanidis has extensive expertise with event-related potential (ERP) methodology and considerable experience in paradigm development for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI).

Dr Karayanidis is currently director of the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory at the University of Newcastle, co-convenor of the Emerging Programs Panel of the Priority Research Panel for Brain and Mental Health Research, psychology representative on the Connectivity and Cognition Executive Panel of the Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (NISAD), member of the Management Committee of the Hunter Medical Research Institute Research Volunteer Register and Scientific Member of the Advisory Committee of Parkinson's NSW. Within the School of Psychology, she has research affiliations with the Neuroscience Group (headed by Prof Michie) and the Human Experimental Applied Dynamics (headed by A/Prof Heathcote) and coordinates the Fourth Year Program.

Dr Karayanidis has been co-investigator on a number of NH&MRC project grants (invited AI on NHMRC-PG 940864; CI on NHMRC-PG 209828 and NHMRC-PG 351129). She has established widespread research collaborations with colleagues in the Hunter region in the areas of cognitive control in ADHD, auditory processing and sensory gating in schizophrenia and Parkinson's Disease, integration of RT distribution analyses and ERP averaging, face processing in middle childhood, autism and ADHD, as well as internationally. This research has attracted over $1.0M in NCG and small grant funding over the last 10 years. Dr Karayanidis has supervised the research of more than 30 Honours students (7 Hons I) and 11 post-graduate students (5 awarded) and has had extensive experience in large project supervision and coordination both in her current position and in her overseas post-doctoral fellowship.

Dr Karayanidis has published 23 full papers in peer reviewed international journals (impact factors 1.09-6.78, 12-49 citations for 1st author publications), presented 22 invited papers and 84 conference papers. In 2004, Dr Karayanidis organised and chaired the first symposium on ERP measures of task-switching at the 20th World Congress of Psychophysiology (IOP). In January 2005, she chaired a discussion session on the same topic at the International Conference on Attentional Control in Taiwan. In 2005, Prof Michie and Dr Karayanidis developed a collaborative project to examine ERP and fMRI measures of cognitive control in schizophrenia with co-supervision of two RHD students.

Dr Karayanidis is consulting reviewer on numerous international journals (Psychophysiol, Neurobiol.Aging, Biol.Psychol, Neuropsychol, Austr.J.Psychol, Int.J.Psychophysiol, Lang. Cogn. Processes, Brain Res, Psychon Bull Rev), an assessor for NH&MRC Project Grants (1999+), INTREADER for ARC-DP (2002+) and reviewer for the US National Science Foundation (2006+).

Languages

Greek

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
170299	Cognitive Science Not Elsewhere Classified	45
170100	Psychology	45
110999	Neurosciences Not Elsewhere Classified	10

Centres and Groups

Centre

Group

Hunter Medical Research Institute - Brain and Mental Health

Memberships

Body relevant to professional practice.

Invited member - Scientific Advisory Committee of Parkinsons NSW

Committee/Associations (relevant to research).

Treasurer 2001-2002 - Australasian Society for Psychophysiology

Other

Member 1992-2007 - Australasian Society for Psychophysiology
Affiliated Researcher 2000-2007 - Clinical Neuroscience Program of Hunter Medical Research Institute
Member 2005-2007 - Cognitive Neuroscience Society, USA
Early Career Academic Representative 2003-2004 - Faculty Science and IT Research Committee
Member 2001-2003 - Faculty of Science and IT Ethics Committee
Member 1987- current - International Society for Psychophysiological Research (SRP)
Affiliated Researcher 1994-2007 - Neuroscience Institute for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders (NISAD)
Member 2004-2007 - Psychonomics Society, USA

Appointments

Treasurer, Organising Committee, 11th Australasian Psychophysiology Conference (Australia)	01/01/2000 - 01/12/2000
Member, Scientific Committee 10th World Congress of the International Organisation for Psychophysiology, Sydney, (Australia)	01/02/2000 - 01/12/2000
Convenor Misconduct Committee, School of Behavioural Sciences (Australia)	01/01/2002 - 01/12/2003
Member, Scientific Committee 12th Australasian Psychophysiology Conference (Australia)	01/07/2002 - 01/12/2002
Convenor Early Career Academic Program, Faculty of Science and IT, UN (Australia)	01/01/2003 - 01/12/2004
Conference Convenor Early Career Academic Conference, Faculty of Science and Information Technology (Australia)	01/11/2003 - 01/11/2003
Symposium Organiser and Chair World Congress of the International Organisation for Psychophysiology (Greece)	01/09/2004 - 01/09/2004
Founding Member and Member of Management Committee HMRI Research Volunteer Register (Australia)	01/01/2005
Co-Convenor of Emerging Programs Panel, Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research (Australia)	01/03/2007
Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory Representative Connectivity and Cognition Panel, Schizophrenia Research Institute (Australia)	01/03/2007
Director Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory (Australia)	01/03/2007

Invitations

International Conference on Attentional Control National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan (Conference Presentation - non published.)	2005
Professorial Appointment University of Amsterdam, Netherlands (External Examiner.)	2005
McGill MNI Colloquium Series Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, , Canada (Invited Lecture)	2005
ERP measures of response inhibition University of Wollongong, Australia (PHD Examiner.)	2005
Investigating motor preparation and the importance of external information in people with Parkinsons disease. University of Western Australia, Australia (PHD Examiner.)	2006

Administrative

Administrative expertise

Convenor of Early Career Academics Program of Faculty of Science and Information Technology (2003-2004).

Co-founder and inaugural member of HMRI Research Volunteer Register (2003-current).

Program Convenor for Graduate Diploma in Psychology (2006-current).

Member of Faculty of Science and IT Human Ethics Research Committee (2001-2004).

Convenor (2002-2003) and Member (2004) of the School of Psychology Misconduct Committee.

Advisory Panel for Parkinson's NSW (2002-current)

Teaching

Teaching keywords

Cognitive Neuroscience
Critical Thinking and Analysis
Developmental Psychopathology
Research Methodology

Teaching expertise

Course Coordination:

1st year Coordinator (2000-2004).

4th Year Coordinator (2006-current)

Coordinator of three 3rd year courses focusing on Research Statistics and Methodology (2004-current), Research Design (2000-2002), Developmental Psychology (2002-2003) and Critical Analysis and Review (2006-current).

Block lecturing:

Introductory Psychology (2000-2005)

Research Statistics and Methodology (2003-current), Research Design (2000-2002)

Developmental Psychology (2002-current)

Critical Review and Analysis (2006-current)

Research supervision:

30 Honours students (7 Hons Class 1; 4 ongoing)

11 Postgraduate students (5 awarded)

Teaching interests

Research Methodology
Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Psychopathology

Programs

Bachelor of Psychology
Bachelor of Science (Hons)
Postgraduate Diploma in Psychology
4th Year Program Coordinator

The University of Newcastle, Australia