Oliver Watkeys

RESEARCHER PROFILE

PhD Student

0422 521 277

o.watkeys@neura.edu.au


Oliver Watkeys is a PhD student in the School of Psychiatry at NeuRA and the University of New South Wales.

He completed an Honours Degree in Psychology at the University of Newcastle in 2016.

Oliver is currently investigating the epigenetic modification of genes and how this can impact upon the manifestation of severe psychopathologies such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Projects Oliver Watkeys is currently involved with

CURRENT PROJECTS

Imaging Genetics in Psychosis Study


OLIVER WATKEYS, YANN QUIDE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MELISSA GREEN
The Imaging-Genetics in Psychosis study aims to determine common stress-related pathology among schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients, in association with shared genetic vulnerabilities, cognitive deficits, and brain phenotypes.

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Imaging Genetics in Psychosis Study

RESEARCH TEAM

LEAH GIRSHKIN PhD Student

STACY TZOUMAKIS Lecturer

YANN QUIDE Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UNSW School of Psychiatry : 02 9399 1866
: y.quide@neura.edu.au

DR KRISTIN LAURENS Senior Research Scientist

JESSECA ROWLAND PhD Student

KIMBERLIE DEAN Principle Research Scientist

FELICITY HARRIS Research Officer

PROF VAUGHAN CARR Senior Principle Research Scientist

SUPERVISORS

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MELISSA GREEN Conjoint Principle Research Scientist, NeuRA

Further information about Oliver Watkeys

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Awards and Prizes

 

  • PSYC1020 Textbook Publisher Prize
  • Faculty of Science and IT Summer Vacation Scholarship
  • Delta Electricity Excellence Scholarship
  • Vice Chancellor’s Honours Scholarship
  • Science and IT Faculty Medal
  • Professor Barney Fenelon Prize

Conference Abstracts

Cook MJ, Watkeys O, Wong AS, Kemp A, Timora J, Budd TW, ‘Does Plain Cigarette Packaging Make Cigarettes Taste Bad? A Combined Psychophysiological and Evaluative Conditioning Study.’, Front. Hum. Neurosci., (2015)