Seetal Dodd
Role and profile
Associate Professor Seetal Dodd is involved in a broad diversity of mental health research projects. He has published over 120 articles in peer reviewed journals and is on the editorial board of several scientific journals, including being Editor in Chief of the journal Current Drug Safety. He has over 20 years of research experience, originally at the Austin Hospital, Melbourne, since 1991, and from 2001-2002 at the Victorian College of Pharmacy, Monash University. He is currently a researcher at Barwon Health, Geelong where he has been based since 2003.
Teaching responsibilities
Include undergraduate and/or postgraduate unit or course coordinator roles, and supervision of honours, masters and PhD students.Assoc Prof Dodd was the honours co-ordination for the Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne at Barwon Health from 2006 until 2010 and continues to supervise honours students through Deakin University. He has supervised five PhD students, two of whom have completed. PhD students – Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne Dr Lana Williams – Supervisors: Michael Berk, Seetal Dodd, Julie Pasco – Commenced 2004, passed 12th June 2008 Ms Joanna Fitzsimons – Supervisors: Michael Berk, Seetal Dodd, Tim Lambert – Commenced 2004, confirmed 2005, Leave of absence from 2009. Ms Paula Volpe – Supervisors: Michael Berk, Seetal Dodd, Richard Huggins, Graeme Hawthorne – Commenced 2006, Leave of absence from 2007. Ms Sue Lauder – Supervisors: Michael Berk, Seetal Dodd, Andrea Chester – Commenced 2006, confirmed 2007 Ms Lesley Berk – Supervisors: Anthony Jorm, Seetal Dodd, Claire Kelly – Commenced 2008, Under examination November 2012 Ms Kristi Villagonzalo – Supervisors: Michael Berk, Seetal Dodd, Olivia Dean, Kylie Gray – Commenced 2010, confirmed 2010 PhD students – School of Medicine, Deakin University Ms Joanne Dipnall – Supervisors: Michael Berk, Seetal Dodd, Lana Williams, Felice Jacka, Julie Pasco, Svetha Vengatash – Commenced 2012 BSc (Hons) students – Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne Ms Michelle Bernardo (2006) – Supervisors: Michael Berk, Seetal Dodd Ms Kristi Villagonzalo (2008) – Supervisors: Seetal Dodd, Felicity Ng, Stephen Mihaly Ms Emma Gliddon (2010) – Supervisors: Seetal Dodd, Sue Lauder Post Grad Dip Science students – Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne Ms Carolyn Elyse Coulson (2007) – Supervisors: Marjan Geertsema, Felicity Ng, Seetal Dodd BMedSc (Hons) students – School of Medicine, Deakin University Ms Natalie Hyde (2012) – Supervisor: Seetal Dodd Ms Christa Purdie (2012) – Supervisor: Seetal Dodd Research interests
Assoc Prof Dodd’s interests include; mood disorders, substance disorders (including tobacco), efficacy, safety and pharmacology of treatments used for mental health, risk factors, illness staging, neuroprotection and neuroprogression and nitrosative, oxidative and inflammatory biomarkers. Much of his research is conducted within national and international research collaborations.
Awards and prizes
1999; Postgraduate Overseas Research Experience Award- Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Melbourne for travel and living expenses to conduct research at The Medical University of South Carolina. 2009; Samuel Gershon award - Presented at the International Conference on Bipolar Disorder, 25-27th June 2009, Pittsburgh. Memberships
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI): Member since 1996Australian Society for Biological Psychiatry: Member since 1997 Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research: Member since 1997 International Society for Bipolar Disorders: Member since 2005 Collegium Internationale Neuropsychopharmacologicum: Member since 2005 Service to the University, discipline or community
International Society for Bipolar Disorders Board of Councillors. Elected term: March 2012 to March 2014
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15th June 2012