Linda Byrne is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology. She is a registered psychologist with a Masters in Clinical Neuropsychology and a PhD in Cognitive Neuropsychology. She teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level primarily in psychological assessment units. Linda is the current unit chair for HPS979 Psychological Assessment and HPS715/426 Issues in Psychological Assessment. She supervises fourth year and higher degree students.
Memberships
Registered psychologist – Psychology Board of Australia
Australian Society for Schizophrenia Research (ASPR)
Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS)
International Early Psychosis Association (IEPA)
International Neuropsychological Society (INS)
Service to the University, discipline or community
Dr Byrne is involved in a range of School and Faculty committees:
• Faculty Board
• School of Psychology Research and Graduate Studies Committee
• Teaching and Learning Committee
She also serves as a reviewer on the following journals:
• Schizophrenia Research
• Psychiatry Research
• Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
• Psychology, Psychiatry and the Law
Conferences
1. Byrne LK and Bird K (2010) Neuropsychological profiles in schizophrenia: sex differences. Australiasian Schizophrenia Conference, Sydney, NSW.
2. Byrne LK and Hyde C (2009). Central Executive Functioning in Schizotypy. 5th Australian Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research Forum, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW.
3. Byrne LK, Redoblado, M., Lucas, S., Fitzgerald, D, & Brennan, J. (2006). Preserved versus compromised intellectual functioning in first-episode psychosis: patterns and stability over time of cognitive functioning. Australasian Schizophrenia Conference. Fremantle, W.A.
4. Byrne, LK & Tehan G (2002). Schizotypy, Schizophrenia and working memory: Errors types in a serial recall task. 2nd Conference for Cognitive Neuropsychology and Neuropsychiatry. Sydney, Australia, Macquarie University.
5. Hannah, D., Byrne, LK, Windus, L., McGrath, JJ, & Mowry, B.J. (2001). Why twin studies are useful in psychiatric research. Australian Society for Psychiatric Research Conference. Melbourne, Australia.