Dr Carmen Pace

Research Fellow
Clinical Sciences
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Biography

Carmen Pace is a clinical psychologist and postdoctoral researcher based at the Melbourne Childrens' Campus who has a special interest in the mental health of parents and children, parent-child attachment and child development. She holds a PhD and Master of Psychology (Clinical Child specialisation) from the University of Melbourne. Carmen has a keen interest in implementing research knowledge into healthcare and community settings, and is currently undertaking a Knowledge Transfer Fellowship with the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Cerebal Palsy, developing a toolkit to support and guide health professionals in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of parents of children with a disability. Carmen is also passionate about working with young people and their families and holds a clinical appointment with the Department of Adolescent Medicine at the Royal Children's Hospital.

Research Intrest

Developmental Disability and Rehabilitation Research

List of Publications
Spittle AJ, Thompson DK, Brown NC, Treyvaud K, Cheong JL, Lee KJ, Pace CC, Olsen J, Allinson LG, Morgan AT, Seal M. Neurobehaviour between birth and 40 weeks’ gestation in infants born< 30 weeks’ gestation and parental psychological wellbeing: predictors of brain development and child outcomes. BMC pediatrics. 2014 Apr 24;14(1):111.
Treyvaud K, Aldana AC, Scratch SE, Ure AM, Pace CC, Doyle LW, Anderson PJ. The influence of multiple birth and bereavement on maternal and family outcomes 2 and 7years after very preterm birth. Early human development. 2016 Sep 30;100:1-5.
Pace CC, Spittle AJ, Molesworth CM, Lee KJ, Northam EA, Cheong JL, Davis PG, Doyle LW, Treyvaud K, Anderson PJ. Evolution of depression and anxiety symptoms in parents of very preterm infants during the newborn period. JAMA pediatrics. 2016 Sep 1;170(9):863-70.