Dr Lisa Mundy

Project Manager
Population Health
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Academician Pediatrics
Biography

Dr Lisa Mundy is the Project Manager of the Childhood to AdolescenceTransition Study (CATS).This is a unique longitudinal study of over 1200 children in the middle years of school. CATS is based in metropolitan Melbourne, Victoria and began in 2012 with an aim of improving our understanding of child health and emotional development in late childhood. Dr Mundy has a PhD in Developmental Psychology. She has worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Centre for Adolescent Health within the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute since 2011.

Research Intrest

Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study

List of Publications
Mundy LK, Romaniuk H, Canterford L, Hearps S, Viner RM, Bayer JK, Simmons JG, Carlin JB, Allen NB, Patton GC. Adrenarche and the emotional and behavioral problems of late childhood. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2015 Dec 31;57(6):608-16.
Murray CR, Simmons JG, Allen NB, Byrne ML, Mundy LK, Seal ML, Patton GC, Olsson CA, Whittle S. Associations between dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) levels, pituitary volume, and social anxiety in children. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 Feb 29;64:31-9.
Delany FM, Byrne ML, Whittle S, Simmons JG, Olsson C, Mundy LK, Patton GC, Allen NB. Depression, immune function, and early adrenarche in children. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2016 Jan 31;63:228-34.