Monique Seymour

Research Coordinator
Population Health
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Academician Pediatrics
Biography

Monique Seymour joined the Healthy Mothers Healthy Families research group in 2014 as a Senior Research Assistant with the Maternal Health Study. She is also currently working as Reseach Co-ordinator with teh Family Foundations Study.  Monique completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at Swinburne University of Technology. Her honours research investigated behavioural difficulties in young children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and the relationship with parental stress, fatigue and coping. Currently she is completing her Clinical Psychology PhD at Swinburne University of Technology and the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, where her research focuses on the mental health of fathers of children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Monique has worked across numerous research projects focusing on parenting in the postnatal and early parenting period.

Research Intrest

Healthy Mothers Healthy Families

List of Publications
Cook F, Giallo R, Petrovic Z, Coe A, Seymour M, Cann W, Hiscock H. Depression and anger in fathers of unsettled infants: a community cohort study. Journal of paediatrics and child health. 2017 Feb 1;53(2):131-5.
Seymour M, Giallo R, Wood CE. Bio-ecological factors associated with the psychological distress of fathers of children with autism spectrum disorder: A population-based study of Australian families. Autism. 2017 Jul 28:1362361317709971.
Seymour M, Giallo R, Wood CE. The psychological and physical health of fathers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder compared to fathers of children with long-term disabilities and fathers of children without disabilities. Research in Developmental Disabilities. 2017 Oct 31;69:8-17.