Dr Fallon Cook

professor
Clinical Sciences
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Professor Clinical Sciences
Biography

Dr Fallon Cook graduated from Swinburne University of Technology in 2011, with a PhD in Psychophysiology. Her Honours work examined the impact of childhood psychological trauma on neural connectivity and dissociative tendencies. Her PhD examined the impact of childhood exposure to high-level family conflict and tested the efficacy of a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention for the treatment of child trauma symptoms. She has an interest in the impact of early life stress on the child and parent, and possible bi-directional relationships between these. Dr Cook has expertise in the fields of infant sleep and crying behaviours, postnatal mental health of parents, and mother-infant interactions. She has coordinated several large randomised controlled trials, been involved in the development of intervention programs, published in international peer reviewed journals, co-authored a book chapter and has presented at international conferences.

Research Intrest

Clinical Sciences

List of Publications
Hilarski C, Wodarski JS, Feit MD, editors. Handbook of social work in child and adolescent sexual abuse. Routledge; 2012 Jan 26.
Cook F, Ciorciari J, Varker T, Devilly GJ. Changes in long term neural connectivity following psychological trauma. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2009 Feb 28;120(2):309-14.
Cook F, Bayer J, Le HN, Mensah F, Cann W, Hiscock H. Baby Business: a randomised controlled trial of a universal parenting program that aims to prevent early infant sleep and cry problems and associated parental depression. BMC pediatrics. 2012 Feb 6;12(1):13.

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