Dr. Vicki Anderson

Professor
Child Neuropsychology
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Professor Neurology
Biography

Professor Vicki Anderson is a paediatric neuropsychologist with over 30 years' experience. In 2002 she was appointed Director of Psychology at the Royal Children's Hospital, and in 2005 she took up the position of Theme Director, Critical Care and Neurosciences Research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. She is an NHMRC Senior Practitioner Fellow, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia, the Australian Psychological Society and the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment. She is Associate Editor of the Journal of Neuropsychology (British Psychological Society) and Neuropsychology (American psychological Association) and consulting editor on a number of prestigious international neuropsychology journals. She has served on the Board of Governors of the International Neuropsychological Society, and has had a long-term involvement, at an executive level, with the Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment and has been President of the Society.

Research Intrest

Child Neuropsychology,Neurodevelopmental disorders and Acquired Brain Injury

List of Publications
Anderson V, Godfrey C, Rosenfeld JV, Catroppa C. Predictors of cognitive function and recovery 10 years after traumatic brain injury in young children. Pediatrics. 2012 Feb 1;129(2):e254-61.
Cooper JM, Catroppa C, Beauchamp MH, Eren S, Godfrey C, Ditchfield M, Anderson VA. Attentional control ten years post-childhood traumatic brain injury: the impact of lesion presence, location, and severity in adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of neurotrauma. 2014 Apr 15;31(8):713-21.
Months Following Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society,
Anderson VA, Catroppa C, Dudgeon P, Morse SA, Haritou F, Rosenfeld JV. Understanding predictors of functional recovery and outcome 30 months following early childhood head injury. Neuropsychology. 2006 Jan;20(1):42.