Editorial Board Member - JNND

Sheila Crewther
ProfessorSchool of Psychological Science
Univerity of La Trobe
Australia
BIOGRAPHY:
Professor Crewther began her studies at Melbourne University then moved to the US to complete her PhD in Neuroscience at Caltech under Nobel Prize Winner Professor Roger Sperry. Sheila has professional qualifications in Neuropsychology, Education and Optometry and these underlie her research into the cognitive and behavioural neuroscience of neuroplasticity in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative anomalies. The aim is to use this knowledge to design better behavioural and therapeutic management regimes. Professor Crewther led the Victorian Government Department of Human Services Review and Report ‘Prevalence and services for children 0-6 years of age with ‘Autism Spectrum Disorders in 2002 -2003. This has resulted in substantially increased funding and the initiation of the first state government general assessment plan for those with autism and their families in Australia. She has also led the research that initiated increased Australian optometric focus (2004-2010) on the role of children’s functional vision in reading and learning and in Intellectual Disability.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Behavioural and Molecular Neuroscience
Other Editorial Board Members - JNND

David Paul Richman
Department of Neurology and Center for Neuroscience
University of California
United States

Alok Dabi
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
United States

Dominique M. Durand
Department of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland
United States

Kelly Sullivan
Department of Neurology
University of South Florida
United States

GIHAN INDRAGITH TENNEKOON
Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
United States