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
Lars Larsson
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
RAJNISH S. DAVE
Department of Neuroscience
Temple University
United States
Frank C. Barone
Department of Neurology
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
United States
Gang Chen
Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration
Nantong University
China
Hongbin Fang
Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Biomathematics
Georgetown University
United States
William J Winslade
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health
The University of Texas Medical Branch
United States
Karen Kathleen Szumlinski
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of California
USA
Wei Liu
Director of Rehabilitation Biomechanics Lab
Auburn University
United States
Glen Jickling
Department of Neurology
University of California
United States
GIHAN INDRAGITH TENNEKOON
Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
United States