Associate Professor Trisha Jenkins
Associate Professor
Details
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College: School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
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Department: Health and Biomedical Sciences
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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trisha.jenkins@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0003-0137-6643
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
About
Assoc. Prof. Trisha Jenkins is the Assistant Associate Dean of Human Biosciences within the School of Health and Biomedical Sciences at RMIT University.
Dr Jenkins is a behavioural neuroscientist with a particular focus on the neurochemical, anatomical and behavioural basis of memory and mood. She is currently undertaking research and supervising research students in the following areas:
Understanding the cognitive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
The neurodevelopmental causes of psychosis
Positive effects of exercise on the brain
Obesity and cognitive decline
Academic distinctions, awards and funding since 2012:
IBRO Women in World Neuroscience Network travel grant (2016)
NHMRC Seed Dementia grant Grant – Callaway, Royse, Royse and Jenkins (2012)
Head of School Award, School of Medical Sciences (2012)
Most Inspiring Higher Degrees by Research supervisor award, School of Medical Sciences (2012)
Professional and community involvement:
-Associate editor BMC Research Notes and BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
-Receiving editor Frontiers in Integrative Physiology
-Assessor for scientific journals including:
Behavioural Brain Research
Brain Research
Brain Research Bulletin
European Journal of Neurology
Hippocampus
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
Journal of Neuroscience
Journal of Neurochemistry
Journal of Psychopharmacology
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Neuroscience
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Schizophrenia Bulletin
-Grant assessor
NHMRC
Medical Research Council (UK)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK)
Dr Jenkins is a behavioural neuroscientist with a particular focus on the neurochemical, anatomical and behavioural basis of memory and mood. She is currently undertaking research and supervising research students in the following areas:
Understanding the cognitive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia
The neurodevelopmental causes of psychosis
Positive effects of exercise on the brain
Obesity and cognitive decline
Academic distinctions, awards and funding since 2012:
IBRO Women in World Neuroscience Network travel grant (2016)
NHMRC Seed Dementia grant Grant – Callaway, Royse, Royse and Jenkins (2012)
Head of School Award, School of Medical Sciences (2012)
Most Inspiring Higher Degrees by Research supervisor award, School of Medical Sciences (2012)
Professional and community involvement:
-Associate editor BMC Research Notes and BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
-Receiving editor Frontiers in Integrative Physiology
-Assessor for scientific journals including:
Behavioural Brain Research
Brain Research
Brain Research Bulletin
European Journal of Neurology
Hippocampus
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
Journal of Neuroscience
Journal of Neurochemistry
Journal of Psychopharmacology
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Neuroscience
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Schizophrenia Bulletin
-Grant assessor
NHMRC
Medical Research Council (UK)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK)
Supervisor projects
- Western diet and its effect on motivation, learning and memory
- 27 Feb 2012
Teaching interests
I am interested in how brain neurochemistry and anatomy contributes to learning and memory deficits and mood changes in animal models of neurological disease, in particular in deficits associated with psychiatric problems.
Research interests
Neurosciences, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Psychology, Medical Physiology, Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Physiology
