DrLaura Bradfield

Dr Laura Bradfield is a Senior Lecturer and head of the Neuroscience of Action Control and Compulsivity Lab in the School of Psychology at University of Sydney, which she joined in September 2025.

Laura’s primary areas of interest include investigating the behavioural and brain mechanisms of compulsive disorders, the astrocytic mechanisms of goal-directed decision-making, and contextual and attentional modulation of actions. Her work is currently funded an NHMRC Ideas Grants, and she has previously been awarded an ARC Discovery Project as well as three NHMRC grants. In total Laura’s research has attracted approximately $3.5 million.

Laura has published 40+ journal articles and three book chapters and has spoken widely about her research at conferences and events in Australia and overseas. Her proudest career moment was winning the UTS Faculty of Science’s “Supervisor of the Year” award in 2022, for which she was nominated by her students. Laura is passionate about increasing diversity in science and improving conditions within the scientific community for underrepresented individuals.