ProfessorRichelle Mychasiuk

Richelle is a new Professor in the Department of Neuroscience, within the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Sydney. She has held previous appointments at Monash University within the School of Translational Medicine, and at the University of Calgary, Department of Psychology. Her research program aims to understand how early life experiences regulate susceptibility to sleep disturbances, chronic pain, and post-concussive symptomologies in adolescents. She is particularly interested in understanding the effects that perinatal trauma and adverse childhood experiences have on adolescent neurodevelopment, and how these processes differ for males and females.Within this realm, her lab is interested in understanding how early life experiences get "under the skin" to shape neurodevelopment, modulate neuroplasticity, and increase an individual's risk for the development of chronic pain and sleep disorders. She also co-established The GIN hub, a multidisciplinary research institute that combines the departments of Gastroenterology, Immunology, and Neuroscience to explore complex chronic diseases that affect the gut-brain-immune axis. Taken together, her laboratory specialises in the translation of discovery science and preclinical animal models to human, clinical populations, through robust, mutually beneficial collaborations with clinical researchers.