Dr Larisa McLoughlin

Larisa has over a decade of experience conducting research, both through her studies and extensive work history. Larisa has three  postgraduate qualifications (Honours, Masters, and Doctorate) in addition to her undergraduate Psychology degree.

Larisa has previously worked in a range of both academic and industry/professional roles. These include: ConNetica Consulting, the Thompson Institute, UniSA, Flinders University, Wellbeing SA (Department for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention), Health Q Consulting, and now the newly established Adelaide University. Larisa is currentlyworking as an academic/researcher, a Course Development Coordinator, and teaching an honours research and methodology course.

Larisa dedicated several years of work at the Thompson Institute, University of the Sunshine Coast, leading the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study (LABS). LABS is collecting data using: self-report, neurocognitive assessments, neuropsychiatric interviews, MRI scans, and EEG.

Larisa also undertook her own research investigating the neurobiological underpinnings of cyberbullying. Her research used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to observe how the brain responds to witnessing cyberbullying. Larisa developed CyPicS (Cyberbullying Picture Series) for use in this research, which continues to be used now by other researchers and her PhD students.

Larisa's postgraduate work focused on cyberbullying, namely the mental health outcomes associated with it, as well help seeking and coping behaviours of young people. Her PhD was under a scholarship by the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, and Larisa was a key team member for the Safe and Well Online Study at UniSA, led by Associate Professor Barbara Spears.

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia

Work history

Larisa has a decade of experience conducting research through 3 postgraduate qualifications (Honours, Masters, and Doctorate) and her previous work for ConNetica Consulting.

Larisa is currently a Research Fellow at the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre at UniSA.

Larisa just completed 4 years of work at the Thompson Institute, USC, working on the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study (LABS). LABS is collecting data using: self-report, neurocognitive assessments, neuropsychiatric interviews, MRI scans, and EEG.

Larisa is also undertaking her own research investigating the neurobiological underpinnings of cyberbullying. Her research uses functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to observe how the brain responds to witnessing cyberbullying. Larisa has developed CyPicS (Cyberbullying Picture Series) for use in this research.

Larisa's postgraduate work focused on cyberbullying, namely the mental health outcomes associated with it, as well help seeking and coping behaviours of young people. Her PhD was under a scholarship by the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre, and Larisa was a key team member for the Safe and Well Online Study at UniSA, lead by Associate Professor Barbara Spears.