Associate Professor Justine Gatt
Associate Professor

Associate Professor Justine Gatt

PhD, Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology, University of Sydney, Conferred December 2005.

BA (Hons I) in Psychology, University of Sydney, 2000.

Science
School of Psychology

Associate Professor Justine Gatt is Director of the Centre for Wellbeing, Resilience and Recovery, and Head of the Gatt Resilience Group at Neuroscience Research Australia and the School of Psychology UNSW. She leads a research program that focuses on understanding the neuroscience of wellbeing and resilience to stress and trauma, and ways wellbeing and resilience can be promoted via various intervention platforms.

A/Prof Gatt received her PhD in Psychology at the University of Sydney in December 2005 (conferred May, 2006). She took up a postdoctoral research position at the Brain Dynamics Centre based within the Westmead Millennium Institute, with a focus on the genetic and brain markers of risk for mental health. Her work focused specifically on the neurobiological predictors of risk for depression and anxiety; in particular, genetic markers of risk, and integrating these genes with core brain and body measures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and electrocardiography (ECG). From this research, A/Prof Gatt pioneered new ways to statistically model these relationships, including the application of structural equation modeling, which has led to new ways to understand the mediating and moderating relationships in pathways to mental illness. A/Prof Gatt has since shifted her focus to understanding resilience to trauma and stress, and the neurobiological mechanisms that underpin mental wellbeing and positive mental health. She has been successful in obtaining several competitive fellowships and grants to support diverse projects that span neuroscience to clinical translation. She is also working with several industry partners to test out different e-health tools to evaluate optimal ways to promote wellbeing and resilience in the general population.

Some of A/Prof Gatt's current projects include: (a) a longitudinal study of healthy adult twins from her TWIN-E Emotional Wellbeing Study followed after 10 and 12 years to determine changes in brain structure/function, neurocognitive performance and mental health outcomes over time that predict a risk versus resilience trajectory; (b) a project focusing on the impact of Instagram use on mental health and wellbeing in adolescents and young adults; (c) a project focusing on the impact of stuttering and its treatment on the wellbeing of children and their parents; (d) several clinical studies focusing on the impact of mental health treatment on wellbeing in youth and adults undergoing treatment; (e) the development of wellbeing programs in the workplace including healthcare workers; (f) online smartphone wellness technologies; and (g) wellbeing in children.

Together, this work has resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications in leading national and international journals including Molecular Psychiatry and Biological Psychiatry. A/Prof Gatt has also received a number of prizes and awards for her research including the Worldwide University Network (WUN) Success Story awarded to her WUN Resilience Research Group for ‘Exceptional Levels of Achievement’ (2019), the Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Medical Research (2014), the NHMRC Excellence Award for top-ranked CDF fellowship (2014), the Westmead Millennium Institute Science Prizes (2009 and 2010), and several other national/international travel awards from foremost professional societies.

Phone
+61 2 9399 1812
Location
Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) Margarete Ainsworth Building Barker Street, Randwick Sydney NSW 2031 Australia
  • Books | 2008
    2008, The Role of Personality in Disease: Detection and Prevention, VDM, Germany
  • Book Chapters | 2020
    2020, 'The Neuroscience of Well‐Being', in , Wiley, pp. 325 - 330, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119057840.ch37
    Book Chapters | 2020
    2020, 'The Neuroscience of Well‐Being', in , Wiley, pp. 361 - 372, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781119057840.ch41
    Book Chapters | 2020
    2020, 'The neuroscience of wellbeing: Part 1 and Part 2', in Cohen L (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Health Psychology, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, West Sussex
    Book Chapters | 2019
    2019, 'Resilience', in Miu AC; Homberg JR; Lesch K-P (ed.), Genes, Brain and Emotions: Interdisciplinary and Translational Perspectives, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 286 - 303, https://global.oup.com/academic/product/genes-brain-and-emotions-9780198793014?cc=au&lang=en&#
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Associations between mental wellbeing and fMRI neural bases underlying responses to positive emotion in a twin sample', Psychological Medicine, 53, pp. 1215 - 1223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721002695
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Building a transdisciplinary expert consensus on the cognitive drivers of performance under pressure: An international multi-panel Delphi study', Frontiers in Psychology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1017675
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Longitudinal associations between resting-state, interregional theta-beta phase-amplitude coupling, psychological distress, and wellbeing in 12-15-year-old adolescents.', Cereb Cortex, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad099
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Predicting wellbeing over one year using sociodemographic factors, personality, health behaviours, cognition, and life events', Scientific reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32588-3
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'A Web-Based Well-being Program for Health Care Workers (Thrive): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial', JMIR Research Protocols, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/34005
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Basal ganglia correlates of wellbeing in early adolescence', Brain Research, 1774, pp. 147710, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.brainres.2021.147710
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Dissecting the Shared Genetic Architecture of Suicide Attempt, Psychiatric Disorders, and Known Risk Factors', Biological Psychiatry, 91, pp. 313 - 327, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.05.029
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Emotional face processing correlates with depression/anxiety symptoms but not wellbeing in non-clinical adults: An event-related potential study', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 145, pp. 18 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.11.038
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Grey matter covariation and the role of emotion reappraisal in mental wellbeing and resilience after early life stress exposure', Translational Psychiatry, 12, pp. 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01849-6
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Negative association between anterior insula activation and resilience during sustained attention: An fMRI twin study', Psychological Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291721005262
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Phenotypic and genetic analysis of a wellbeing factor score in the UK Biobank and the impact of childhood maltreatment and psychiatric illness', Translational Psychiatry, 12, pp. 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01874-5
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Positive lifestyle behaviours and emotional health factors are associated with low back pain resilience', European Spine Journal, 31, pp. 3616 - 3626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00586-022-07404-7
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Six-Week Online Multi-component Positive Psychology Intervention Improves Subjective Wellbeing in Young Adults', Journal of Happiness Studies, 23, pp. 1267 - 1288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-021-00449-3
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'TWIN-10: protocol for a 10-year longitudinal twin study of the neuroscience of mental well-being and resilience', BMJ Open, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-058918
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Wellbeing and brain structure: A comprehensive phenotypic and genetic study of image-derived phenotypes in the UK Biobank', Human Brain Mapping, 43, pp. 5180 - 5193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.25993
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Approach Coping Mitigates Distress of COVID-19 Isolation for Young Men With Low Well-Being in a Sample of 1,749 Youth From Australia and the USA', Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, pp. 634925, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.634925
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Corrigendum to ‘The heritability of mental health and wellbeing defined using COMPAS-W, a new composite measure of wellbeing’: [Psychiatry Research, 219, (2014), 204–213, 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.033] (Psychiatry Research (2014) 219(1) (204–213), (S0165178114003308), (10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.033))', Psychiatry Research, 304, pp. 114141 - 114141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114141
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Negative Association Between the Bilateral Anterior Insula and Resilience During a Continuous Performance Task: An fMRI Twin Study', Biological Psychiatry, 89, pp. S175 - S176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.448
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Predictors of Wellbeing and Wellbeing Change Over a 12-Month Period in 1,327 Twins', Biological Psychiatry, 89, pp. S315 - S316, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.787
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'The impact of online brain training exercises on experiences of depression, anxiety and emotional wellbeing in a twin sample', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 134, pp. 138 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.12.054
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'The neuroscience of positive emotions and affect: Implications for cultivating happiness and wellbeing', Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 121, pp. 220 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.12.002
    Journal articles | 2020
    Hadfield K; Ungar M; Emond A; Foster K; Gatt JM; Mason-Jones A; Reid S; Theron L; Wouldes T; Wu Q, 2020, 'Challenges of developing and conducting an international study of resilience in migrant adolescents', International Social Work, 63, pp. 232 - 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020872818796147
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Diverse phenotypic measurements of wellbeing: Heritability, temporal stability and the variance explained by polygenic scores', Genes, Brain and Behavior, 19, pp. e12694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbb.12694
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Electroencephalography profiles as a biomarker of wellbeing: A twin study', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 126, pp. 114 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.04.010
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Trauma, resilience and mental health in migrant and non-migrant youth: An international cross-sectional study across six countries', Frontiers in Psychiatry, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00997
    Journal articles | 2019
    Chu DA; Bryant RA; Gatt JM; Harris AW F, 2019, 'Cumulative childhood interpersonal trauma is associated with reduced cortical differentiation between threat and non-threat faces in posttraumatic stress disorder adults', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 53, pp. 48 - 58, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867418761578
    Journal articles | 2019
    Kang D; McAuley JH; Kassem MS; Gatt JM; Gustin SM, 2019, 'What does the grey matter decrease in the medial prefrontal cortex reflect in people with chronic pain?', European Journal of Pain (United Kingdom), 23, pp. 203 - 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1304
    Journal articles | 2018
    Bloch-Jorgensen ZT; Cilione PJ; Yeung WW H; Gatt JM, 2018, 'Centeredness Theory: Understanding and measuring well-being across core life domains', Frontiers in Psychology, 9, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00610
    Journal articles | 2018
    Bloch-Jorgensen ZT; Cilione PJ; Yeung WW H; Gatt JM, 2018, 'Corrigendum: Centeredness theory: Understanding and measuring well-being across core life domains [Front. Psychol, 9, 610 (2018)] DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00985', Frontiers in Psychology, 9, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01648
    Journal articles | 2018
    Gatt JM; Burton KL O; Routledge KM; Grasby KL; Korgaonkar MS; Grieve SM; Schofield PR; Harris AW F; Clark CR; Williams LM, 2018, 'A negative association between brainstem pontine grey-matter volume, well-being and resilience in healthy twins', Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 43, pp. 386 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/jpn.170125
    Journal articles | 2018
    Routledge KM; Williams LM; Harris AW F; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Gatt JM, 2018, 'Genetic correlations between wellbeing, depression and anxiety symptoms and behavioral responses to the emotional faces task in healthy twins', Psychiatry Research, 264, pp. 385 - 393, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.03.042
    Journal articles | 2018
    Wu Q; Ge T; Emond A; Foster K; Gatt JM; Hadfield K; Mason-Jones AJ; Reid S; Theron L; Ungar M; Wouldes TA, 2018, 'Acculturation, resilience, and the mental health of migrant youth: a cross-country comparative study', Public Health, 162, pp. 63 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2018.05.006
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'A negative association between brainstem pontine grey-matter volume, well-being and resilience in healthy twins', Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 43, pp. 386 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1503/jpn.170125
    Journal articles | 2017
    Ball TM; Goldstein-Piekarski AN; Gatt JM; Williams LM, 2017, 'Quantifying person-level brain network functioning to facilitate clinical translation', Translational Psychiatry, 7, pp. e1248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/TP.2017.204
    Journal articles | 2017
    Chu DA; Bryant RA; Gatt JM; Harris AW F, 2017, 'Corrigendum to “Failure to differentiate between threat-related and positive emotion cues in healthy adults with childhood interpersonal or adult trauma” (J. Psychiatr. Res. (2016) 78 (31–41) (S0022395616300449) (10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.03.006))', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 94, pp. 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2017.07.017
    Journal articles | 2017
    McRae K; Rhee SH; Gatt JM; Godinez D; Williams LM; Gross JJ, 2017, 'Genetic and environmental influences on emotion regulation: A twin study of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression', Emotion, 17, pp. 772 - 777, http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/emo0000300
    Journal articles | 2017
    Routledge KM; Burton KL O; Williams LM; Harris A; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Gatt JM, 2017, 'The shared and unique genetic relationship between mental well-being, depression and anxiety symptoms and cognitive function in healthy twins', Cognition and Emotion, 31, pp. 1465 - 1479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2016.1232242
    Journal articles | 2016
    Arns M; Bruder G; Hegerl U; Spooner C; Palmer DM; Etkin A; Fallahpour K; Gatt JM; Hirshberg L; Gordon E, 2016, 'EEG alpha asymmetry as a gender-specific predictor of outcome to acute treatment with different antidepressant medications in the randomized iSPOT-D study', Clinical Neurophysiology, 127, pp. 509 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2015.05.032
    Journal articles | 2016
    Chu DA; Bryant RA; Gatt JM; Harris AW F, 2016, 'Failure to differentiate between threat-related and positive emotion cues in healthy adults with childhood interpersonal or adult trauma', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 78, pp. 31 - 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.03.006
    Journal articles | 2016
    Routledge KM; Burton KL O; Williams LM; Harris A; Schofield PR; Clark CR; Gatt JM, 2016, 'Shared versus distinct genetic contributions of mental wellbeing with depression and anxiety symptoms in healthy twins', Psychiatry Research, 244, pp. 65 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2016.07.016
    Journal articles | 2015
    Burton KL O; Williams LM; Richard Clark C; Harris A; Schofield PR; Gatt JM, 2015, 'Sex differences in the shared genetics of dimensions of self-reported depression and anxiety', Journal of Affective Disorders, 188, pp. 35 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.08.053
    Journal articles | 2015
    Day CV; Gatt JM; Etkin A; Debattista C; Schatzberg AF; Williams LM, 2015, 'Cognitive and emotional biomarkers of melancholic depression: An iSPOT-D report', Journal of Affective Disorders, 176, pp. 141 - 150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.01.061
    Journal articles | 2015
    Gatt JM; Burton KL O; Williams LM; Schofield PR, 2015, 'Specific and common genes implicated across major mental disorders: A review of meta-analysis studies', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 60, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.09.014
    Journal articles | 2014
    Korgaonkar MS; Ram K; Williams LM; Gatt JM; Grieve SM, 2014, 'Establishing the resting state default mode network derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging tasks as an endophenotype: A twins study', Human Brain Mapping, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22446
    Journal articles | 2014
    Korgaonkar MS; Ram K; Williams LM; Gatt JM; Grieve SM, 2014, 'Establishing the resting state default mode network derived from functional magnetic resonance imaging tasks as an endophenotype: A twins study', Human Brain Mapping, 35, pp. 3893 - 3902, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.22446
    Journal articles | 2014
    Myers AJ; Williams L; Gatt JM; McAuley-Clark EZ; Dobson-Stone C; Schofield PR; Nemeroff CB, 2014, 'Variation in the oxytocin receptor gene is associated with increased risk for anxiety, stress and depression in individuals with a history of exposure to early life stress', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 59, pp. 93 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.08.021
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'The heritability of mental health and wellbeing defined using COMPAS-W, a new composite measure of wellbeing', Psychiatry Research, 219, pp. 204 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.033
    Journal articles | 2013
    Chu DA; Williams LM; Harris A; Bryant RA; Gatt JM, 2013, 'Early life trauma predicts self-reported levels of depressive and anxiety symptoms in nonclinical community adults: Relative contributions of early life stressor types and adult trauma exposure', Journal of Psychiatric Research, 47, pp. 23 - 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.08.006
    Journal articles | 2013
    Korgaonkar MS; Antees C; Williams LM; Gatt JM; Bryant RA; Cohen R; Paul R; O'Hara R; Grieve SM, 2013, 'Early Exposure to Traumatic Stressors Impairs Emotional Brain Circuitry', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075524
    Journal articles | 2012
    Gatt JM; Korgaonkar MS; Schofield PR; Harris A; Clark CR; Oakley KL; Ram K; Michaelson H; Yap S; Stanners M; Wise V; Williams LM, 2012, 'The TWIN-E Project in Emotional Wellbeing: Study Protocol and Preliminary Heritability Results Across Four MRI and DTI Measures', Twin research and human genetics, 15, pp. 419 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.12
    Journal articles | 2012
    Williams LM; Cooper NJ; Wisniewski SR; Gatt JM; Koslow SH; Kulkarni J; Devarney S; Gordon E; John Rush A, 2012, 'Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive power of the "Brief Risk-resilience Index for SCreening," a brief pan-diagnostic web screen for emotional health', Brain and Behavior, 2, pp. 576 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/brb3.76
    Journal articles | 2010
    Wacker J; Gatt JM, 2010, 'Resting posterior versus frontal delta/theta EEG activity is associated with extraversion and the COMT VAL158MET polymorphism', Neuroscience Letters, 478, pp. 88 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.071
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'COMT Val108/158Met polymorphism effects on emotional brain function and negativity bias', Neuroimage, 53, pp. 918 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.01.084
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'Early life stress combined with serotonin 3A receptor and brain-derived neurotrophic factor valine 66 to methionine genotypes impacts emotional brain and arousal correlates of risk for depression', Biological Psychiatry, 68, pp. 818 - 824, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.06.025
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'Impact of depression and antidepressant treatment on heart rate variability: A review and meta-analysis', Biological Psychiatry, 67, pp. 1067 - 1074, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.12.012
    Journal articles | 2010
    2010, 'Impact of the HTR3A gene with early life trauma on emotional brain networks and depressed mood.', Depression and Anxiety, 27, pp. 752 - 759, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/da.20726
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'A polymorphism of the MAOA gene is associated with emotional brain markers and personality traits on an antisocial index', Neuropsychopharmacology, 34, pp. 1797 - 1809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/npp.2009.1
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'Brain derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism, the five factor model of personality and hippocampal volume: Implications for depressive illness', Human Brain Mapping, 30, pp. 1246 - 1256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hbm.20592
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'Disturbances in selective information processing associated with the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism: Evidence from cognition, the P300 and fronto-hippocampal systems', Biological Psychology, 80, pp. 176 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.09.001
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, 'Interactions between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and early life stress predict brain and arousal pathways to syndromal depression and anxiety', Molecular Psychiatry, 14, pp. 681 - 695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2008.143
    Journal articles | 2009
    2009, '`Negativity bias` in risk for depression and anxiety: Brain-body fear circuitry correlates, 5-HTT-LPR and early life stress', Neuroimage, 47, pp. 804 - 814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.009
    Journal articles | 2008
    2008, 'Association between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and trait depression is mediated via resting EEG alpha band activity', Biological Psychology, 79, pp. 275 - 284, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.07.004
    Journal articles | 2008
    2008, 'The integrate model of emotion, thinking and self regulation: an application to the `paradox of aging`', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 7, pp. 367 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219635208001939
    Journal articles | 2007
    2007, 'A genotype-endophenotype-phenotype path model of depressed mood: Integrating cognitive and emotional markers', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 6, pp. 75 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219635207001398
    Journal articles | 2007
    2007, 'Integrating objective gene-brain-behavior markers of psychiatric disorders', Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, 6, pp. 1 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219635207001465
    Journal articles | 2007
    2007, 'Investigation of MCPH1 G37995C and ASPM A44871G polymorphisms and brain size in a healthy cohort', Neuroimage, 37, pp. 394 - 400, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.05.011
    Journal articles | 2007
    2007, 'The contribution of apolipoprotein E alleles on cognitive performance and dynamic neural activity over six decades', Biological Psychology, 75, pp. 229 - 238, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.03.001
  • Preprints | 2022
    2022, Building a Transdisciplinary Expert Consensus on the Cognitive Drivers of Performance Under Pressure: An International Multi-panel Delphi Study, , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1071626/v1
    Conference Abstracts | 2021
    2021, 'Distinct Electrophysiological Markers of Mental Wellbeing and Mental Illness Symptoms in 422 Healthy Adults', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, Vol. 89, pp. S163 - S164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2021.02.419
    Preprints | 2021
    2021, A Web-Based Well-being Program for Health Care Workers (Thrive): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint), , http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/preprints.34005
    Preprints | 2020
    2020, Dissecting the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt, psychiatric disorders and known risk factors, , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.01.20241281
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    2019, 'Genetic factors influencing quantitative measures of subjective and psychological wellbeing using the COMPAS-W scale in a healthy Australian twin cohort', in Behavior Genetics, Stockholm, Vol. 49, pp. 511 - 511, presented at Behavior Genetics Association, Stockholm
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    2019, 'Neuropsychological correlates of wellbeing using a twin design', in Behavior Genetics, Springer (part of Springer Nature), Stockholm, Vol. 49, pp. 509 - 510, presented at Behavior Genetics Association, Stockholm
    Conference Abstracts | 2016
    2016, 'Functional connectivity in the default mode network: Establishing reproducibility and individual norms', in Neuropsychopharmacology, Springer Nature [academic journals on nature.com], Vol. 41, pp. S299 - S300, presented at ACNP
    Conference Abstracts | 2015
    Gatt JM; Routledge K; Korgaonkar MS; Grieve SM; Clark CR; Schofield PR; Williams LM, 2015, 'Wellbeing and Resilience in the Healthy Twin Brain (chair)', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, CANADA, Toronto, Vol. 77, presented at 70th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry on Stress, Emotion, Neurodevelopment and Psychopathology, CANADA, Toronto, 14 May 2015 - 16 May 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000352207501085&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2013
    Oakley KL; Williams LM; Gatt JM, 2013, 'UNRAVELLING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION', in AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, Vol. 47, pp. 76 - 76, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000329542900182&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2012
    Gatt JM; Korgaonkar M; Schofield PR; Harris A; Clark R; Williams LM, 2012, 'Identifying Risk and Resilience Gene-Brain Markers of Emotional Wellbeing: The TWIN-E Project', in BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY, ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, PA, Philadelphia, Vol. 71, pp. 14S - 14S, presented at 67th Annual Scientific Convention and Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry, PA, Philadelphia, 03 May 2012 - 05 May 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000302466000045&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2012
    Schofield PR; Fullerton JM; Gatt JM; Williams LM; Mitchell PB, 2012, 'Genetic approaches to understanding the etiology of mood disorders', in JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE, HUMANA PRESS INC, ISRAEL, Eilat, Vol. 51, pp. S107 - S107, presented at 21st Annual Meeting of the Israel-Society-for-Neuroscience / 1st Binational Australian-Israeli Meeting on Neuroscience, ISRAEL, Eilat, 15 December 2012 - 15 December 2012, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000332833800274&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2008
    2008, 'Neuroimaging endophenotypes for emotion perception? Variation with COMT Val108/158Met genotypes and level of awareness', in NeuroImage, Elsevier, Vol. 41, pp. S1 - S1, presented at Human Brain Mapping
    Conference Abstracts | 2008
    2008, 'The impact of gene-environment interactions on neural pathways in risk for syndromal depression and anxiety', in NeuroImage, Elsevier, Vol. 41, pp. S1 - S1, presented at Human Brain Mapping
    Conference Abstracts | 2007
    Leuchter BD; Schofield PR; Williams LM; Paul RH; Gatt JM; Brown K; Grieve S; Dobson-Stone C; Kuan S; Gordon E, 2007, 'Disturbances in task-relevant information processing associated with the brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism: Evidence from cognition, the P300 endophenotype and neuroimaging', in NEUROLOGY, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, MA, Boston, Vol. 68, pp. A402 - A402, presented at 59th Annual Meeting of the American-Academy-of-Neurology, MA, Boston, 28 April 2007 - 05 May 2007, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000245175002548&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2007
    2007, 'Genotypes and neural binding in negative affect: The contribution of genetic polymorphisms to 40 hz gamma phase synchrony', in Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier Science Inc, San Diego, CA, Vol. 61, pp. 265S - 265S, presented at 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society-of-Biological-Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, 01 January 2007, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000245698100850&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    Conference Abstracts | 2007
    2007, 'Genotypes and neural binding in negative affect: The contribution of genetic polymorphisms to 40 hz gamma phase synchrony', in Biological Psychiatry, Elsevier, Vol. 61, pp. 265S - 265S, presented at Society of Biological Psychiatry
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    Alexander DM; Gatt JM; Kuan S; Dobson-Stone C; Todd EG; Schofield PR; Gordon E; Williams LM, 2006, '10-02 The neurodevelopmental effects of apolipoprotein E alleles on brain function.', in Acta Neuropsychiatr, England, Vol. 18, pp. 336, England, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800032415
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    Dobson-Stone C; Gatt JM; Kuan S; Paul RH; Gordon E; Williams LM; Schofield PR, 2006, '10-01 Understanding genotype-phenotype relationships using the Brain Resource International Database: Implications for psychiatric conditions.', in Acta Neuropsychiatr, England, Vol. 18, pp. 335 - 336, England, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800032403
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    Gatt JM; Kuan S; Dobson-Stone C; Paul RH; Schofield PR; Gordon E; Williams LM, 2006, '10-03 Identifying pathways to depressed mood and cognitive dysfunction: the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and early life stress.', in Acta Neuropsychiatr, England, Vol. 18, pp. 336 - 337, England, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800032427
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    Gatt JM; Kuan S; Dobson-Stone C; Paul RH; Schofield PR; Gordon E; Williams LM, 2006, '10-05 Genotypes and neural binding in negative affect: the contribution of genetic polymorphisms to 40 Hz gamma phase synchrony.', in Acta Neuropsychiatr, England, Vol. 18, pp. 337 - 338, England, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800032440
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    Kuan SA; Gatt JM; Dobson-Stone C; Paul RH; Schofield PR; Gordon E; Williams LM, 2006, '10-04 Identifying markers of negative mood: the gender-specific influence of COMT and MAO-A polymorphisms on emotion processing.', in Acta Neuropsychiatr, England, Vol. 18, pp. 337, England, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0924270800032439
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    2006, 'Genotypes and neural binding in negative affect: The contribution of genetic polymorphisms to 40 Hz gamma phase synchrony', in Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 18, pp. 337 - 337, presented at ASPR
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    2006, 'Identifying markers of negative mood: the gender-specific influence of COMT and MAO-A polymorphisms on emotion processing', in Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 18, pp. 337 - 337, presented at ASPR
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    2006, 'Identifying pathways to depressed mood and cognitive dysfunction: The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and early life stress.', in Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 18, pp. 336 - 336, presented at ASPR
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    2006, 'Mapping the BDNF genotype onto cognitive and emotional phenotypes: Integrating EEG, ERPs and MRI', in NeuroImage, Elsevier, Vol. 31, pp. 165 - 165, presented at Human Brain Mapping
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    2006, 'Neuroimaging endophenotypes associated with the COMT Val108/158Met polymorphism: implications for psychiatric disorders of emotion', in NeuroImage, Elsevier, Vol. 31, pp. 165 - 165, presented at Human Brain Mapping
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    2006, 'The neurodevelopmental effects of apolipoprotein E alleles on brain function.', in Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 18, pp. 336 - 336, presented at ASPR Annual Meeting
    Conference Abstracts | 2006
    2006, 'Understanding genotype-phenotype relationships using the Brain Resource International Database: Implications for psychiatric conditions', in Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 18, pp. 335 - 335, presented at ASPR Annual Meeting
    Conference Abstracts | 2005
    2005, 'An integrative approach towards mapping the BDNF genotype onto phenotypes: The identification of mood and memory profiles', in Austrailan and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 39, pp. A18 - A18, presented at CINP/ASPR Meeting
    Conference Abstracts | 2005
    2005, 'Mapping the COMT genotype onto phenotypes: Implications for psychiatric disorders of cognition and emotion.', in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, SAGE Publications, Vol. 39, pp. A17 - A17, presented at CINP/ASPR Meeting
    Conference Presentations | 2004
    2004, 'The effects of assertiveness training and relaxation on disease-prone personality types, coping, mood and cortisol in a community sample', Vol. 39, pp. 564 - 564, presented at 28th International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China, 08 August 2004 - 13 August 2004, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000226118005089&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a
    Conference Abstracts | 2000
    Job RF S; Cuthbert P; Dolphin J; Gatt J; McNicholas B, 2000, 'The Grossarth-Maticek Personality Stress Inventory predicts reaction to stress', in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY PRESS, Vol. 35, pp. 308 - 308, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000088388803014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Fellowships:

  • 2014-2017:  NHMRC CDF Level 1 Fellowship (APP1062495), 'Resilience - What is it and how do we promote it?.
  • 2013-2014:  Westmead Charitable Trust Fellowship, 'Development of measures of wellbeing'.
  • 2012-2013:  USyd DVC Research Fellowship, 'The neurogenetics of mental wellbeing'.
  • 2008-2011: ARC Linkage APDI Fellowship (LP0455104), 'Gene-brain pathways in emotional brain stability and instability'.

 

Grants:

  • 2020-2023: Mindgardens Neuroscience Network Grant, 'Measuring and promoting wellbeing', Justine Gatt.
  • 2017-2024:  NHMRC Project Grant (APP1122816), 'Neural trajectories towards vulnerability versus resilience: A longitudinal twin study'. Justine Gatt, Robin Turner, Leanne Williams.
  • 2020: Instagram Wellbeing Research Grant, 'Impact of Instagram on mental wellbeing in adolescents versus young adults'. Justine Gatt, Haeme Park.
  • 2020: SWSLHD Clinical Knowledge Exchange Seed Funding Initiative, 'The mental health and wellbeing of children who stutter and their caregivers'. Verity MacMillan, Justine Gatt (Co-Leads), Stacey Sheedy, Wendy Lloyd, Haeme Park.
  • 2016: UNSW Science Faculty Research Grant, Justine Gatt.
  • 2015: UNSW Science Faculty Research Grant, 'Resilience in the brain: Establishing new neural circuits and imaging algorithms'. Justine Gatt.
  • 2013-2015:  NHMRC PhD Scholarship for PhD student, Kylie Routledge (APP1055839), 'Impact of cognitive training on emotional and cognitive function: A twin study'. Kylie Routledge, Justine Gatt.
  • 2008-2011:  ARC Linkage Project (LP0455104), 'Gene-brain pathways in emotional brain stability and instability', Leanne Williams, Peter Schofield, Richard Clark, Anthony Harris, Justine Gatt.

  • 2019: WUN Success Story awarded to the WUN Resilience Research Group for ‘Exceptional Levels of Achievement’ (Dr Gatt was the Lead Coordinator of the WUN International Youth Resilience Group). Awarded at the WUN Conference in Dublin on 22 May.
  • 2019:  NeuRA Carer's Travel Award
  • 2016:  Australian Twins Registry Travel Award
  • 2014:  Commonwealth Health Minister’s Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research for 2014 ($50,000) – only one awarded nationally per year
  • 2014:  NHMRC Excellence Award: Top Ranked Applicant in Industry-I Category of the CDF Scheme 2013
  • 2014:  Australian Twins Registry Travel Award
    2012:  Australian Twins Registry Travel Award 
  • 2010:  Westmead Millennium Institute Science Prize ($5,000)
  • 2009:  Westmead Millennium Institute Science Prize ($5,000)
  • 2009:  Congress of Biological Psychiatry Travel Award ($1,000)
  • 2008:  Australian Twins Registry Travel Award ($2,000)
  • 2006:  Human Brain Mapping Travel Award 
  • 2004:  University of Sydney Completion Scholarship
  • 2002-2004: University of Sydney Postgraduate Research Award
  • 2000:  Highest ranking Honours Thesis (Arts Faculty)

A/Prof Justine Gatt leads a research program focusing on the neuroscience and genetics of wellbeing and resilience to trauma and stress, and then translating these outcomes to wellbeing interventions. Her work includes a focus on healthy populations (both singleton and twin cohorts) and clinical populations at various ages and with varying levels of exposure to stress and trauma. Study designs include cross-sectional, prospective studies and irandomised controlled trials. Apart from measures of DNA and life experiences, her team has collected a wide suite of neurocognitive performance assessments, as well as neuroimaging measures (e.g., MRI, fMRI, DTI), neurophysiological measures (e.g., EEG, ERP) and measures of autonomic functioning. She is also developing various online wellbeing programs including Thrive for healthcare workers, and ReNeuWell, a new wellbeing app for the general public.

Additional Professional Roles:
Chair, NeuRA Invited Seminar Series Committee (2018-)
Chief Scientific Advisor, MAP for Wellbeing Corp. Pte Ltd (2013-)

Editorial Roles:
Editorial Board Member, Psychiatry Journal (2018-)
Review Editor, Frontiers in Psychology (2013-)

My Research Supervision

Current

Janine Lam (PhD, 2020-current) - University of New South Wales

Jesse McCrindle (Masters intern, 2023) - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Completed

Rebecca Alexander (Clinical Masters, 2020-2023) - The Australian National University

Nitharsaa Ambalavanar (Honours, 2022) - University of New South Wales

Arthur Montalto (PhD, 2018-2022) - University of New South Wales

Javad Jamshidi (PhD, 2018-2022) - University of New South Wales

Miranda Chilver (PhD, 2018-2021) - University of New South Wales (*Awarded Dean's Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis, within top 10% of theses)

Jack Anderson (Honours, 2021) - University of New South Wales

Wenny Qu (Honours, 2021) - University of New South Wales

Malithi Silva (Honours, 2021) - University of New South Wales

Sandy Wong (Honours, 2018) - University of New South Wales

Kylie Routledge (PhD, 2013-2018) - University of Sydney

Denise Chu (PhD, 2009-2017) - University of Sydney

Karen Burton (PhD, 2011-2016) - University of Sydney