Flagship studies
Volunteers wanted
The Centre for Human Psychopharmacology regularly needs volunteers for the research we conduct. Some trials we are currently running appear below.
- Australian Research Council-funded Longevity Investigation (ARC-LI) study
- Can Omega-3 and Multivitamins affect your mood and cognition?
- The effect of multivitamins on mood, stress and brain function
- The effects of Isoflavones on cognition and agression
- Do you have hyperactive children?
- Effect of fish oil supplements on ADHD
- Research on cognitive effects of Bacopa
- The effects of creatine on cognitive function in older adults
Expertise
With over 30 researchers, the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology is the largest group in the world researching the cognitive and mood effects of natural products, nutritional supplements and other nutritional interventions.
We have expertise in the following areas:
- Neurocognitive testing
- Stress and mood assessment
- Psychiatric assessment
- Brain imaging techniques
- Other techniques
Professor Andrew Scholey talks about the Work of the CHP. Also available from Swinburne Research Profiles.
News and Events
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CHP publishes important study of multivitamins and mortality
Helen Macpherson, Andrew Pipingas and Matthew Pase from the Centre fro Human Psychopharmacology have published an important meta-analysis of the effects of multivitamin supplementation and mortality. Follow the link for a preprint of the paper, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and a video overview of the methods and findings by Matthew Pase.
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Sydney Morning Herald interview
Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald featured an interview with Professor Con Stough about the CHP's ARCLI study.
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Grant Success
Congratulations to CHP postdoc Dr Luke Downey who was awarded $324,940 for a CJ Martin - Overseas Biomedical Fellowship for his project 'Assessing the health effects of acute use and cumulative use of Ecstacy in illicit drug use'. This will include a visit to Swansea University, UK to work with CHP Adjunct Professor Andy Parrott.
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Grant Success
CHP Adjunct postdoc Dr Jerome Sarris has been awarded $768,098.57 for the project 'The Efficacy of Adjunctive S-Adenosyl Methionine (SAMe) versus a Combination Nutraceutical in Clinical Depression: A Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial' with Professor Con Stough of the CHP and our collaborators Professor Isaac Schweitzer Doctor Chad Bousman from Melbourne University.
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PhD student Naomi Perry was interviewed on a Channel 7 feature about her research into the neurocognitive effects of soy supplementation.
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Increasing your Vitamin B intake could significantly reduce work-related stress, a clinical trial conducted at Swinburne has shown.
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