ProfessorDelyse Hutchinson

Dr Hutchinson's major research interest is in understanding the developmental
origins of mental and behavioural disorders.

Knowledge Areas
Epidemiology, Pregnancy, Child Development, Psychology, Public Health

Projects
Dr Hutchinson's major projects include:
1. [Scientific Director of the Triple B Pregnancy Cohort Study](http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/project/triple-b-bumps-babies-and-beyond), funded ~$2.5M through the NHMRC and Australian Rotary Health to examine the developmental origins of childhood psychosocial adjustment problems;
2. [Academic Leader of the Australian Unity and Deakin University Partnership](http://www.acqol.com.au/projects#our-projects), which aims to examine the wellbeing of Australian adults through cross-sectional and longitudinal national wellbeing surveys;
3. [Co-Convenor of the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY) Longitudinal Studies Network](https://lifecourse.org.au). This network brings together 50+ longitudinal studies of child and adolescent health and development;
4. [Academic Leader of Developmental Attachment Studies on the Australian Temperament Project Generation 3 Study](https://www.melbournechildrens.com/atp/gen-3/) (35-year longitudinal cohort study) and;
5. [Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Cannabis Cohorts Research Consortium](https://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/node/300000024): a cross-cohort collaboration that brings together researchers from six major longitudinal studies in Australasia to examine the causes and consequences of cannabis exposure.
Current Students:

Dr Hutchinson supervises students enrolled in PhD, Doctor of Psychology
(DPsych) and Masters of Clinical Psychology degrees. Her current students
include:

Name: Sharyn Bant
Title: Preconception and perinatal prediction of infant attachment security
Degree: PhD (Psychology)

Name: Genevieve Le Bas
Title: Social-emotional development in early infancy: The role of maternal
bonding and mental health
Degree: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)

Name: Claire Lubotzky
Title: Identifying the infant precursors and correlates of sensation seeking
behaviour in children
Degree: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)

Name: Mariel McLure
Title: The role of preconception and perinatal mental health in the prediction
of insecure-resistant attachment in infancy
Degree: PhD (Psychology)

Name: Shelley Obst
Title: The effect of postnatal depression on cognitive developmental outcomes
in middle childhood: An 8 year longitudinal study
Degree: Doctorate of Clinical Psychology (Clinical)

Name: Gypsy O'Dea
Title: Parent to infant bonding: Associations with perinatal mental health and
child development outcomes
Degree: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)

Name: Alana Rogers
Title: The impact of antenatal depression and anxiety on childhood development
Degree: Masters of Clinical Psychology

Name: Melanie Schuijers
Title: Earliest indicators of social and emotional development: Informing the
development of the Perinatal Emotional Growth Index (PEGI)
Degree: Doctor of Psychology (Clinical)