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DrChiara Bortolasci

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

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  • Senior Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • +61 3 524 79561 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Knowledge Areas
Mental Health (Bipolar disorder, depression, and schizophrenia)

Oxidative stress

Inflammation

Drug discovery

Stem cells

Projects
* Understanding the molecular alterations in bipolar disorder

* Mechanisms underpinning lithium response in bipolar disorder

* Repurposing drugs to treat bipolar disorder

* NAC for first episode psychosis

* NAC for smoking cessation

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Repurposing drugs to treat bipolar depression using stem cell technology
    3 Dec 2021 - 3 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Milken Institute and Baszucki Brain Research Fund - Bipoloar Disorder Grant - $269,566.99
  • GRANT
    Understanding the mechanisms underpinning lithium response
    20 Sep 2019 - 20 Oct 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Chiara Bortolasci
    Deakin University Community Bank - $7,618.00
  • GRANT
    The efficacy of N-acetyl cysteine as an adjunctive treatment for first episode psychosis
    1 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Cotton S,
    • Dodd S,
    • Wood S,
    • Allott K,
    • Bartholomeusz C
    NHMRC Project Grant - APP1125778 - $55,000.00