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DrLuba Sominsky

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 3 522 73077 (Work)
  • HERB, Health, Education and Research Building (HERB), Level 1, 285 Ryrie Street, Geelong

BIO

Dr Luba Sominsky is a Senior Resarch Fellow at Deakin and a Senior Scientist at Barwon health. She is a member of the Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group and Steering Committee, and a manager of the Barwon Infant Study biobank, with >100 biosamples per mother-infant dyad (n=1074).  

 

Dr Sominsky is an internationally-recognised researcher in the field of psychoneuroimmunology, with more than 75 career publications. Her research investigates biological, psychosocial, environmental and lifestyle drivers of perinatal depression and its impact on child development.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Senior Research Fellow
    Deakin University, School of Medicine

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Adjunct Senior Fellow
    RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia1 Jan 2024 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Scientist
    Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia4 Jan 2021 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Newcastle Australia, Newcastle, Australia

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Neurosciences
  • Biological psychology
  • Immunology
  • Clinical sciences
  • Psychosocial aspects of childbirth and perinatal mental health

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Medicine

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation