DrLaura Bradfield
Visiting Fellow
School of Life Sciences
BIO
Dr Laura Bradfield is a Senior Research Fellow and head of the Brain and Behaviour Lab in the School of Life Sciences at UTS. She joined UTS as a Research Fellow in 2018 after undertaking her PhD and postgraduate studies at UNSW Sydney.
Laura’s primary areas of interest include investigating the behavioural and brain mechanisms of compulsive disorders, the glial mechanisms of goal-directed decision-making, and contextual modulation of goal-directed action. Her work is currently funded by two NHMRC Ideas Grants, and she has previously been awarded an ARC Discovery Project as well as two NHMRC project grants. In total Laura’s research has attracted approximately $3.5 million.
Laura has published 30+ journal articles and three book chapters, including first author articles in the influential journals Neuron and Nature Neuroscience. She is a Reviewing Editor at eLife, eNeuro and Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience, and an Associate Editor at the Journal of Neuroscience.
Laura has spoken widely about her research at conferences and events in Australia and overseas. In 2022, she won the UTS Faculty of Science’s “Supervisor of the Year” award, and she is also passionate about increasing diversity in science and improving conditions within the scientific community for underrepresented individuals. Please contact her directly if you’d like to work together on this issue.
Laura’s primary areas of interest include investigating the behavioural and brain mechanisms of compulsive disorders, the glial mechanisms of goal-directed decision-making, and contextual modulation of goal-directed action. Her work is currently funded by two NHMRC Ideas Grants, and she has previously been awarded an ARC Discovery Project as well as two NHMRC project grants. In total Laura’s research has attracted approximately $3.5 million.
Laura has published 30+ journal articles and three book chapters, including first author articles in the influential journals Neuron and Nature Neuroscience. She is a Reviewing Editor at eLife, eNeuro and Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience, and an Associate Editor at the Journal of Neuroscience.
Laura has spoken widely about her research at conferences and events in Australia and overseas. In 2022, she won the UTS Faculty of Science’s “Supervisor of the Year” award, and she is also passionate about increasing diversity in science and improving conditions within the scientific community for underrepresented individuals. Please contact her directly if you’d like to work together on this issue.
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Research FellowCentre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Sydney, Australia1 May 2018 - 30 Jun 2021
- Senior Research FellowUniversity of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Jul 2021 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Senior Research FellowUniversity of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Jul 2021 - present
- Research FellowCentre for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 May 2018 - 30 Jun 2021
- LecturerUniversity of New South Wales, School of Psychology, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2018 - 30 Apr 2018
- Post-doctoral Research AssociateUniversity of New South Wales, School of Psychology, Sydney, Australia1 May 2016 - 30 Dec 2017
- Post-doctoral Research AssociateUniversity of Sydney, Brain and Mind Research Centre, Sydney, Australia15 Feb 2010 - 30 Apr 2016
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia1 Jan 2006 - 15 Feb 2010
- Bachelor of Psychology (Hons Class 1)University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia20 Mar 2001 - 1 Dec 2005
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic
AVAILABILITY
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Media enquiries