Brief Profile
Name:
Geoffrey Turnbull
Education
- 2013: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour. Title: The Effects of Enrichment and Disease on Brain Plasticity and Cognition (Under submission).
- 2002: First class honours in Anatomy. Department of Anatomy, University of QLD, Brisbane, Australia.
- 2001: Bachelor of Science with major in Biomedical Science. University of QLD, Brisbane, Australia.
- 1998: High school certificate. Melville High, Kempsey, NSW.
Conferences and Workshops.
- 2011: Huntington’s Disease World Congress Melbourne, Australia.
- 2007: Australian Huntington’s Disease Annual Conference, Gold Coast.
- 2003: Frontiers in Tissue Engineering, QUT, Brisbane.
Employment History
Southern Cross University, 2009-2013.
- Lecturer in Psychology, Health and Human Sciences, (2009-2013).
- Lecturer for Preparing for Success at Southern Cross University, SCU, College, (2009-2013).
- Unit assessor for Applying Quantitative Concepts (EDU10447), SCU (2010-2013)
Enriched Health, 2013.
- Cognitive Neuroscientist.
- Cognitive assessment and neuro-rehabilitation.
Hastings Women and Children's Refuge, 2010-2013.
- LOVEBiTES sexual assault and domestic violence program facilitator.
- Music enrichment workshop coordinator.
Queensland Brain Institute, 2006 - 2008.
- Research assistant
- Maintenance of Huntington's disease mouse breeding colony.
- In vitro culturing of stem cells from the hippocampus and subventricular zone.
- Data collection and statistical analysis.
- Preparation of data for publication and presentation at conferences.
Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, 2002-2007.
- University tutor.
Publications.
Walker, T. L., Turnbull, G. W., Mackay, E. W., Hannan, A. J., & Bartlett, P. F. (2011). The latent stem cell population is retained in the hippocampus of transgenic Huntington's disease mice but not wild-type mice. PLoS One, 6(3), e18153.
Book
Turnbull, G. W.(2012). Environmental enrichment as a therapeutic intervention. Is there a central role for BDNF? In R. van der Zwan (Eds.), Current trends in experimental and applied psychology, vol. 1, (pp. 36-48). Brisbane, Qld: Primrose Hall.