Dr Seal trained as a clinical neuropsychologist and has over 15 years experience in coordinating neuroimaging investigations of brain development. After completing his PhD he was awarded a Wellcome Trust International Fellowship (2001-2002) to support a two-year postdoctoral position in the Section of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry(IOP), Kings College London. Subsequently, Dr Seal was able to obtain a NARSAD Young Investigator Award (2003-2005) to continue his postdoctoral training in neuroimaging. In 2005 Dr Seal returned to Australia as a member of the Senior Research Group at The Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne. In this position he coordinated several large investigations measuring changes in brain structure and function across the life-span. On the basis of this work he was awarded the Ronald Phillip Griffith Fellowship (2007-2009). From 2007-2010 he successfully coordinated onsite Australia’s largest study investigating the neurocognitive impact of heavy cannabis use on brain development (NHMRC Project 459111).
In 2010 he was was appointed Group Leader of the Developmental Imaging research group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. In this role he is responsible for coordinating and facilitating research utilising the Research MRI Scanner and supervises a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, MRI technologists and neuroscientists. He is currently involved in several ongoing studies of neurodevelopment including as Chief Investigator on NHMRC Project Grants and ARC Discovery Grants. He holds a joint appointment (0.5) as a Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
Dr Seal trained as a clinical neuropsychologist and has over 15 years experience in coordinating neuroimaging investigations of brain development. After completing his PhD he was awarded a Wellcome Trust International Fellowship (2001-2002) to support...
Dr Seal trained as a clinical neuropsychologist and has over 15 years experience in coordinating neuroimaging investigations of brain development. After completing his PhD he was awarded a Wellcome Trust International Fellowship (2001-2002) to support a two-year postdoctoral position in the Section of Neuroimaging, Institute of Psychiatry(IOP), Kings College London. Subsequently, Dr Seal was able to obtain a NARSAD Young Investigator Award (2003-2005) to continue his postdoctoral training in neuroimaging. In 2005 Dr Seal returned to Australia as a member of the Senior Research Group at The Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne. In this position he coordinated several large investigations measuring changes in brain structure and function across the life-span. On the basis of this work he was awarded the Ronald Phillip Griffith Fellowship (2007-2009). From 2007-2010 he successfully coordinated onsite Australia’s largest study investigating the neurocognitive impact of heavy cannabis use on brain development (NHMRC Project 459111).
In 2010 he was was appointed Group Leader of the Developmental Imaging research group at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute. In this role he is responsible for coordinating and facilitating research utilising the Research MRI Scanner and supervises a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, MRI technologists and neuroscientists. He is currently involved in several ongoing studies of neurodevelopment including as Chief Investigator on NHMRC Project Grants and ARC Discovery Grants. He holds a joint appointment (0.5) as a Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
Top Publications
Ellis, RER, Seal, ML, Simmons, JG, Whittle, S, Schwartz, OS, Byrne, ML, Allen, NB.
Longitudinal Trajectories of Depression Symptoms in Adolescence: Psychosocial Risk Factors and Outcomes..
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev
48(4)
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554 -571
2017
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Simmons, JG, Schwartz, OS, Bray, K, Deane, C, Pozzi, E, Richmond, S, Smith, J, Vijayakumar, N, Byrne, ML, Seal, ML, et al.
Study protocol: families and childhood transitions study (FACTS) - a longitudinal investigation of the role of the family environment in brain development and risk for mental health disorders in community based children..
BMC Pediatr
17(1)
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153
2017
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Beare, R, Adamson, C, Bellgrove, MA, Vilgis, V, Vance, A, Seal, ML, Silk, TJ.
Altered structural connectivity in ADHD: a network based analysis..
Brain Imaging Behav
11(3)
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846 -858
2017
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Yang, JY-M, Beare, R, Seal, ML, Harvey, AS, Anderson, VA, Maixner, WJ.
A systematic evaluation of intraoperative white matter tract shift in pediatric epilepsy surgery using high-field MRI and probabilistic high angular resolution diffusion imaging tractography..
J Neurosurg Pediatr
19(5)
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592 -605
2017
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Ellis, R, Seal, ML, Adamson, C, Beare, R, Simmons, JG, Whittle, S, Allen, NB.
Brain connectivity networks and longitudinal trajectories of depression symptoms in adolescence..
Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging
260:
62 -69
2017
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