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
Harding, R, Moya, E, Ataíde, R, Truwah, Z, Mzembe, G, Mhango, G, Demir, AV, Stones, W, Randall, L, Seal, M, et al.
Protocol and statistical analysis plan for a randomized controlled trial of the effect of intravenous iron on anemia in Malawian pregnant women in their third trimester (REVAMP - TT)..
Gates Open Res
7:
117
2023
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Bray, KO, Pozzi, E, Vijayakumar, N, Richmond, S, Seal, M, Pantelis, C, Anderson, V, Whittle, S.
Empathy and resting-state functional connectivity in children.
Neuroimage Reports
2(4)
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100142
2022
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Kelly, C, Dhollander, T, Harding, IH, Khan, W, Beare, R, Cheong, JL, Doyle, LW, Seal, M, Thompson, DK, Inder, TE, et al.
Brain tissue microstructural and free-water composition 13 years after very preterm birth..
Neuroimage
254:
119168
2022
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Thompson, DK, Yang, JYM, Chen, J, Kelly, CE, Adamson, CL, Alexander, B, Gilchrist, C, Matthews, LG, Lee, KJ, Hunt, RW, et al.
Brain White Matter Development Over the First 13 Years in Very Preterm and Typically Developing Children Based on the T 1-w/T 2-w Ratio..
Neurology
98(9)
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e924 -e937
2022
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Yang, JY-M, Chen, J, Alexander, B, Schilling, K, Kean, M, Wray, A, Seal, M, Maixner, W, Beare, R.
Assessment of intraoperative diffusion EPI distortion and its impact on estimation of supratentorial white matter tract positions in pediatric epilepsy surgery..
Neuroimage Clin
35:
103097
2022
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