Associate Professor Caroline Gurvich
Associate Professor Caroline Gurvich is a Clinical Neuropsychologist. She is the Deputy Director of HER (Health, Education, Research) Centre Australia, Department of Psychiatry, Monash University; Head of the “Cognition and Hormones Group"; and Chair of the Victorian College of Clinical Neuropsychologists.
Associate Professor Gurvich completed a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science at Monash University, followed by an Honours year in the field of neuropsychology and then a Doctorate of Clinical Neuropsychology (completed in 2006). Associate Professor Gurvich has since combined research with clinical work as a neuropsychologist. Her clinical neuropsychology roles have predominantly focused on adult and older adult psychiatry and neurology. She has worked in public and private hospital settings.Most recently, Associate Professor Gurvich started a small private practice in 2024 that she co-directs with a fellow Monash University neuropsychology graduate.
Associate Professor Gurvich’s doctoral research was focused on understanding a group of symptoms (called negative symptoms) that present transdiagnostically across neurology and psychiatry. Using clinical interviewing, neuropsychological assessments as well as eye tracking as a research tool, she was able to explore how negative symptoms present in different conditions as well as draw inferences about the underlying neurological mechanisms. Associate Professor Gurvich continued her research in the field of neuropsychology and psychiatry and has developed a specialised interest in the neuropsychology of women’s mental health. She is currently leading the Cognition and Hormones research group at HER Centre Australia, where her team are researching cognition (brain fog) and mental health during menopause; cognition and mood across the menstrual cycle and in premenstrual mood disorders; hormonal influences on ADHD and links between menopause related brain changes and Alzheimer’s disease. Associate Professor Gurvich has over 120 publications that have contributed to a better understanding of cognition in mental health and mental illness. She has received several grants and awards, including funding from the NHMRC (project grants and an NHMRC early career fellowship), a Rebecca Cooper project award as well as philanthropic funding.
Associate Professor Gurvich also has an interest in gender equity and diversity in science. She contributed to Monash successfully achieving an inaugural Athena SWAN Bronze award in her role on the Monash Self-Assessment Team for the SAGE Athena Swan Charter (2015 to 2018).From 2018 to 2020, she developed and was Chair of the inaugural Gender Equity Diversity and Inclusion committee in the School of Translational Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
Beyond her professional life, Associate Professor Gurvich has three children and enjoys spending any free time with her family and friends, as well as hiking, running, reading and travelling.