Dr Frank Giorlando
MBBS BMedSc MPM PhD
Curriculum Vitæ, November 2017
AHPRA 8335253166
REG MED0001201338
Current Appointments
Addiction Psychiatry Registrar,
Monash Health, Mental Health, Clayton, VIC AU.
2017–curr.
Research Study Coordinator,
University of Melbourne, Dept. Optometry & Vision
Sciences, Parkville, VIC AU.
2017–curr.
Adjunct Lecturer,
Monash University, Department of Psychiatry, Clayton.
2015–curr.
VIC AU
Medical Software Advisor,
Chiasma Health, Melbourne, VIC AU.
2015–curr.
Education
RANZCP Trainee,
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists.
2007–curr.
Doctor of Philosophy,
University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry.
2008–2017
Master of Psychiatry (Hons),
University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry.
2007–2012
Memory and the Mind, Summer Course,
Central European University, Budapest, SUN Scholarship.
2009
Medical Bachelor, Bachelor of Surgery (Hons),
Monash University.
1996–2003
Bachelor of Medical Science (Hons),
Dept. of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash
University.
1999
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PhD Thesis
Title: Temporal Dissociation:
A Phenomenological and Neurophysiological Investigation
Supervisors and Advisors: Prof M Berk, Dr A Anderson, Prof R
Carpernter, Prof T Robbins, Prof P Fletcher, A Prof Peter Brotchie
Description: This research, conducted jointly at Melbourne University
and the University of Cambridge has explored the perception of time and
how illusions of temporal perception can elucidate the brain’s functioning.
The research applied psychophysical methods of measuring eye
movements to assess time perception in well participants given ketamine
as a dissociative agent and in patients with bipolar disorder. It also utilised
neuroimaging by fMRI and EEG
Supplementary Qualifications
Encephalography in Psychological Research,
Monash University, Clayton, VIC AU.
2012
MRI Safety Course,
Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, Cambridge, UK.
2009
Good Clinical Practice in Research Training,
EU Directive (2001/20/EC), Cambridge, UK.
2009
Past Employment
Clinical
Psychiatric Registrar,
Orygen Youth Health: Mood Disorders and headspace, Parkville,
VIC, AU.
2015
Psychiatric Registrar,
Monash Health: Consultation Liaison and Inpatient
Adolescent, Clayton, VIC, AU.
2012-2014
Psychiatric Registrar,
Barwon Health: Aged and CAHMS, Geelong, VIC AU.
2010-2011
Honorary Clinical Fellow,
Addenbrooke’s Hospital: Psychiatry, Cambridge UK.
2009
Psychiatric Registrar,
Barwon Health: Community and Inpatient Mental Health,
Geelong, VIC AU.
2007-2008
Hospital Medical Officer, Endocrinology and Neurology,
Southern Health, Clayton, VIC AU.
2006
Addiction Medicine Registrar,
Southern Health, Clayton, VIC AU.
2006
Intern,
Southern Health, Clayton, VIC AU.
2004
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Teaching
MBBS Medicine of the Mind Yr4,
Neurobiology of Mental Illness, Monash University, Clayton.
2017
EPPIC Statewide Training,
Bipolar disorder training for case managers, Orygen Youth
Health, Parkville.
2015 Sept
Clinical Supervisor,
Nurse Practitioner Education, Department of Nursing, LaTrobe
University.
2014
Lecturer and Examination Preparation Team,
Deakin University Medical School, Geelong.
2010-2011
Supervisor of Group Teaching, Medical Students,
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge UK.
2009
Tutor, Biostatistics, Environmental Medicine, Sociology,
Monash University.
1999-2005
Research
Grants and Scholarships
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Time,
Shared Grant, Centre for Time, University of Sydney.
2013
Research Scholarship,
Australian Society for Bipolar and Depressive Disorders,
AstraZeneca.
2011
Neuroscience Research Grant (unrestricted),
Pfizer.
2011
Young Investigator Grant,
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
2010
Melbourne Research Scholarship,
University of Melbourne.
2008
Recent Publications
Papers In Preparation/ Under Review
O. M. Dean, E. Gliddon, T. E. V. Rheenen, F. Giorlando, S. K.
Davidson, M. Kaur, T. T. Ngo, and L. J. Williams (2017). An
update on adjunctive treatment options for bipolar disorder.
F. Giorlando, A. Fornito, R. Adapa, R. Gaillard, T. Robbins,
M. Berk, and P. Fletcher (2017). Ketamine Modulates Brain
Activity in Regions Associated with Temporal Disintegration.
F. Giorlando, S. Markanday, A. Anderson, R. H. S. Carpenter,
and M. Berk (2017). Dissociation and Temporal Order
Assessment in Bipolar Disorder.
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Selected Papers Published
T. E. V. Rheenen, S. K. Davidson, F. Giorlando, E. Gliddon,
and O. M. Dean (2015). “Fostering early and mid-career
research in affective disorders”. Australian and New Zealand
Journal of Psychiatry.
O. Dandash, B. J. Harrison, R. Adapa, R. Gaillard,
F. Giorlando, S. J. Wood, P. C. Fletcher, and A. Fornito
(2014). “Selective Augmentation of Striatal Functional
Connectivity Following NMDA Receptor Antagonism:
Implications for Psychosis”. Neuropsychopharmacology.
F. Giorlando, J. Teister, S. Dodd, M. Udina, and M. Berk
(2013). “Hyponatraemia: An Audit of Aged Psychiatry
Patients Taking SSRIs and SNRIs”. Current Drug Safety 8.3,
pp. 175–180.
J. W. Moore, V. C. Cambridge, H. Morgan, F. Giorlando,
R. Adapa, and P. C. Fletcher (2013). “Time, action and
psychosis: Using subjective time to investigate the effects
of ketamine on sense of agency”. Neuropsychologia. Special
Issue: How Does the Brain Process Time? 51.2, pp. 377–384.
M. Berk, L. Berk, C. G. Davey, S. Moylan, F. Giorlando, A. B.
Singh, H. Kalra, and G. S. Malhi (2012). “Treatment of
bipolar depression”. Medical journal of Australia open 1.4,
pp. 32–35.
D. O. M. Dean, J. Data-Franco, F. Giorlando, and M. Berk
(2012). “Minocycline”. CNS Drugs 26.5, pp. 391–401.
S. Dodd, G. S. Malhi, J. Tiller, I. Schweitzer, I. Hickie,
J. P. Khoo, D. L. Basset, B. Lyndon, P. B. Mitchell, G.
Parker, P. B. Fitzgerald, M. Udina, A. Singh, S. Moylan,
F. Giorlando, C. Doughty, C. G. Davey, M. Theodoros,
and M. Berk (2012). “O-10 - Safety monitoring guidelines
for treatments for major depressive disorder”. European
Psychiatry. Abstracts of the 20th European Congress of
Psychiatry 27, Supplement 1, p. 1.
S. Moylan, F. Giorlando, T. Nordfj, and M. Berk (2012). “The
role of alprazolam for the treatment of panic disorder in
Australia”. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
46.3, pp. 212–224.
M. Berk, F. Kapczinski, A. Andreazza, O. Dean, F. Giorlando,
M. Maes, M. Ycel, C. Gama, S. Dodd, B. Dean, P. Magalh,
P. Amminger, P. McGorry, and G. Malhi (2011). “Pathways
underlying neuroprogression in bipolar disorder: Focus on
inflammation, oxidative stress and neurotrophic factors”.
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 35.3, pp. 804–817.
J. T. Coull, H. Morgan, V. C. Cambridge, J. W. Moore,
F. Giorlando, R. Adapa, P. R. Corlett, and P. C. Fletcher
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(2011). “Ketamine perturbs perception of the flow of time
in healthy volunteers”. Psychopharmacology.
O. Dean, F. Giorlando, and M. Berk (2011). “N-
acetylcysteine in psychiatry: current therapeutic evidence
and potential mechanisms of action”. Journal of Psychiatry
& Neuroscience: JPN 36.2, p. 78.
S. Dodd, G. S. Malhi, J. Tiller, I. Schweitzer, I. Hickie,
J. P. Khoo, D. L. Bassett, B. Lyndon, P. B. Mitchell, G.
Parker, P. B. Fitzgerald, M. Udina, A. Singh, S. Moylan,
F. Giorlando, C. Doughty, C. G. Davey, M. Theodoros,
and M. Berk (2011). “A consensus statement for safety
monitoring guidelines of treatments for major depressive
disorder”. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
45.9, pp. 712–725.
H. Morgan, J. Coull, J. Moore, V. Cambridge, F. Giorlando,
R. Adapa, and P. Fletcher (2011). “Does ketamine induce an
abnormal sense of time in healthy volunteers?:” International
Clinical Psychopharmacology 26, e144.
Conference Proceedings and Recent Talks
Monash Psychiatry Academic Day,
Symposium, Melbourne, Speaker.
Sept 2017
Time in Tokyo, international symposium on temporal
perception and experience,
Symposium, Tokyo, Speaker.
Oct 2016
Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre,
Statewide Workshop on Bipolar Disorder, Melbourne,
Invited Presenter.
Sept 2015
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness,
Annual Conference, Paris, Poster.
July 2015
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness,
Annual Conference, Brisbane, Speaker.
July 2014
International Conference on Timing and Time
Perception,
Conference, Corfu, Poster.
Mar 2014
Australasian Society for Bipolar and Depressive
Disorders,
Annual Conference, Melbourne, Speaker.
Oct 2013
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Societies and Community Involvement
ASBDD Early and Mid-Career
Research Committee,
Committee Member, Melbourne, VIC AU.
2014–current
Yarra Link Project,
Board Member, Toorak, VIC AU.
2014–current
Consciousness Round Table,
Convenor, Melbourne, VIC AU.
2010–2015
Yarra River Protection Act,
Community Consultation Committee,
Member, Melbourne, VIC AU.
2016 Feb–July
Victorian Parliamentary Drugs & Crime Prevention
Committee,
regarding misuse/abuse of prescription drugs in Victoria,
Written Submission and Speaker, Melbourne, VIC AU.
2006 May
Languages
English: Native Speaker
Italian: Verbally Fluent
Computer Skills
System Administration: Linux, OS X, Windows
Hardware Systems: Arduino, Multiprocessor Server Platforms, RAID
and ZFS Storage, Electronics and Real-time Control Systems
Programming and Statistics: C, R, Bash, Processing, Puredata
Neuroimaging Analysis: MATLAB, Psychtoolbox, SPM, Fieldtrip
Web: HTML, CSS, Apache, Nginx, Varnish, Wordpress, Habari
Typesetting: L
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X, Markup, CSS, knitr, LibreOffice, Microsoft Office
Graphics: Inkscape, Blender, Pixelmator, Photoshop, OmniGraffle
Electronic Data Capture: OpenClinica, Database and Collaborative
Online Systems
Interests and Hobbies
Photography: Landcape and Time-Lapse
Chess: Recreational
Sailing: Qualified day-skipper (UK qualified)
Cycle Touring: Long distance cycling and camping
Sustainable Technologies: Biological Carbon Capture, Alternative
Fuels, Solar, Lighter than Air Vehicles
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