Meet the team

The NeuroRecovery Research Team are based at the University of New South Wales and are also part of a broader team of researchers at Neuroscience Research Australia, working on combined projects with the Pain IMPACT Centre.

Prof Sylvia Gustin, Ph.D., BPsych, MPsych

Director, NeuroRecovery Research Hub, Rebecca Cooper Research Fellow, APHRA Registered Psychologist

Dr Yann Quidé, PhD

Research Fellow,

Head of Neuroimaging, Neurobiology and Mental Health Program

Nell Norman-Nott, BPsychSc(Hons), PhD Candidate

Clinical Researcher & DBT Skills Trainer

Head of Chronic Pain Emotional Recovery Program

Dr Negin Hesam-Shariati, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow,

Head of Chronic Pain Neurotherapy Program

Thiago Folly, BPthy

Clinical Research Assistant

Pauline Zahara, BPthy

Head of Clinical Trial Management, NRRH Group Manager

Sebastian Restrepo, BMechEngin

Mechanical Engineer, CAD Designer

Kevin Yi Chen, BEng(Hons), BSc

Software Engineer

Khaizuran Kamarul, BPsychScience

Honours student

Lara Alexander, BExPhys

ESSA-Accredited Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Honours student