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Overview

Cathy Catroppa is affiliated with the Royal Children's Hospital in Australia and has a strong research focus in the field of medicine, particularly in areas related to traumatic brain injury (TBI) and pediatric health. Their publication record spans 89 works in medicine, with significant contributions in epidemiology, emergency medicine, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, cognitive neuroscience, and clinical psychology.

Their main research topics encompass:

  • Traumatic Brain Injury Research
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances
  • Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Infant Development and Preterm Care

Recent publications include:

  • Delineating the Nature and Correlates of Social Dysfunction after Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury Using Common Data Elements: Evidence from an International Multi-Cohort Study, 2020, Journal of Neurotrauma
  • The Neurophysiological Processing of Music in Children: A Systematic Review With Narrative Synthesis and Considerations for Clinical Practice in Music Therapy, 2021, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Executive function mediates the prospective association between neurostructural differences within the central executive network and anti-social behavior after childhood traumatic brain injury, 2021, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • Social Cognition in Paediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, 2021, Neuropsychology Review
  • Concussive Symptoms Following Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, 2020, Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Catroppa has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Vicki Anderson
  • Nicholas P. Ryan
  • Stephen Hearps
  • Edith Botchway-Commey
  • Celia Godfrey

The main publication venues for Catroppa's research work include:

  • Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
  • Journal of Neurotrauma
  • Neuropsychology Review
  • Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation
  • Brain Injury

Best Publications

  • Development of Executive Functions Through Late Childhood and Adolescence in an Australian Sample

    Vicki A. Anderson;Peter Anderson;Elisabeth Northam;Rani Jacobs

  • Functional plasticity or vulnerability after early brain injury

    Vicki Anderson;Vicki Anderson;Cathy Catroppa;Cathy Catroppa;Sue Morse;Flora Haritou

  • Outcome and Predictors of Functional Recovery 5 Years Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

    Cathy Catroppa;Vicki Anderson;Sue A Morse;Flora Haritou

  • Understanding predictors of functional recovery and outcome 30 months following early childhood head injury

    Vicki Anne Anderson;Cathy Catroppa;Paul Dudgeon;Sue A Morse

  • Predictors of Cognitive Function and Recovery 10 Years After Traumatic Brain Injury in Young Children

    Vicki Anderson;Vicki Anderson;Celia Godfrey;Jeffrey V Rosenfeld;Jeffrey V Rosenfeld;Cathy Catroppa;Cathy Catroppa

  • Identifying factors contributing to child and family outcome 30 months after traumatic brain injury in children

    Vicki Anne Anderson;Cathy Catroppa;Flora Haritou;Sue A Morse

  • Recovery of Intellectual Ability following Traumatic Brain Injury in Childhood: Impact of Injury Severity and Age at Injury

    Vicki Anderson;Vicki Anderson;Cathy Catroppa;Sue Morse;Flora Haritou

  • Thirty month outcome from early childhood head injury: a prospective analysis of neurobehavioural recovery

    Vicki Anne Anderson;Sue A Morse;Cathy Catroppa;Flora Haritou

  • Adverse Outcomes of Bacterial Meningitis in School-Age Survivors

    Keith Grimwood;Vicki A. Anderson;Lyndal Bond;Cathy Catroppa

  • Recovery of executive skills following paediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI): a 2 year follow-up.

    V Anderson;C Catroppa

  • Predicting recovery from head injury in young children: a prospective analysis.

    Vicki A. Anderson;Sue A. Morse;Geoffrey Klug;Cathy Catroppa

  • The epidemiology of paediatric head injuries: Data from a referral centre in Victoria, Australia

    Louise Crowe;Franz Babl;Franz Babl;Vicki Anderson;Cathy Catroppa

  • Attentional and processing skills following traumatic brain injury in early childhood

    Vicki Anne Anderson;Cathy Catroppa;Sue A Morse;Flora Haritou

  • 10 years outcome from childhood traumatic brain injury

    Vicki Anderson;Celia Godfrey;Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld;Cathy Catroppa

  • Outcome from mild head injury in young children: a prospective study.

    Vicki Anderson;Cathy Catroppa;Sue Morse;Flora Haritou

  • Quality of life in children and adolescents post-TBI: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Ashley M. Di Battista;Cheryl Soo;Cathy Catroppa;Vicki Anderson

  • Intellectual outcome from preschool traumatic brain injury: a 5-year prospective, longitudinal study.

    Vicki Anderson;Cathy Catroppa;Sue A Morse;Flora Haritou

  • Social function assessment tools for children and adolescents: A systematic review from 1988 to 2010

    Louise M Crowe;Miriam H Beauchamp;Cathy Catroppa;V. Anderson;V. Anderson

  • Predictors of Acute Child and Family Outcome following Traumatic Brain Injury in Children

    Vicki A. Anderson;Cathy Catroppa;Flora Haritou;Sue Morse

  • Children’s Attentional Skills 5 Years Post-TBI

    Cathy Catroppa;Vicki Anne Anderson;Vicki Anne Anderson;Sue A Morse;Flora Haritou

Frequent Co-Authors

Vicki Anderson
Vicki Anderson Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Miriam H. Beauchamp
Miriam H. Beauchamp University of Montreal
Keith Owen Yeates
Keith Owen Yeates University of Calgary
Timothy J. Silk
Timothy J. Silk Deakin University
Amanda G. Wood
Amanda G. Wood Deakin University
Robyn L. Tate
Robyn L. Tate University of Sydney
Jennie Ponsford
Jennie Ponsford Monash University
Rebecca Giallo
Rebecca Giallo Deakin University
Jennifer Fleming
Jennifer Fleming University of Queensland
Leanne Togher
Leanne Togher University of Sydney

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