Naznine Anwar

Education Background

Doctorate of Philosophy in Cognitive Neuro-Psychology (submitting),

Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health

Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

 

Master of Public Health (MPH),

James P. Grant School of Public Health, 

BRAC University

 

Master of Psychology (MPsych), Clinical Psychology

Department of Psychology,

University of Dhaka

 

Bachelor of Science (Honours), Psychological Sciences

Department of Psychology, 

University of Dhaka

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Postgraduate Publication Award, Research Training Scheme, Federal Government of Australia, 2020
  • Postgraduate Travel Grant Award, University of Amsterdam, 2019
  • Australian Postgraduate Award (APA), 2017
  • Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS), Monash University, 2015
  • Medicine International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (MIPS), Monash University, 2013
  • Implementation Research on Infection Disease Award, BRAC University, 2008

RESEARCH INTEREST

Neurodegenerative disease, Huntington’s Disease, Movement Neuroscience, Neural Network and Connectivity, Cerebellum Dysfunction, Cognitive Process, Decision making, Cognitive and Brain interventions, Neuro-plasticity, Infectious Disease, Public Health, Health Psychology, Counselling and Clinical Psychology and Psychological Sciences

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

Anwar, N., Labuschagne, I., Simpson, K., Smith, L. & Georgiou-Karistianis, N. (in review). Gait and balance under the cognitively challenged dual-task paradigm in Huntington’s disease. Human Movement Science

Anwar, N., Labuschagne, I., Simpson, K., Smith, L. & Georgiou-Karistianis, N. (in review). Investigating adaptive gait patterns in symptomatic Huntington’s disease when stepping over a ground-based obstacle. Neurobiology of Disease

 

Anwar, N., Labuschagne, I., Simpson, K., Smith, L. & Georgiou-Karistianis, N. (2017). Impairments in spatiotemporal gait adaptation during obstacle navigation in Huntington’s disease. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, DOI: 10.1177/1545968317736818 journals.sagepub.com/home/nnr

Syed, S & Anwar, N. (2016). The level of Math anxiety among the students who consistently perform poorly in Mathematics at secondary level education in Bangladesh. The International academic forum, Japan, 23-32.

Anwar, N., (2013). Perception of People with HIV/AIDS about Safer Sexual Behaviors in Bangladesh. The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society. 2(4), 13-22.

Anwar, N., (2012): Gender, Vulnerability and Sufferings of HIV Infected Women: A case from Bangladesh. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science, 6(9), 71-82.

Anwar, N. & Afrose, D., (2010). Life after HIV/AIDS: Level & Source of Anxiety of People with HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh. The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, 10(2), 1-10.

Anwar, N. & Khan, S.I., (2010). Sexual life after HIV infection: An exploratory study among HIV positive Male and Female in Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Science, 5(2), 589-602.

 

SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL EDITORIAL EXPERIENCES (SELECTED)

  • Associate Editor, The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society. Vol 1 Issue 3
  • Associate Editor, The International Journal of Health, Wellness and Society. Vol 1 Issue 4
  • Associate Editor, The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Vol 6 Issue 6

 

RESEARCH PRESENTATION

Gait and balance under the cognitively challenged dual-task paradigm in Huntington’s disease’. 3rd Clinical Round Meeting, Bethlehem Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, July 2019.

 ‘Investigating adaptive gait patterns in symptomatic Huntington’s disease when stepping over a ground-based obstacle’, 4th Huntington’s Research Day, Monash Biomedical Imaging, Melbourne, Australia, October 2016

‘Spatiotemporal gait analysis during step-over-obstacle in symptomatic Huntington’s disease’, 5th Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2015.

‘An Impairment of Spatiotemporal Gait Adaptation in Huntington’s Disease When Navigating Around Obstacles’, 17th International Cognitive Neuroscience Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 2015

MEMBERSHIPS

Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society, 2014 – present

Australian Psychological Society, 2009 – present

British Psychological Society, Graduate Member, 2006 – 2011

COURSES

PSY3330 – Psychology of Consciousness

PSY3110 – Life-Span Developmental Psychology

PSY3630 – Social Psychology

PSY2110 -  Psychology of Adolescence

PSY2000 -  Professional Psychology: Principles and Practices

PSY1000 – Introduction to Psychology