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Dr Carolyn McNabb
(she/her)
PhD
Lecturer
- McNabbC1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29225 10259
- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Overview
My current research focuses on understanding the microstructural properties of white matter in the human brain. More broadly, I am interested in both structural and functional connectivity in the brain and how this may differ in psychiatric disorders or as a result of treatment resistance or pharmacological intervention.
Publication
2023
- Williams, B., Hedger, N., McNabb, C. B., Rossetti, G. M. K. and Christakou, A. 2023. Inter-rater reliability of functional MRI data quality control assessments: A standardised protocol and practical guide using pyfMRIqc. Frontiers in Neuroscience 17, article number: 1070413. (10.3389/fnins.2023.1070413)
2022
- Francis, K. B. and McNabb, C. B. 2022. Moral decision-making during COVID-19: Moral judgments, moralisation, and everyday behaviour. [Online]. OSF Preprints. (10.31219/osf.io/jvfds) Available at: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/jvfds
2021
- McNabb, C. B. and Murayama, K. 2021. Unnecessary reliance on multilevel modelling to analyse nested data in neuroscience: When a traditional summary-statistics approach suffices. Current Research in Neurobiology 2, article number: 100024. (10.1016/j.crneur.2021.100024)
2020
- Burgess, L., McNabb, C., Fitzgibbon, L., Mulligan, N., Fancourt, A., Riddell, P. and Murayama, K. 2020. Friendship networks and academic motivation: A longitudinal investigation examining selection and influence processes in adolescents. [Online]. OSF Preprints. (10.31219/osf.io/ck9y4) Available at: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/ck9y4
- McNabb, C. B., Burgess, L. G., Fancourt, A., Mulligan, N., FitzGibbon, L., Riddell, P. and Murayama, K. 2020. No evidence for a relationship between social closeness and similarity in resting-state functional brain connectivity in schoolchildren. Scientific Reports 10(1), article number: 10710. (10.1038/s41598-020-67718-8)
- McNabb, C. B., Lindner, M., Shen, S., Burgess, L. G., Murayama, K. and Johnstone, T. 2020. Inter-slice leakage and intra-slice aliasing in simultaneous multi-slice echo-planar images. Brain Structure and Function 225(3), pp. 1153-1158. (10.1007/s00429-020-02053-2)
2019
- McNabb, C. B., McIlwain, M. E., Anderson, V. M., Kydd, R. R., Sundram, F. and Russell, B. R. 2019. Disrupted white matter integrity in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. [Online]. medRxiv. (10.1101/19010777) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/19010777
- Curley, L. E., Jensen, M., McNabb, C., Ram, S., Torrie, J., Jowsie, T. and McDonald, M. 2019. Pharmacy student perspectives of interprofessional learning in a simulated ward environment course. American journal of pharmaceutical education 83(6), article number: 6848. (10.5688/ajpe6848)
- McNabb, C., Smith, E. R. and Russell, B. R. 2019. Management of mental health disorders and the pharmacist's role: schizophrenia. In: Babar, Z. ed. Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy. Elsevier, pp. 686-698., (10.1016/B978-0-12-812735-3.00550-1)
2018
- Sengupta, N., McNabb, C. B., Kasabov, N. and Russell, B. R. 2018. Integrating space, time, and orientation in spiking neural networks: a case study on multimodal brain data modeling. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 29(11) (10.1109/tnnls.2018.2796023)
- McNabb, C. B., Sundram, F., Soosay, I., Kydd, R. R. and Russell, B. R. 2018. Increased sensorimotor network connectivity associated with clozapine eligibility in people with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 275, pp. 36-42. (10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.02.008)
2017
- Howes, O. D. et al. 2017. Treatment-resistant schizophrenia: treatment response and resistance in psychosis (TRRIP) working group consensus guidelines on diagnosis and terminology. The American Journal of Psychiatry 174(3), pp. 216-229. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16050503)
2015
- Caprioli, D. et al. 2015. Dissociable rate-dependent effects of oral methylphenidate on impulsivity and D2/3 receptor availability in the striatum. The Journal of Neuroscience 36(9), pp. 3747-3755. (10.1523/jneurosci.3890-14.2015)
2012
- McNabb, C. B., Russell, B. R., Caprioli, D., Nutt, D. J., Gibbons, S. and Dalley, J. W. 2012. Single chemical entity legal highs: assessing the risk for long term harm. Current Drug Abuse Reviews 5(4), pp. 304-319. (10.2174/1874473711205040005)
Articles
- Williams, B., Hedger, N., McNabb, C. B., Rossetti, G. M. K. and Christakou, A. 2023. Inter-rater reliability of functional MRI data quality control assessments: A standardised protocol and practical guide using pyfMRIqc. Frontiers in Neuroscience 17, article number: 1070413. (10.3389/fnins.2023.1070413)
- McNabb, C. B. and Murayama, K. 2021. Unnecessary reliance on multilevel modelling to analyse nested data in neuroscience: When a traditional summary-statistics approach suffices. Current Research in Neurobiology 2, article number: 100024. (10.1016/j.crneur.2021.100024)
- McNabb, C. B., Burgess, L. G., Fancourt, A., Mulligan, N., FitzGibbon, L., Riddell, P. and Murayama, K. 2020. No evidence for a relationship between social closeness and similarity in resting-state functional brain connectivity in schoolchildren. Scientific Reports 10(1), article number: 10710. (10.1038/s41598-020-67718-8)
- McNabb, C. B., Lindner, M., Shen, S., Burgess, L. G., Murayama, K. and Johnstone, T. 2020. Inter-slice leakage and intra-slice aliasing in simultaneous multi-slice echo-planar images. Brain Structure and Function 225(3), pp. 1153-1158. (10.1007/s00429-020-02053-2)
- Curley, L. E., Jensen, M., McNabb, C., Ram, S., Torrie, J., Jowsie, T. and McDonald, M. 2019. Pharmacy student perspectives of interprofessional learning in a simulated ward environment course. American journal of pharmaceutical education 83(6), article number: 6848. (10.5688/ajpe6848)
- Sengupta, N., McNabb, C. B., Kasabov, N. and Russell, B. R. 2018. Integrating space, time, and orientation in spiking neural networks: a case study on multimodal brain data modeling. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems 29(11) (10.1109/tnnls.2018.2796023)
- McNabb, C. B., Sundram, F., Soosay, I., Kydd, R. R. and Russell, B. R. 2018. Increased sensorimotor network connectivity associated with clozapine eligibility in people with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 275, pp. 36-42. (10.1016/j.pscychresns.2018.02.008)
- Howes, O. D. et al. 2017. Treatment-resistant schizophrenia: treatment response and resistance in psychosis (TRRIP) working group consensus guidelines on diagnosis and terminology. The American Journal of Psychiatry 174(3), pp. 216-229. (10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16050503)
- Caprioli, D. et al. 2015. Dissociable rate-dependent effects of oral methylphenidate on impulsivity and D2/3 receptor availability in the striatum. The Journal of Neuroscience 36(9), pp. 3747-3755. (10.1523/jneurosci.3890-14.2015)
- McNabb, C. B., Russell, B. R., Caprioli, D., Nutt, D. J., Gibbons, S. and Dalley, J. W. 2012. Single chemical entity legal highs: assessing the risk for long term harm. Current Drug Abuse Reviews 5(4), pp. 304-319. (10.2174/1874473711205040005)
Book sections
- McNabb, C., Smith, E. R. and Russell, B. R. 2019. Management of mental health disorders and the pharmacist's role: schizophrenia. In: Babar, Z. ed. Encyclopedia of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy. Elsevier, pp. 686-698., (10.1016/B978-0-12-812735-3.00550-1)
Websites
- Francis, K. B. and McNabb, C. B. 2022. Moral decision-making during COVID-19: Moral judgments, moralisation, and everyday behaviour. [Online]. OSF Preprints. (10.31219/osf.io/jvfds) Available at: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/jvfds
- Burgess, L., McNabb, C., Fitzgibbon, L., Mulligan, N., Fancourt, A., Riddell, P. and Murayama, K. 2020. Friendship networks and academic motivation: A longitudinal investigation examining selection and influence processes in adolescents. [Online]. OSF Preprints. (10.31219/osf.io/ck9y4) Available at: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/ck9y4
- McNabb, C. B., McIlwain, M. E., Anderson, V. M., Kydd, R. R., Sundram, F. and Russell, B. R. 2019. Disrupted white matter integrity in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. [Online]. medRxiv. (10.1101/19010777) Available at: https://doi.org/10.1101/19010777
Biography
Academic Positions
2023 - present: Lecturer, Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University United Kingdom.
2022 - 2023: Research Fellow, Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre, School of Psychology, Cardiff University United Kingdom.
2017 - 2022: Research Associate/Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, United Kingdom.
2017 - 2017: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, School of Pharmacy, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Postgraduate Education
2017: PhD (Pharmacy), "Brain dysconnectivity as a biomarker of treatment resistance in schizophrenia". University of Auckland, New Zealand.
2012: MHSc (Experimental Psychology) - "A structural and pharmacological analysis of high impulsivity in the five-choice serial reaction time task investigating the effects of chronic cocaine and methylphenidate administration on D2/3 receptor availability and premature responding". University of Auckland, New Zealand & University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
2010: Post-graduate diploma in Science (Pharmacology and Physiology; Distinction). University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Undergraduate Education
2006: BSc (Pharmacology and Physiology). University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Awards
2020: British Science Association Margaret Mead Award Lecture