Kristy Kolc
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
A skilled and knowledgeable researcher with a passion for helping others. I work extremely well as part of a team and I am a motivated self-starter. I have over 10 years experience working in tertiary education in a variety of roles. I am adaptable and embrace challenges with a “can-do” attitude. I am dedicated and passionate about my work, with a strong desire to make a substantial and positive impact in research as well as towards the success of the organisation and my own career growth.
My honours research was conducted at Macquarie University in Sydney and involved investigating a potential therapeutic for methamphetamine addiction using an animal model. My PhD research involved an exploration of the clinical and molecular expressivity associated with protocadherin-19 (PCDH19) variants and PCDH19 clustering epilepsy. My current research investigates decision-making in major depressive disorder.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2020 - 2023 Adjunct Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2018 - ongoing Demonstrator, Research Placement (Neuroscience) University of Adelaide, Adelaide 2018 - ongoing Teaching Assistant, Biological and Psychosocial Factors in Addictions University of Adelaide, Adelaide 2015 - 2015 Research Assistant Macquarie University 2014 - 2015 Undergraduate Scholar Macquarie University 2014 - 2014 Accessibility Coach Macquarie University 2013 - 2015 Educator Camp Australia 2012 - 2013 Clinic Coordinator and Therapist MindSpot Clinic 2012 - 2013 Peer-Assisted Learning Coach and Founder Macquarie University 2006 - 2012 Vice-Chancellor’s Executive Assistant Macquarie University -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2016 Invitation Graduate speaker at the Human Sciences graduation ceremony Macquarie University Australia - 2015 Award The Head of Department Prize Macquarie University Australia $100 2015 Award The Department of Psychology Prize for Psychopathology Macquarie University Australia $100 2014 Award The Department of Psychology Prize for Principles of Psychological Assessment Macquarie University Australia $100 2012 Award Mollie Thomson Prize Macquarie University Australia $150 -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title Macquarie University Australia Honours (First Class) Degree of Bachelor of Science - Psychology University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia PhD in Medicine -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Sullivan, J., Gunning, B., Zafar, M., Guerrini, R., Gecz, J., Kolc, K. L., . . . Samanta, D. (2024). Corrigendum to “Phase 2, placebo-controlled clinical study of oral ganaxolone in PCDH19-clustering epilepsy” [Epilepsy Res. (2023) 191 107112] (Epilepsy Research (2023) 191, (S0920121123000372), (10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2023.107112)). Epilepsy Research, 107342.
2023 Sullivan, J., Gunning, B., Zafar, M., Guerrini, R., Gecz, J., Kolc, K. L., . . . Samanta, D. (2023). Phase 2, placebo-controlled clinical study of oral ganaxolone in PCDH19-clustering epilepsy. Epilepsy Research, 191, 7 pages.
Scopus5 WoS1 Europe PMC42023 Kolc, K. L., Tan, K., Lo, A. Z. Y., Shvetcov, A., Mitchell, P. B., & Perkes, I. E. (2023). Measuring psychiatric symptoms online: A systematic review of the use of inventories on Amazon Mechanical Turk (mTurk). Journal of Psychiatric Research, 163, 118-126.
2021 Pham, D. H., Pitman, M. R., Sharma, R., Jolly, L., Schulz, R., Gardner, A., . . . Gecz, J. (2021). Integrated in silico and experimental assessment of disease relevance of PCDH19 missense variants. Hum Mutat, 42(8), 1030-1041.
Scopus1 Europe PMC12020 Sadleir, L. G., Kolc, K. L., King, C., Mefford, H. C., Dale, R. C., Gecz, J., & Scheffer, I. E. (2020). Levetiracetam efficacy in PCDH19 Girls Clustering Epilepsy. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 24, 142-147.
Scopus15 WoS13 Europe PMC82020 Kolc, K. L., Sadleir, L. G., Depienne, C., Marini, C., Scheffer, I. E., Møller, R. S., . . . Gecz, J. (2020). A standardized patient-centered characterization of the phenotypic spectrum of PCDH19 girls clustering epilepsy. Translational Psychiatry, 10(1), 127-1-127-9.
Scopus24 WoS17 Europe PMC122020 Kolc, K. L., Møller, R. S., Sadleir, L. G., Scheffer, I. E., Sharma, R., & Gecz, J. (2020). PCDH19 Pathogenic Variants in Males: Expanding the Phenotypic Spectrum.. Adv Exp Med Biol, 10, 177-187.
Scopus16 Europe PMC102018 Kolc, K., Sadleir, L., Scheffer, I., Ivancevic, A., Roberts, R., Pham, D., & Gecz, J. (2018). A systematic review and meta-analysis of 271 PCDH19-variant individuals identifies psychiatric comorbidities, and association of seizure onset and disease severity. Molecular Psychiatry, 24(2), 241-251.
Scopus85 WoS68 Europe PMC492017 Pham, D., Tan, C., Homan, C., Kolc, K. L., Corbett, M., McAninch, D., . . . Gecz, J. (2017). Protocadherin 19 (PCDH19) interacts with paraspeckle protein NONO to co-regulate gene expression with estrogen receptor alpha (ERα). Human Molecular Genetics, 26(11), 2042-2052.
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2016 McLachlan, K., & Kolc, K. L. (2016). The Professional and Community Engagement (PACE) Program at Macquarie University: Exploring Critical Success Factors.. In C. Pratt (Ed.), The diversity of university-community engagement: An international perspective (pp. 47-56). Pulau Pinang, Malaysia: Asia Pacific University-Community Engagement Network. -
Conference Papers
Year Citation 2022 Perkes, I. E., Kolc, K. L., Cooper, D., Farrell, L., & Grisham, J. R. (2022). OCD BOUNCE: A TRANSLATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL CARE AND RESEARCH. In AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Vol. 56 (pp. 73-74). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. 2022 Cooper, D., Lam-Po-Tang, J., Kolc, K. L., Farrell, L., Grisham, J. R., & Perkes, I. E. (2022). DEVELOPMENT OF A CLINICIAN DIRECTORY FOR OCD. In AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY Vol. 56 (pp. 75). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
WoS12016 Pham, D., Kolc, K. L., Schulz, R., Corbett, M., Gardner, A., Pitson, S., . . . Gecz, J. (2016). In vitro and in silico assessment of PCDH19 variation. In Human Epilepsy - Understanding biology to improve outcomes. Vibe Hotel, Marysville VIC. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2020 Gecz, J., Kolc, K., Sadleir, L., Depienne, C., Marini, C., Scheffer, I. E., . . . Roberts, R. (2020). Clinical and molecular complexity of X-linked clustering epilepsy, a disorder of cellular mosaics. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. SPRINGERNATURE. 2018 Kolc, K. L. (2018). PCDH19 systematic review and questionnaire preliminary
findings. Poster session presented at the meeting of Translational Neurogenetics Retreat 2018.2017 Kolc, K. L. (2017). Male mosaics with PCDH19-GCE. Poster session presented at the meeting of Epilepsy Research Mini-Retreat 2017. Melbourne, Victoria. 2017 Kolc, K. L. (2017). Neuropsychiatric profile of protocadherin-19 girls clustering epilepsy (PCDH19-GCE): A systematic review. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2017 Epilepsy Research Retreat. Marysville, VIC. 2017 Kolc, K. L. (2017). Neuropsychiatric profile of PCDH19 epilepsy:
A systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster session presented at the meeting of World Conference on PCDH19: Scientific Research Status and Therapeutic Perspectives. Rome.
2021 - 2022 ($150,000): Mindgardens Neuroscience Network "Building community-based treatment capacity for children and young people across NSW".
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