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.

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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.

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

Clinical Psychology Genetics Neurogenetics Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases Psychology

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, 203, 107342. DOI
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, 107112-1-107112-7. DOI Scopus9 WoS1 Europe PMC6
2023	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. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
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. DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
2020	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. DOI Scopus20 WoS13 Europe PMC9
2020	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. DOI Scopus29 WoS17 Europe PMC15
2020	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. DOI Scopus17 Europe PMC10
2018	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. DOI Scopus95 WoS68 Europe PMC56
2017	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. DOI Scopus26 WoS21 Europe PMC18

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. WoS1
2016	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".

Email: kristy.kolc@adelaide.edu.au