Matthew Doherty

Dr Matthew Doherty

Lecturer

School of Public Health

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am a child and adolescent psychotherapist and have worked in the industry for the last 25 years. I have conducted research exploring the therapeutic experiences of young men and I am currently examining innovative teaching methods for psychotherapists, and how best to prepare them for initial practice. I also have strong interest in all facets of child and adolescent mental health and welcome inquiries from potential research students in this area. I am also interested in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and have had extensive experience in working with trauma related client presentations and have supervised Doctoral Students in the examination of the effects of trauma on families and children who have lived experience with military personal and emergency first responders. Finally, I am Jungian Oriented and have a strong interest in studies that may possess a degree of Jungian related conceptual approaches.

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2019 Award Post Graduate Teacher of the Year University of Adelaide Australia -
    2016 Award School of Public Health Lecturer of the Year 2016 University of Adelaide Australia -

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2025 Hardy, M., Chu, H. O. M., Pauly, S., Cavanagh, K. F., Hill, B. F., Wiggins, J., . . . Bowman, R. M. (2025). White Light Transmission Spectroscopy for Rapid Quality Control Imperfection Identification in Nanoimprinted Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Substrates. ACS MEASUREMENT SCIENCE AU, 5(2), 250-263.
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    2023 May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Iannos, M. (2023). How a systematic review of the experiences of emergency first responder family members living with post-traumatic stress disorder can inform new models of care. Jbi Evidence Synthesis, 21(4), 627-628.
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    2023 May, K. L., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Carter, D. (2023). Experiences of Parental PTSD for Children aged 9-17 in Military and Emergency First Responder Families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32(12), 3816-3834.
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    2022 May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Iannos, M. (2022). Experiences and perceptions of family members of emergency first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder: a qualitative systematic review.. JBI evidence synthesis, Publish Ahead of Print(4), 629-668.
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    2021 May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Iannos, M. (2021). Experiences and perceptions of family members of emergency first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder: a qualitative systematic review protocol.. JBI evidence synthesis, 19(7), 1622-1631.
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    2019 Chin, S. J., Doherty, M., Vempati, S., Dawson, P., Byrne, C., Meenan, B. J., . . . McNally, T. (2019). Solvothermal synthesis of graphene oxide and its composites with poly(ε-caprolactone). NANOSCALE, 11(40), 18672-18682.
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    2017 Doherty, M., Conway, J., Clark, J., & Merritt, F. (2017). Should I stay or should I go? The impact of a sense of control on young men's therapeutic engagement. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 17(3), 209-217.
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    2014 Cole, M. T., Doherty, M., Parmee, R., Dawson, P., & Milne, W. I. (2014). Ultra-broadband Polarisers Based on Metastable Free-Standing Aligned Carbon Nanotube Membranes. ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS, 2(10), 929-937.
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    2014 Hardy, M., Doherty, M. D., Krstev, I., Maier, K., Moller, T., Mueller, G., & Dawson, P. (2014). Detection of Low-Concentration Contaminants in Solution by Exploiting Chemical Derivatization in Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 86(18), 9006-9012.
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    2013 Doherty, M. D., Murphy, A., Pollard, R. J., & Dawson, P. (2013). Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering from Metallic Nanostructures: Bridging the Gap between the Near-Field and Far-Field Responses. PHYSICAL REVIEW X, 3(1), 12 pages.
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    2011 Dawson, P., Duenas, J. A., Boyle, M. G., Doherty, M. D., Bell, S. E. J., Kern, A. M., . . . Milne, W. I. (2011). Combined Antenna and Localized Plasmon Resonance in Raman Scattering from Random Arrays of Silver-Coated, Vertically Aligned Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes. NANO LETTERS, 11(2), 365-371.
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    2011 Doherty, M. D., Fraser, S. G., & Phelan, P. S. (2011). Brinzolamide-timolol suspension: acceptability and side effect profile. CLINICAL OPHTHALMOLOGY, 5, 419-423.
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    2010 Doherty, M. D., Murphy, A., McPhillips, J., Pollard, R. J., & Dawson, P. (2010). Wavelength Dependence of Raman Enhancement from Gold Nanorod Arrays: Quantitative Experiment and Modeling of a Hot Spot Dominated System. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 114(47), 19913-19919.
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    2001 Doherty, M. D., & Pickel, V. M. (2001). Targeting of serotonin 1A receptors to dopaminergic neurons within the parabrachial subdivision of the ventral tegmental area in rat brain. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY, 433(3), 390-400.
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    2000 Doherty, M. D., & Pickel, V. M. (2000). Ultrastructural localization of the serotonin 2A receptor in dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area. BRAIN RESEARCH, 864(2), 176-185.
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    2000 Rodríguez, J. J., Doherty, M. D., & Pickel, V. M. (2000). N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the ventral tegmental area:: Subcellular distribution and colocalization with 5-hydroxytryptamine<sub>2A</sub> receptors. JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH, 60(2), 202-211.
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    1999 Doherty, M. D., & Gratton, A. (1999). Effects of medial prefrontal cortical injections of GABA receptor agonists and antagonists on the local and nucleus accumbens dopamine responses to stress. SYNAPSE, 32(4), 288-300.
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    1997 Doherty, M. D., & Gratton, A. (1997). NMDA receptors in nucleus accumbens modulate stress-induced dopamine release in nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmental area. SYNAPSE, 26(3), 225-234.
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    1996 Doherty, M. D., & Gratton, A. (1996). Medial prefrontal cortical D-1 receptor modulation of the meso-accumbens dopamine response to stress: An electrochemical study in freely-behaving rats. BRAIN RESEARCH, 715(1-2), 86-97.
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    1992 DOHERTY, M. D., & GRATTON, A. (1992). HIGH-SPEED CHRONOAMPEROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS OF MESOLIMBIC AND NIGROSTRIATAL DOPAMINE RELEASE ASSOCIATED WITH REPEATED DAILY STRESS. BRAIN RESEARCH, 586(2), 295-302.
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    1987 JORDAN, J., DOHERTY, M. D., & COHEN, G. M. (1987). EFFECTS OF GLUTATHIONE DEPLETION ON THE CYTOTOXICITY OF AGENTS TOWARD A HUMAN COLONIC TUMOR-CELL LINE. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, 55(6), 627-631.
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    1987 DOHERTY, M. D., RODGERS, A., & COHEN, G. M. (1987). MECHANISMS OF TOXICITY OF 2-HYDROXY-1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE AND 5-HYDROXY-1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE - ABSENCE OF A ROLE FOR REDOX CYCLING IN THE TOXICITY OF 2-HYDROXY-1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE TO ISOLATED HEPATOCYTES. JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY, 7(2), 123-129.
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    1986 JONES, M., DOHERTY, M. D., & COHEN, G. M. (1986). ANTITUMOR-ACTIVITY OF 1-NAPHTHOL AGAINST L1210 LEUKEMIA INVIVO AND EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR-CELLS INVIVO AND INVITRO. CANCER LETTERS, 33(3), 347-354.
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    1986 DOHERTY, M. D., WILSON, I., WARDMAN, P., BASRA, J., PATTERSON, L. H., & COHEN, G. M. (1986). PEROXIDASE ACTIVATION OF 1-NAPHTHOL TO NAPHTHOXY OR NAPHTHOXY-DERIVED RADICALS AND THEIR REACTION WITH GLUTATHIONE. CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS, 58(2), 199-215.
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    1986 WILSON, I., WARDMAN, P., COHEN, G. M., & DOHERTY, M. D. (1986). REDUCTIVE ROLE OF GLUTATHIONE IN THE REDOX CYCLING OF OXIDIZABLE DRUGS. BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 35(1), 21-22.
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    1985 DOHERTY, M. D., COHEN, G. M., GANT, T. W., NAISH, S., & RILEY, P. A. (1985). METABOLISM OF 1-NAPHTHOL BY TYROSINASE. BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 34(17), 3167-3172.
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    1985 WILSON, G. D., DOHERTY, M. D., & COHEN, G. M. (1985). SELECTIVE TOXICITY OF 1-NAPHTHOL TO HUMAN COLORECTAL TUMOR-TISSUE. BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER, 51(6), 853-863.
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    1985 DOHERTY, M. D., MAKOWSKI, R., GIBSON, G. G., & COHEN, G. M. (1985). CYTOCHROME-P-450 DEPENDENT METABOLIC-ACTIVATION OF 1-NAPHTHOL TO NAPHTHOQUINONES AND COVALENT BINDING SPECIES. BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 34(13), 2261-2267.
    1984 CANN, J. R., DOHERTY, M. D., & WINZOR, D. J. (1984). ELECTROPHORESIS OF REACTING SYSTEMS INVOLVING SULFHYDRYL OXIDATION OF PROTEINS. ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, 230(1), 146-153.
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    1984 MOORE, S. C., DOHERTY, M. D., ZIMMERMAN, R. E., & HOLMAN, B. L. (1984). IMPROVED PERFORMANCE FROM MODIFICATIONS TO THE MULTIDETECTOR SPECT BRAIN SCANNER. JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, 25(6), 688-691.
    1984 DOHERTY, M. D., & COHEN, G. M. (1984). METABOLIC-ACTIVATION OF 1-NAPHTHOL BY RAT-LIVER MICROSOMES TO 1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE AND COVALENT BINDING SPECIES. BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 33(20), 3201-3208.
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    1984 DOHERTY, M. D., COHEN, G. M., & SMITH, M. T. (1984). MECHANISMS OF TOXIC INJURY TO ISOLATED HEPATOCYTES BY 1-NAPHTHOL. BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 33(4), 543-549.
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    1984 THORNALLEY, P. J., DOHERTY, M. D., SMITH, M. T., BANNISTER, J. V., & COHEN, G. M. (1984). THE FORMATION OF ACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES FOLLOWING ACTIVATION OF 1-NAPHTHOL, 1,2-NAPHTHOQUINONE AND 1,4-NAPHTHOQUINONE BY RAT-LIVER MICROSOMES. CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS, 48(2), 195-206.
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    1983 COHEN, G. M., WILSON, G. D., GIBBY, E. M., SMITH, M. T., DOHERTY, M. D., & CONNORS, T. A. (1983). 1-NAPHTHOL - A POTENTIAL SELECTIVE ANTI-TUMOR AGENT. BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 32(15), 2363-2365.
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    1982 ESSENBERG, M., DOHERTY, M. D., HAMILTON, B. K., HENNING, V. T., COVER, E. C., MCFAUL, S. J., & JOHNSON, W. M. (1982). IDENTIFICATION AND EFFECTS ON XANTHOMONAS-CAMPESTRIS PV MALVACEARUM OF 2 PHYTOALEXINS FROM LEAVES AND COTYLEDONS OF RESISTANT COTTON. PHYTOPATHOLOGY, 72(10), 1349-1356.
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    1980 BANTLE, J. A., EDMISTEN, G. E., & DOHERTY, M. D. (1980). EFFECT OF CHRONIC ETHANOL AND SUCROSE INGESTION ON LIVER POLYSOMAL POLY(A)MESSENGER RNA-CONTENT AND INCORPORATION OF [URIDINE-5-H-3 INTO MESSENGER-RNA. BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY, 29(21), 2993-3001.
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    1980 DOHERTY, M. D., BERGMAN, D. A., REMILLER, V. M., & WINZOR, D. J. (1980). ANOMALOUS ELECTROPHORETIC BEHAVIOR OF CREATINE-KINASE - A THIOL-DEPENDENT ISOMERIC SYSTEM WITH MIGRATION SUBJECT TO KINETIC CONTROL. ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS, 202(2), 558-564.
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    1970 FITZSIMMONS, J. A., & DOHERTY, M. D. (1970). STUDY OF CREATINE KINASE IN INVERTEBRATE. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY, 36(1), 1-+.
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    1968 KETO, A. I., & DOHERTY, M. D. (1968). HETEROGENEITY OF PIG HEART CREATINE KINASE. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, 151(3), 721-+.
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    1963 DOHERTY, M. D., & MORRISON, J. F. (1963). CONVERSION OF ADENOSINE 5-PHOSPHATE INTO ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE AS CATALYSED BY ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE-CREATINE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE AND ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE-ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE IN PRESENCE OF PHOSPHOCREATINE. BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 86(2), 344-+.
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    1962 DOHERTY, M. D., & MORRISON, J. F. (1962). HYDROLYSIS OF ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE BY A SPECIFIC PHOSPHOHYDROLASE OF RABBIT-MUSCLE EXTRACTS. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, 65(2), 364-&.
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    1962 AVIDOR, Y., DOHERTY, M. D., OLSON, J. M., & KAPLAN, N. O. (1962). FLUORESCENCE OF PYRIDINE NUCLEOTIDES IN MITOCHONDRIA. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 237(7), 2377-+.
    1961 MORRISON, J. F., & DOHERTY, M. D. (1961). BIOSYNTHESIS OF N-PHOSPHORYLCREATINE - AN INVESTIGATION OF POSTULATED ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY. BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 79(3), 433-+.
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  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2023 May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Carter, D. (2023). Intervention design: intergenerational trauma transmission in service families. In Frontline Mental Health Conference 2023. Gold Coast.
    2023 May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Carter, D. (2023). Parental PTSD in service families: lessons learned in designing an intervention for children. In 17th European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conference. Belfast, Ireland.
    2001 Pendleton, A., Wright, G. D., Doherty, M. D., Shiang, R., & Hughes, A. E. (2001). Assessment of TRIO as the candidate gene for familial chondrocalcinosis CCAL2. In RHEUMATOLOGY Vol. 40 (pp. 87). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
    2001 Pendleton, A., Wright, G. D., Doherty, M. D., Shiang, R., & Hughes, A. E. (2001). Construction of a physical map and identification of candidate genes for familial chondrocalcinosis at chromosome 5P15. In RHEUMATOLOGY Vol. 40 (pp. 87). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
    1986 DOHERTY, M. D., JORDAN, J., & COHEN, G. M. (1986). EFFECTS OF GLUTATHIONE DEPLETION ON THE TOXICITY OF CYTOTOXIC AGENTS TO TUMOR-CELLS. In BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER Vol. 54 (pp. 180). CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE.
    1985 DOHERTY, M. D., & COHEN, G. M. (1985). METABOLIC-ACTIVATION OF 1-NAPHTHOL, A POTENTIAL ANTITUMOUR AGENT, IN MODEL INVITRO SYSTEMS. In BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER Vol. 52 (pp. 415). CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE.
    1985 DOHERTY, M. D., WILSON, G. D., & COHEN, G. M. (1985). POSSIBLE MECHANISM OF SELECTIVE TOXICITY OF 1-NAPHTHOL TO HUMAN COLONIC TUMOR-TISSUE COMPARED TO NORMAL COLONIC TISSUE. In BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER Vol. 51 (pp. 594). CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE.
    1985 MILLER, M. G., RODGERS, A., DOHERTY, M. D., & COHEN, G. M. (1985). MECHANISM(S) OF TOXICITY OF NAPHTHOQUINONES IN ISOLATED HEPATOCYTES. In HUMAN TOXICOLOGY Vol. 4 (pp. 103-104). STOCKTON PRESS LTD.
    1984 DOHERTY, M. D., & COHEN, G. M. (1984). MICROSOMAL METABOLISM OF 1-NAPHTHOL TO NAPHTHOQUINONES AND COVALENT-BINDING SPECIES. In HUMAN TOXICOLOGY Vol. 3 (pp. 340-341). STOCKTON PRESS LTD.
    1983 MOORE, S. C., DOHERTY, M. D., ZIMMERMAN, R. E., & HOLMAN, B. L. (1983). IMPROVED PERFORMANCE FROM MODIFICATIONS TO THE HARVARD MULTI-DETECTOR SPECT SCANNER. In MEDICAL PHYSICS Vol. 10 (pp. 731). AMER INST PHYSICS.
    1980 ESSENBERG, M., DOHERTY, M. D., HAMILTON, B. K., & RICHARDSON, P. E. (1980). LOCALIZED ACCUMULATION OF FLUORESCENT COMPOUNDS IN COTTON COTYLEDONS INOCULATED WITH XANTHOMONAS-MALVACEARUM (EFSM) DOWS. In FEDERATION PROCEEDINGS Vol. 39 (pp. 1647). FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL.
    1980 DOHERTY, M. D., & OELRICHS, P. B. (1980). THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF A TOXIC COMPONENT ISOLATED FROM WEDELIA-ASPERRIMA. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 13 (pp. 122). PROC AUST BIOCHEMICAL SOC.
    1980 BERGMAN, D. A., & DOHERTY, M. D. (1980). STUDIES ON AN ANOMALOUS CREATINE-KINASE ISOENZYME FROM PIG-HEART. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 13 (pp. 33). PROC AUST BIOCHEMICAL SOC.
    1973 RAWKINS, J. W. E., & DOHERTY, M. D. (1973). PURIFICATION OF RNASE INHIBITOR FROM BOVINE LIVER USING AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY ON INSOLUBILIZED PANCREATIC RNASE. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 6 (pp. 9). PROC AUST BIOCHEMICAL SOC.
    1972 RE, V. M., & DOHERTY, M. D. (1972). COMPARATIVE STUDY OF REACTION-MECHANISM OF VERTEBRATE AND INVERTEBRATE CREATINE KINASE USING A RAPID REACTION TECHNIQUE. In PROCEEDINGS OF THE AUSTRALIAN BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY Vol. 5 (pp. 29-&). PROC AUST BIOCHEMICAL SOC.
    1970 DOHERTY, M. D., & FITZSIMM, J. A. (1970). ROLE OF THIOL GROUPS IN MULTIPLE FORMS OF AN INVERTEBRATE CREATINE KINASE. In BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL Vol. 119 (pp. P9-&). PORTLAND PRESS.
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    1962 DOHERTY, M. D. (1962). ISOLATION OF 2 GLUTAMIC DEHYDROGENASES FROM BAKERS YEAST. In FEDERATION PROCEEDINGS Vol. 21 (pp. 57-&). FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL.

  • Conference Items
    Year Citation
    2022 May, K., Van Hooff, M., Doherty, M., & Carter, D. (2022). What about kids living with parental PTSD? A family approach. Poster session presented at the meeting of Frontline Mental Health Conference. Gold Coast.

  • Theses
    Year Citation
    2023 May, K. (2023). Developing a program for children of military and emergency first responder parents with post-traumatic stress disorder. (PhD Thesis, The University of Adelaide).

I have had many years experience in gaining funding in the community setting. I currently work as the Clinical Manager, part time for a Non-Government Organization, Not For Profit, Northern Area Community & Youth Services (NACYS). In this role I am responsible for all funding submissions and over the last ten years have been successful in gaining in excess of $1,000,000 in successful grants.

I currently teach in the Graduate Program of Counseling and Psychotherapy, in the School of Public Health. I am course coordinator of a variety of courses including child and adolescent counseling; attachment across the lifespan and Overview of mental health. On a sessional  basis, I also teach fifth year medical students through the University's Pediatric Mental Health Training Unit (PMHTU). Much of my professional work has focused on trauma informed practice, its treatment and psycho-therapeutic applications towards healing and resilience in these populations.

  • Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2024 Co-Supervisor The relationship between chronic disease and intergenerational trauma in Aboriginal population groups. Master of Clinical Science Master Full Time Mr Nick Leidig
    2022 Co-Supervisor Inner Transformation: Exploring the Relationship between Transformative Learning and Individuation Characteristics in Educators Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Xuanye Shen

  • Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
    Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
    2021 - 2024 Co-Supervisor Developing a program for children of military and emergency first responder parents with post-traumatic stress disorder Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Karen Louise May
  • Position: Lecturer
  • Phone: 83134340
  • Email: matthew.doherty@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Rundle Mal Plaza, floor 4
  • Org Unit: Public Health
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