Dr Natalie Aboustate

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2022 - ongoing	Research Fellow	CEMH Group, Robinson Research Institute
  2021 - 2023	Clinical Trials Unit Manager	NALHN
  2020 - 2021	Study Coordinator	University of Adelaide
  2019 - 2021	John M Nardo Postdoctoral Fellow	Robinson Research Institute
  2018 - 2019	Study Coordinator	LMH, University of Adelaide
  2018 - 2018	Tutor	Flinders University
  2017 - 2018	Research Assistant	University of Adelaide
  2016 - 2019	Study Coordinator	LMH, University of Adelaide
  2012 - 2013	Research Assistant	University of Adelaide

• Language Competencies

  Language	Competency
  English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
  Polish	Can read, speak and understand spoken

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2023 - 2026	University of Western Australia	Australia	Doctor of Medicine
  2019 - 2020	Flinders University	Australia	Graduate Certificate in Public Health
  2013 - 2018	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD in Medicine
  2012 - 2012	University of Adelaide	Australia	Honours in Health Sciences
  	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science

• Certifications

  Date	Title	Institution name	Country
  2018	Venepuncture and phlebotomy	SA Health	Australia
  2018	The C-SSRS Training – English-International - V.1.1 - Initial Training	Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene	-
  —	Mental Health First Aid	Mental Health First Aid Australia	Australia
  —	ICH E6 GCP Training	INCR Clinical Education	-

• Research Interests

  Early Origins of Health Pregnancy and Birth Translational Health Outcomes Developmental & Child Psychology Mental Health Obstetrics and Gynaecology Philosophical Psychology Psychiatry Public Health Child and Adolescent Health

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2025	Aboustate, N., Jureidini, J., Woodman, R., Le Noury, J., Klau, J., Abi-Jaoude, E., & Raven, M. (2025). Restoring TADS: RIAT reanalysis of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RISK & SAFETY IN MEDICINE, 20 pages. DOI
  2024	Jureidini, J., Moncrieff, J., Klau, J., Aboustate, N., & Raven, M. (2024). Treatment guesses in the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study: Accuracy, unblinding and influence on outcomes. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58(4), 355-364. DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC2
  2023	Froessler, B., Schubert, K. O., Palm, P., Church, R., Aboustate, N., Kelly, T., . . . Hodyl, N. A. (2023). Testing equivalence of two doses of intravenous iron to treat iron deficiency in pregnancy: A randomised controlled trial. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 130(1), 15-23. DOI Scopus4 WoS1 Europe PMC4
  2022	Aboustate, N., & Jureidini, J. (2022). Barriers to access to clinical trial data: Obstruction of a RIAT reanalysis of the treatment for adolescents with depression study. Int J Risk Saf Med, 33(3), 299-308. DOI Europe PMC1
  2021	Knight, M. J., Lyrtzis, E., Fourrier, C., Aboustate, N., Sampson, E., Hori, H., . . . Baune, B. T. (2021). Psychological training to improve psychosocial function in patients with major depressive disorder: A randomised clinical trial. Psychiatry Research, 300, 113906-1-113906-7. DOI Scopus9 WoS7 Europe PMC4
  2020	Froessler, B., Zorron Cheng Tao Pu, L., Aboustate, N., Ovenden, A., & Singh, R. (2020). Dynamic Functional Clot Formation in patients undergoing Endoscopic Mucosal Resection. JGH Open, 4(4), 632-635. DOI Scopus1
  2019	Knight, M. J., Fourrier, C., Lyrtzis, E., Aboustate, N., Sampson, E., Hori, H., . . . Baune, B. T. (2019). Cognitive deficits in the THINC-integrated tool (THINC-it) are associated with psychosocial dysfunction in patients with major depressive disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 80(1), 18m12472-1-18m12472-8. DOI Scopus19 WoS10 Europe PMC8
  2019	Kennewell, P., Marshall, H., Franke, K., Pham, H., Rattanakosit, T., Aboustate, N., . . . Mahajan, R. (2019). Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of CMR and Cardiac PET Imaging in Patients with Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, S209. DOI
  2019	Franke, K., Marshall, H., Kennewell, P., Pham, H., Rattanakosit, T., Aboustate, N., . . . Mahajan, R. (2019). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Incidence of Appropriate Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy and Sudden Cardiac Death in Cardiac Sarcoidosis. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 28, S199. DOI
  2018	Knight, M. J., Aboustate, N., & Baune, B. (2018). Cognitive Dysfunction in Major Depressive Disorder: Cause and Effect. Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports, 5(4), 302-309. DOI Scopus6
  2017	Hodyl, N., Aboustate, N., Bianco-Miotto, T., Roberts, C., Clifton, V., & Stark, M. (2017). Child neurodevelopmental outcomes following preterm and term birth: what can the placenta tell us?. Placenta, 57, 79-86. DOI Scopus59 WoS37 Europe PMC43

• Book Chapters

  Year	Citation
  2020	Aboustate, N., & Baune, B. T. (2020). Developmental programming during psychological stress in pregnancy: A neurobiological perspective. In B. Baune, A. L. Teixeira, & D. Macedo (Eds.), Perinatal Inflammation and Adult Psychopathology: from preclinical models to humans (Vol. 84, pp. 11-32). Switzerland: Springer Nature. DOI

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2019	Harding, D., Pu, L. Z. C. T., Sinha, R., Aboustate, N., Singh, R., Roxby, D., & Froessler, B. (2019). Utility of rotational thromboelastometry in acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage (AUGH): Interim results of the AUGH study. In JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY AND HEPATOLOGY Vol. 34 (pp. 237). WILEY.
  2019	Aboustate, N., Klau, J., Raven, M., & Jureidini, J. (2019). Reanalysis of the Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS) under the Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials Initiative (RIAT). In BMJ Evidence Based Medicine Vol. 24. Sydney: BMJ Publishing Group.
  2018	Aboustate, N., clifton, V., stark, M., & hodyl, N. (2018). Maternal cigarette smoking in pregnancy alters expression of microRNAs (miRs) that regulate inflammatory processes in cord blood. In Inflammation in Reproduction, Pregnancy and Development. cairns, australia.
  2015	Aboustate, N., Clifton, V. L., Stark, M. J., & Hodyl, N. A. (2015). Differential expression of microRNAs that regulate TLR pathways in cord blood and placentae from preterm deliveries. In Placenta Vol. 36. Brisbane: Elsevier.

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2024	Jureidini, J., Aboustate, N., Smith, A., Raven, M., & Stocks, N. (2024). Workshop: Patient (un)employment and suicide: how could GPs make a difference?. Poster session presented at the meeting of RACGP24.
  2024	Freeman, T., Bryan-Hancock, J., Baum, F., Fisher, M., van den Berg, M., Jureidini, J., . . . Folwell, B. (2024). Australia’s workface programs and risk of suicide: implications for public health. Poster session presented at the meeting of SA Population Health conference.
  2019	Aboustate, N., Zorron, L. P. C. T., Ovenden, A., Singh, R., & Froessler, B. (2019). Dynamic Functional Clot Formation in patients undergoing Endoscopic Mucosal Resection. Poster session presented at the meeting of 20th Annual Symposium on Patient Blood Management, Haemostasis and Thrombosis.
  2019	Aboustate, N., Hodyl, N., & Froessler, B. (2019). Pregnancy outcomes following Intravenous Iron Infusion in Pregnancy.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Iron Network Meeting. Melbourne.
  2019	Baune, B., Sampson, E., Mills, N., Lyrtzis, E., Aboustate, N., Hori, H., . . . Fourrier, C. (2019). Vortioxetine with or without anti-inflammatory augmentation improves mood, cognition and functioning in MDD patients: results from the PREDDICT clinical trial. Poster session presented at the meeting of RANZCP. Hobart.
  2019	Baune, B., Sampson, E., Mills, N., Lyrtzis, E., Aboustate, N., Hori, H., . . . Fourrier, C. (2019). Vortioxetine with or without anti-inflammatory augmentation improves mood, cognition and functioning in MDD patients: results from the PREDDICT clinical trial. Poster session presented at the meeting of RANZCP. Hobart.
  2019	Franke, K., Marshall, H., Kennewell, P., Pham, H. D., Rattanakosit, T., Aboustate, N., . . . Mahajan, R. (2019). Incidence of appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy and sudden cardiac death in cardiac sarcoidosis - a systematic review and meta-analysis. Poster session presented at the meeting of EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL. Paris, FRANCE: OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
  2018	Froessler, B., Zorron, L., Aboustate, N., & Singh, R. (2018). An evaluation of dynamic clot formation in endoscopic mucosal resection. Poster session presented at the meeting of 19th Annual Symposium on Patient Blood Management, Haemostasis and Thrombosis. Lisbon, Portugal.
  2018	Baune, B., Mills, N., Sampson, E., Aboustate, N., & Fourrier, C. (2018). Switching strategies for Vortioxetine in the PREDDICT Study. Poster session presented at the meeting of Biological Psychiatry Australia. Adelaide.
  2018	Baune, B., Mills, N., Sampson, E., Aboustate, N., & Fourrier, C. (2018). Switching strategies for Vortioxetine in the PREDDICT Study. Poster session presented at the meeting of Biological Psychiatry Australia. Adelaide.
  2018	Aboustate, N., Knight, M., Froessler, B., Schubert, K., & Baune, B. (2018). Antenatal depression as a predictor of cognitive and psychosocial dysfunction in women with iron deficiency. Poster session presented at the meeting of Biological Psychiatry Australia.
  2016	Aboustate, N., Stark, M. J., Clifton, V. C., & Hodyl, N. A. (2016). Maternal cigarette smoking in pregnancy alters expression of microRNAs (miRs) that regulate inflammation in the placenta and cord blood. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 3rd Annual DOHaD ANZ Annual Conference: Shaping our future. Adelaide, SA: The DOHaD Society of Australia and New Zealand.
  2016	Aboustate, N., Clifton, V. C., Stark, M. J., & Hodyl, N. A. (2016). MicroRNAs regulating Toll Like Receptor inflammatory pathways in preterm and term placenta and cord blood. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the International Federation of Placental Associations, as published in Placenta. Portland, Oregon, USA: Elsevier. DOI
  2014	Aboustate, N., Clifton, V. L., Stark, M. J., & Hodyl, N. A. (2014). Cord Blood microRNAs that regulate TLR Pathways are differentially expressed depending on gestational age.. Poster session presented at the meeting of ESA-SRB: Proceedings 2014. Melbourne.
  2014	Aboustate, N., Clifton, V. L., Pitcher, J. B., Stark, M. J., & Hodyl, N. A. (2014). Expression of MicroRNAs that regulate inflammation in cord blood from Preterm Neonates.. Poster session presented at the meeting of FNWS Proceedings 2014. Yanchep, WA.
  2014	Aboustate, N., Clifton, V. L., Pitcher, J. B., Stark, M. J., & Hodyl, N. A. (2014). Prenatal Betamethasone therapy increases stimulated cord blood pro-inflammatory cytokine responses in preterm neonates.. Poster session presented at the meeting of NAHLN Research Day. Mawson Lakes, SA.
  2013	Hodyl., Aboustate., Clifton., & Stark. (2013). Cord blood from preterm infants demonstrates an exaggerated pro-inflammatory response following pathogen exposure. Poster session presented at the meeting of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Congress. Singapore.
  2013	Hodyl., Aboustate., Clifton., & Stark. (2013). Cord blood from preterm infants demonstrates an exaggerated pro-inflammatory response following pathogen exposure. Poster session presented at the meeting of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease Congress. Singapore.

Undergraduate tutor. 

Honours program co-supervision.

Blackboard/ canvas course: Recognising and addressing social determinants of health (SDH) in the first 1000 days

Blackboard/ canvas course: Youth workers and mental health

• Other Supervision Activities

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Location	Program	Supervision Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2021 - ongoing	Co-Supervisor	The role of treatment expectancy and social determinants of health in adolescents with depression	University of Adelaide	Medicine	Honours	Full Time	Neha Kasture
  2019 - 2020	Co-Supervisor	A prospective observational case-control pilot study investigating biological markers of endothelial dysfunction in patients with coronary spasm.	The University of Adelaide	Honours in Health Sciences	Honours	Full Time	Alex Minopoulos

• Board Memberships

  Date	Role	Board name	Institution name	Country
  2020 - 2022	Member	Lived Experience Leadership and Advocacy Network	SA Lived Experience Leadership and Advocacy Network	Australia

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2020 - ongoing	Member	Learning and Development Steering Committee	SA Health	Australia
  2019 - ongoing	Member	NALHN Strategic Research Committee	NALHN	Australia

• Position: Research Fellow
• Email: natalie.aboustate@adelaide.edu.au
• Org Unit: Adelaide Medical School