Dr Natalie Aboustate
NHMRC Grant-Funded Research Fellow
School of Medicine
College of Health
Dr Natalie Aboustate - Postdoctoral Research FellowRobinson Research Institute, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
I am a research fellow with the Critical and Ethical Mental Health group (Robinson Research Institute). Our team's mission is improve the understanding of and responses to mental health issues through the appraisal of evidence, claims, assumptions, attitudes and beliefs. I am currently working on an MRFF-funded project aimed at broadening the focus of suicide prevention to take account of employment and unemployment factors (e.g. adverse working conditions, unstable employment).
https://www.adelaide.edu.au/robinson-research-institute/research/groups/cemh/
Major Research Themes
Social determinants of health
Child and adolescent mental health
| 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 | Competency |
|---|---|
| English | Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review |
| Polish | Can read, speak and understand spoken |
| 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 |
| 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 | - |
| 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, 36(4), 218-237. |
| 2025 | Klau, J., Gonzalez-Chica, D., Raven, M., Aboustate, N., & Jureidini, J. (2025). Cardiometabolic monitoring in children and adolescents prescribed antipsychotics in Australian primary care, 2011 to 2017. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59(9), 824-834. |
| 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. Scopus3 WoS4 Europe PMC3 |
| 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. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC5 |
| 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. WoS1 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. Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC5 |
| 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. Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 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. Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC14 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. 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. Scopus65 WoS57 Europe PMC50 |
| 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 Scopus2 |
| 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. |
| 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. |
NHMRC MRFF Mental Health Research Grant $904,604
Work and unemployment: vital to effective suicide prevention
Robinson Research Institute, 2022/23 Engaging Opportunities Program $4,300
RRI Partnership with SA’s Lived Experience Leadership and Advocacy Network (LELAN)
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, 2021 Strategic Research Support Scheme $50,850
Enhancing Assessment of Social Determinants of Health (SDH) during the perinatal period
Robinson Research Institute, 2021 Strategic Research Initiatives Program $2,000
Medicating Normal fundraiser
Robinson Research Institute, 2020 Strategic Research Initiatives Program $1,000
Clinical equipment
Adelaide Medical School, 2019 Research Committee Small Equipment Grant $3,000
Laboratory equipment
2024 Robinson Research Institute for RACGP annual meeting in Perth, WA
2019 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide for Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference in Sydney, NSW
2016 School of Medicine, University of Adelaide for IFPA annual meeting in Portland, Oregon, USA
2015 Robinson Research Institute for IFPA annual meeting in Brisbane, QLD
2014 Robinson Research Institute for ESA/ SRB AGM in Melbourne, VIC
2014 Endocrine Society of Australia for ESA/ SRB AGM in Melbourne, VIC
2014 Robinson Research Institute for PSANZ Fetal Neonatal Workshop in Barossa Valley, SA
2013 European Molecular Biology Laboratory for PhD course participation in Melbourne, VIC
2013 Robinson Research Institute for PhD course participation in Melbourne, VIC
2012 Endocrine Society of Australia for ESA/ SRB AGM in Torquay, VIC
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
| 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 |
| Date | Role | Board name | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2022 | Member | Lived Experience Leadership and Advocacy Network | SA Lived Experience Leadership and Advocacy Network | Australia |
| 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 |
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