Dr Anna MacDonald
Research and Operations Manager
Queensland Cerebral Palsy and Rehabilitation Research Centre
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Dr Anna MacDonald joined the team at QCPRRC in early 2014 as the Research and Operations Manager.
Anna completed her PhD in speech pathology at the University of Queensland in 2008. She subsequently undertook postdoctoral positions with the Language Neuroscience Laboratory (A/Prof David Copland) at the UQ Centre for Clinical Research and the Asia Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation. Her research has focused on the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying language processing, its breakdown and treatment. Anna then went onto research development and management for the School of Population Health, UQ.
Anna's primary responsibilities revolve around the research governance, operational management and strategic development of the QCPRRC.
Conference Paper
Copland, David, Mahoney, Jeff, Shellshear, Leanne, MacDonald, Anna, Whiting, Emma, Nathan, Pradeep and Silburn, Peter (2012). Influence of dopamine on healthy adult new word learning and implications for pharmacotherapy in Aphasia. In: 13th International Science of Aphasia Conference. Proceedings. 13th International Science of Aphasia Conference 2012, Groningen, Netherlands, (98-99). 7-12 September, 2012.
MacDonald, A. D., Heath, S. L., McMahon, K. L., Nickels, L., Angwin, A. J. and Copland, D. A. (2011). Neural substrates of short and long-term semantic facilitation of naming in aphasia. In: Abstracts of the 22nd Stroke Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting. Stroke Society of Australasia Annual Scientific Meeting 2011, Adelaide, (50-50). 14-16th September.
Schnell, Susanne, Copland, David, Heath, Shiree, van Hees, Sophia, Holmes, Anna, de Zubicaray, Greig and McMahon, Katie (2010). Tracking the arcuate fasciculus in patients with aphasia. In: Costanza Papagno, AoA2010, 48th Academy of Aphasia Proceedings. Academy of Aphasia 2010, Athens, Greece, (86-87). 24- 26 October 2010. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.044
Heath, Shiree, Angwin, Anthony, Holmes, Anna, McMahon, Katie, Nickels, Lyndsey, van Hees, Sophia and Copland, David (2010). Neural substrates and timecourse of phonological facilitation in aphasia. In: AoA2010, 48th Academy of Aphasia Proceedings. Academy of Aphasia 2010, Athens, Greece, (117-118). 24-26 October 2010. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.059
Holmes, Anna, Heath, Shiree, McMahon, Katie, Nickels, Lyndsey, Angwin, Anthony, Van Hees, Sophia and Copland, David (2010). Neural Substrates of Naming Following Semantic Verification in Aphasia. In: Costanza Papagno, AoA2010, 48th Academy of Aphasia Proceedings. 48th Academy of Aphasia, Athens Greece, (92-93). 24-26 October 2010. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.047
Angwin, Anthony, Heath, Shiree, Holmes, Anna and Copland, David (2010). Electrophysiological correlates of naming facilitation in aphasia. In: Costanza Papagno, AoA2010, 48th Academy of Aphasia Proceedings. 48th Academy of Aphasia, Athens, Greece, (103-104). 24-26 October 2010. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.08.052
Chenery, H. J., Holmes, A., Ingram, J. C. L. and Cardell, E. A. (2003). Temporal Constraints on Summation of Activation in Broca's Aphasia: Evidence from a Triplet-priming Task. In: Harry A. Whitaker, Brain and Language: Academy of Aphasia Abstract Issue 2003. 41st Annual Meeting of Academy of Aphasia, Vienna, Austria, (99-100). October 19-21, 2003. doi:10.1016/S0093-934X(03)00218-9
Journal Article
MacDonald, Anna D., Heath, Shiree, McMahon, Katie L., Nickels, Lyndsey, Angwin, Anthony J., van Hees, Sophia, Johnson, Kori and Copland, David A. (2015) Neuroimaging the short- and long-term effects of repeated picture naming in healthy older adults. Neuropsychologia, 75 170-178. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.06.007
Heath, Shiree, McMahon, Katie L., Nickels, Lyndsey, Angwin, Anthony, MacDonald, Anna D., van Hees, Sophia, McKinnon, Eril, Johnson, Kori and Copland, David A. (2015) An fMRI investigation of the effects of attempted naming on word retrieval in aphasia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9 May: . doi:10.3389/fnhum.2015.00291
Shellshear, Leanne, MacDonald, Anna D., Mahoney, Jeffrey, Finch, Emma, McMahon, Katie, Silburn, Peter, Nathan, Pradeep J. and Copland, David A. (2015) Levodopa enhances explicit new-word learning in healthy adults: a preliminary study. Human Psychopharmacology, 30 5: 341-349. doi:10.1002/hup.2480
Rodriguez, Amy D., Worrall, Linda, Brown, Kyla, Grohn, Brooke, McKinnon, Eril, Pearson, Charlene, Van Hees, Sophia, Roxbury, Tracy, Cornwell, Petrea, MacDonald, Anna, Angwin, Anthony, Cardell, Elizabeth, Davidson, Bronwyn and Copland, David A. (2013) Aphasia LIFT: exploratory investigation of an intensive comprehensive therapy programme. Aphasiology, 27 11: 1339-1361. doi:10.1080/02687038.2013.825759
Heath, Shiree, McMahon, Katie L., Nickels, Lyndsey, Angwind, Anthony, MacDonald, Anna D., van Hees, Sophia, McKinnon, Eril, Johnson, Kori and Copland, David A. (2013) Facilitation of naming in aphasia with auditory repetition: an investigation of neurocognitive mechanisms. Neuropsychologia, 51 8: 1534-1548. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.05.008
Heath, Shiree, McMahon, Katie L., Nickels, Lyndsey, Angwin, Anthony, MacDonald, Anna D., van Hees, Sophia, Johnson, Kori, McKinnon, Eril and Copland, David A. (2012) Neural mechanisms underlying the facilitation of naming in aphasia using a semantic task: an fMRI study. BMC Neuroscience, 13 98: 98.1-98.19. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-13-98
Heath, Shiree, McMahon, Katie, Nickels, Lyndsey, Angwin, Anthony, MacDonald, Anna, van Hees, Sophia, Johnson, Kori and Copland, David (2012) Priming picture naming with a semantic task: An fMRI investigation. PLoS One, 7 3: e32809.1-e32809.9. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0032809
Heath, Shiree, McMahon, Katie, Nickels, Lyndsey, Angwin, Anthony, MacDonald, Anna, van Hees, Sophia, Johnson, Kori and Copland, David (2012) The neural correlates of picture naming facilitated by auditory repetition. BMC Neuroscience, 13 1: 21.1-21.13. doi:10.1186/1471-2202-13-21
Holmes, Anna D., Copland, David A., Silburn, Peter A. and Chenery, Helen J. (2011) Acute nicotine enhances strategy-based semantic processing in Parkinson's disease. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 14 7: 877-885. doi:10.1017/S1461145710001665
Holmes, Anna D., Copland, David A., Silburn, Peter A. and Chenery, Helen J. (2011) Nicotine effects on general semantic priming in Parkinson’s disease. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 19 3: 215-223. doi:10.1037/a0023117
Holmes, Anna D., Chenery, Helen J. and Copland, David A. (2010) Nicotine does not enhance basic semantic priming. Psychopharmacology, 211 3: 259-265. doi:10.1007/s00213-010-1886-8
Holmes, Anna D., Chenery, Helen J. and Copland, David A. (2008) Transdermal nicotine modulates strategy-based attentional semantic processing in non-smokers. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11 3: 389-399. doi:10.1017/S1461145707008188
Thesis
Holmes, Anna Dee (2008). Nicotinic modulation of lexical-semantic processing PhD Thesis, School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland.