Introducing
Ms Stefanie Roberts
Hello, I’m Stefanie, a clinical fellow and Ph.D. candidate in the Clinical Outcomes Research (CORe) Unit.
a little bit about me
I am a Neuropsychology Fellow in the Multiple Sclerosis & Neuroimmunology Service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Melbourne.
I completed a Master of Psychology (Clinical Neuropsychology) at the University of Melbourne. Under the supervision of Dr Charles Malpas and Prof Tomas Kalincik, I am investigating cognitive impairment in MS by characterising the architecture of cognitive complaint. This research is funded by an Australian Government Research Training Program scholarship.
Publications
A Randomized Trial Testing a Novel Mind and Body Intervention for Depression: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Whole-Body Hyperthermia (WBH)
Ashley E Mason, Wendy Hartogensis, Anoushka Chowdhary, Chelsea J Siwik, Leena S Pandya, Erika Jung, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Erin Hartley, Lindsey Hopkins, Stefanie Roberts, Jenna Borovinsky, J Craig Nelson, Christopher A Lowry, Rhonda P Patrick, Patricia J Moran, Charles L Raison, Frederick M Hecht
Glob Adv Integr Med Health. 2025 Oct 22;14:27536130251387714. doi: 10.1177/27536130251387714. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.
Treating major depressive disorder with an integrated mind-body intervention: Whole-body hyperthermia and cognitive behavioral therapy, a case report
Chelsea J Siwik, Anoushka Chowdhary, Claudine Anglo, Leena Pandya, Stefanie Roberts, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Patricia Moran, Wendy Hartogensis, Christopher A Lowry, Charles L Raison, Rhonda Patrick, Frederick M Hecht, Ashley E Mason
Adv Integr Med. 2025 Sep;12(3):100412. doi: 10.1016/j.aimed.2024.08.018. Epub 2024 Aug 22.
Cognitive impairment in hematology patients planned for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy
Valeriya Kuznetsova, Hannah Rosenfeld, Carmela Sales, Sam van der Linde, Izanne Roos, Stefanie Roberts, Fiore D'Aprano, Samantha M Loi, Mark Dowling, Michael Dickinson, Tomas Kalincik, Simon J Harrison, Charles B Malpas, Mary Ann Anderson
Expert Rev Hematol. 2025 Aug 8:1-11. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2025.2542867. Online ahead of print.
The topography of infratentorial lesions in depression and anxiety in multiple sclerosis
Federica Giofrè, Alessandra Lugaresi, Flavia Baccari, Elaine Lui, Stefanie Roberts, Charles Malpas, Tomas Kalincik
J Neurol. 2025 May 26;272(6):420. doi: 10.1007/s00415-025-13167-0.
Neuropsychological outcomes of patients with haematological malignancies undergoing chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: protocol for a prospective study
Valeriya Kuznetsova, Harsh Oza, Hannah Rosenfeld, Carmela Sales, Samantha van der Linde, Izanne Roos, Stefanie Roberts, Fiore D'Aprano, Samantha M Loi, Mark Dowling, Michael Dickinson, Tomas Kalincik, Simon J Harrison, Mary Ann Anderson, Charles B Malpas
BMJ Neurol Open. 2024 Aug 22;6(2):e000800. doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2024-000800. eCollection 2024.
Feasibility and acceptability of an integrated mind-body intervention for depression: whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Ashley E Mason, Anoushka Chowdhary, Wendy Hartogensis, Chelsea J Siwik, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Leena S Pandya, Stefanie Roberts, Claudine Anglo, Patricia J Moran, J Craig Nelson, Christopher A Lowry, Rhonda P Patrick, Charles L Raison, Frederick M Hecht
Int J Hyperthermia. 2024;41(1):2351459. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2024.2351459. Epub 2024 May 14.
Vague retellings of personal narratives in temporal lobe epilepsy
Fiore D'Aprano, Charles B Malpas, Stefanie Roberts, Michael M Saling
Seizure. 2023 Apr;107:177-185. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2022.12.005. Epub 2022 Dec 23.
Verbosity with retelling: Narrative discourse production in temporal lobe epilepsy
Fiore D'Aprano, Charles B Malpas, Stefanie Roberts, Michael M Saling
Epilepsy Res. 2023 Jan;189:107069. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2022.107069. Epub 2022 Dec 24.
Impact of telehealth on health care in a multiple sclerosis outpatient clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic
Vivien Li, Izanne Roos, Mastura Monif, Charles Malpas, Stefanie Roberts, Mark Marriott, Katherine Buzzard, Ai-Lan Nguyen, Nabil Seery, Lisa Taylor, Tomas Kalincik, Trevor Kilpatrick
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2022 Jul;63:103913. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2022.103913. Epub 2022 May 27.
What constitutes 'good' home care for people with dementia? An investigation of the views of home care service recipients and providers
Anita M Y Goh, Meg Polacsek, Sue Malta, Colleen Doyle, Brendan Hallam, Luke Gahan, Lee Fay Low, Claudia Cooper, Gill Livingston, Anita Panayiotou, Samantha M Loi, Maho Omori, Steven Savvas, Jason Burton, David Ames, Samuel C Scherer, Nadia Chau, Stefanie Roberts, Margaret Winbolt, Frances Batchelor, Briony Dow
BMC Geriatr. 2022 Jan 11;22(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02727-4.
Age of Symptom Onset and Longitudinal Course of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Vascular Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sally Day, Stefanie Roberts, Nathalie H Launder, Anita M Y Goh, Brian Draper, Alex Bahar-Fuchs, Samantha M Loi, Kate Laver, Adrienne Withall, Monica Cations
J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;85(4):1819-1833. doi: 10.3233/JAD-215360.
Immoral behaviour following brain damage: A review
Stefanie Roberts, Julie D Henry, Pascal Molenberghs
J Neuropsychol. 2019 Sep;13(3):564-588. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12155. Epub 2018 Apr 16.
Ashley E Mason, Wendy Hartogensis, Anoushka Chowdhary, Chelsea J Siwik, Leena S Pandya, Erika Jung, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Erin Hartley, Lindsey Hopkins, Stefanie Roberts, Jenna Borovinsky, J Craig Nelson, Christopher A Lowry, Rhonda P Patrick, Patricia J Moran, Charles L Raison, Frederick M Hecht
Glob Adv Integr Med Health. 2025 Oct 22;14:27536130251387714. doi: 10.1177/27536130251387714. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.
Treating major depressive disorder with an integrated mind-body intervention: Whole-body hyperthermia and cognitive behavioral therapy, a case report
Chelsea J Siwik, Anoushka Chowdhary, Claudine Anglo, Leena Pandya, Stefanie Roberts, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Patricia Moran, Wendy Hartogensis, Christopher A Lowry, Charles L Raison, Rhonda Patrick, Frederick M Hecht, Ashley E Mason
Adv Integr Med. 2025 Sep;12(3):100412. doi: 10.1016/j.aimed.2024.08.018. Epub 2024 Aug 22.
Cognitive impairment in hematology patients planned for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy
Valeriya Kuznetsova, Hannah Rosenfeld, Carmela Sales, Sam van der Linde, Izanne Roos, Stefanie Roberts, Fiore D'Aprano, Samantha M Loi, Mark Dowling, Michael Dickinson, Tomas Kalincik, Simon J Harrison, Charles B Malpas, Mary Ann Anderson
Expert Rev Hematol. 2025 Aug 8:1-11. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2025.2542867. Online ahead of print.
The topography of infratentorial lesions in depression and anxiety in multiple sclerosis
Federica Giofrè, Alessandra Lugaresi, Flavia Baccari, Elaine Lui, Stefanie Roberts, Charles Malpas, Tomas Kalincik
J Neurol. 2025 May 26;272(6):420. doi: 10.1007/s00415-025-13167-0.
Neuropsychological outcomes of patients with haematological malignancies undergoing chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy: protocol for a prospective study
Valeriya Kuznetsova, Harsh Oza, Hannah Rosenfeld, Carmela Sales, Samantha van der Linde, Izanne Roos, Stefanie Roberts, Fiore D'Aprano, Samantha M Loi, Mark Dowling, Michael Dickinson, Tomas Kalincik, Simon J Harrison, Mary Ann Anderson, Charles B Malpas
BMJ Neurol Open. 2024 Aug 22;6(2):e000800. doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2024-000800. eCollection 2024.
Feasibility and acceptability of an integrated mind-body intervention for depression: whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Ashley E Mason, Anoushka Chowdhary, Wendy Hartogensis, Chelsea J Siwik, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Leena S Pandya, Stefanie Roberts, Claudine Anglo, Patricia J Moran, J Craig Nelson, Christopher A Lowry, Rhonda P Patrick, Charles L Raison, Frederick M Hecht
Int J Hyperthermia. 2024;41(1):2351459. doi: 10.1080/02656736.2024.2351459. Epub 2024 May 14.
Vague retellings of personal narratives in temporal lobe epilepsy
Fiore D'Aprano, Charles B Malpas, Stefanie Roberts, Michael M Saling
Seizure. 2023 Apr;107:177-185. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2022.12.005. Epub 2022 Dec 23.
Verbosity with retelling: Narrative discourse production in temporal lobe epilepsy
Fiore D'Aprano, Charles B Malpas, Stefanie Roberts, Michael M Saling
Epilepsy Res. 2023 Jan;189:107069. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2022.107069. Epub 2022 Dec 24.
Impact of telehealth on health care in a multiple sclerosis outpatient clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic
Vivien Li, Izanne Roos, Mastura Monif, Charles Malpas, Stefanie Roberts, Mark Marriott, Katherine Buzzard, Ai-Lan Nguyen, Nabil Seery, Lisa Taylor, Tomas Kalincik, Trevor Kilpatrick
Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2022 Jul;63:103913. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2022.103913. Epub 2022 May 27.
What constitutes 'good' home care for people with dementia? An investigation of the views of home care service recipients and providers
Anita M Y Goh, Meg Polacsek, Sue Malta, Colleen Doyle, Brendan Hallam, Luke Gahan, Lee Fay Low, Claudia Cooper, Gill Livingston, Anita Panayiotou, Samantha M Loi, Maho Omori, Steven Savvas, Jason Burton, David Ames, Samuel C Scherer, Nadia Chau, Stefanie Roberts, Margaret Winbolt, Frances Batchelor, Briony Dow
BMC Geriatr. 2022 Jan 11;22(1):42. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02727-4.
Age of Symptom Onset and Longitudinal Course of Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, and Vascular Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Sally Day, Stefanie Roberts, Nathalie H Launder, Anita M Y Goh, Brian Draper, Alex Bahar-Fuchs, Samantha M Loi, Kate Laver, Adrienne Withall, Monica Cations
J Alzheimers Dis. 2022;85(4):1819-1833. doi: 10.3233/JAD-215360.
Immoral behaviour following brain damage: A review
Stefanie Roberts, Julie D Henry, Pascal Molenberghs
J Neuropsychol. 2019 Sep;13(3):564-588. doi: 10.1111/jnp.12155. Epub 2018 Apr 16.