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
Validation of the Sydney Language Battery naming subtest and utility of latency analysis in characterizing language impairment in multiple sclerosis
Annabel Hudson, Stefanie Roberts, Charles B Malpas, Genevieve Rayner, Fiore D'Aprano
J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2026 Jan;32(1):93-100. doi: 10.1017/S1355617725101513. Epub 2025 Dec 11.
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 Nov;18(11):987-997. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2025.2542867. Epub 2025 Aug 8.
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.
Annabel Hudson, Stefanie Roberts, Charles B Malpas, Genevieve Rayner, Fiore D'Aprano
J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2026 Jan;32(1):93-100. doi: 10.1017/S1355617725101513. Epub 2025 Dec 11.
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 Nov;18(11):987-997. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2025.2542867. Epub 2025 Aug 8.
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.