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
The use of routinely collected structural neuroimaging to identify cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis
Reine E Jardine, Valeriya Kuznetsova, Fiore D'Aprano, Tomas Kalinicik, Stefanie Roberts, Charles B Malpas
BMC Neurol. 2026 Jun 17;26(1):544. doi: 10.1186/s12883-026-05085-z.
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.
Bone Regeneration in SLS-Manufactured Resorbable 3D-Scaffolds-An Experimental Pilot Study in Minipigs
Philipp Kauffmann, Susanne Wolfer, Tim Gellhaus, Christina Behrens, Christian Dullin, Frank Reinauer, Tobias Wolfram, Stefanie Grom, Marijan Vučak, Sabrina Hauspurg, Claudia Rode, Ralf Wyrwa, Henning Schliephake
Polymers (Basel). 2025 Sep 16;17(18):2498. doi: 10.3390/polym17182498.
Talazoparib plus enzalutamide in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: Safety analyses from the randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III TALAPRO-2 study
Arun A Azad, Karim Fizazi, Nobuaki Matsubara, Fred Saad, Ugo De Giorgi, Jae Young Joung, Peter C C Fong, Robert J Jones, Stefanie Zschäbitz, Jan Oldenburg, Neal D Shore, Curtis Dunshee, Joan Carles, Andre P Fay, Xun Lin, Liza DeAnnuntis, Nicola Di Santo, Michael A Zielinski, Neeraj Agarwal
Eur J Cancer. 2024 Dec;213:115078. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.115078. Epub 2024 Oct 20.
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.
Genomic plasticity and adaptive capacity of the quaternary alkyl-ammonium compound and copper tolerant Acinetobacter bohemicus strain QAC-21b isolated from pig manure
Dipen Pulami, Lina Schwabe, Jochen Blom, Oliver Schwengers, Gottfried Wilharm, Peter Kämpfer, Stefanie P Glaeser
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2023 Apr;116(4):327-342. doi: 10.1007/s10482-022-01805-w. Epub 2023 Jan 16.
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.
HIV First Diagnoses in Germany in 2014 - A Regional Analysis
Benjamin Thomas Schleenvoigt, Juliane Ankert, Hartmut Stocker, Albrecht Stoehr, Clara Lehmann, Christian Schulz, Hans Wesselmann, Markus Bickel, Annette Haberl, Olaf Degen, Mathias Wilhelm Pletz, Ulrich Seybold, Christoph Stephan, für die HIV-Regional Studiengruppe, HIV-regional Studiengruppe Axel Baumgarten, Christoph Boesecke, Carlos Fritzsche, Thomas Heuchel, Stefanie Holm, Andreas Jenke, Heribert Knechten, Christoph Lübbert, Rainer Lundershausen, Anja Meurer, Ramona Pauli, Nils Postel, Katja Römer, Steve Rößler, Ines Ruck, Thomas Seidel, Markus Sellmann, Matthias Stoll, Christoph Spinner, Petra Spornraft-Ragaller, Michael Waizmann, Eva Wolf, Christoph Wyen
Gesundheitswesen. 2022 Nov;84(11):e45-e52. doi: 10.1055/a-1665-6762. Epub 2022 Feb 17.
Surgeons' non-transparent facemasks challenge the physician-patient relationship in the orthopedic outpatient clinic of a tertiary university hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of 285 patients
Kristian Nikolaus Schneider, Christoph Theil, Georg Gosheger, Lukas Peter Lampe, Robert Rödl, Alexander Mellmann, Stefanie Kampmeier, Carolin Rickert
Acta Orthop. 2022 Jan 3;93:198-205. doi: 10.2340/17453674.2021.1071.
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.
The association of basic and challenging motor capacity with mobility performance and falls in young seniors
Katharina Gordt, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, A Stefanie Mikolaizak, Kristin Taraldsen, Sabato Mellone, Ronny Bergquist, Jeanine M Van Ancum, Corinna Nerz, Mirjam Pijnappels, Andrea B Maier, Jorunn L Helbostad, Beatrix Vereijken, Clemens Becker, Kamiar Aminian, Michael Schwenk
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2020 Sep-Oct;90:104134. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104134. Epub 2020 Jun 6.
Risk Factors for Long-Term Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Persistence-A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Carlos L Correa-Martinez, Verena B Stollenwerk, Annelene Kossow, Frieder Schaumburg, Alexander Mellmann, Stefanie Kampmeier
Microorganisms. 2019 Sep 26;7(10):400. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100400.
Drug- and alcohol-related mortality risk after bariatric surgery: evidence from a 7-year prospective multicenter cohort study
Gretchen E White, Anita P Courcoulas, Wendy C King
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 Jul;15(7):1160-1169. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 Apr 17.
Development of a solvent-free polylactide/calcium carbonate composite for selective laser sintering of bone tissue engineering scaffolds
Christoph Gayer, Jessica Ritter, Martin Bullemer, Stefanie Grom, Lucas Jauer, Wilhelm Meiners, Andreas Pfister, Frank Reinauer, Marijan Vučak, Konrad Wissenbach, Horst Fischer, Reinhart Poprawe, Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2019 Aug;101:660-673. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.03.101. Epub 2019 Mar 27.
Influence of the material properties of a poly(D,L-lactide)/β-tricalcium phosphate composite on the processability by selective laser sintering
Christoph Gayer, Jessica Abert, Martin Bullemer, Stefanie Grom, Lucas Jauer, Wilhelm Meiners, Frank Reinauer, Marijan Vučak, Konrad Wissenbach, Reinhart Poprawe, Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum, Horst Fischer
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2018 Nov;87:267-278. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.07.021. Epub 2018 Jul 17.
Personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards use of non-prescribed prescription sedatives and sleeping pills among university students in seven European countries
Gesa Lehne, Hajo Zeeb, Claudia R Pischke, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Bridgette M Bewick, John McAlaney, Robert C Dempsey, Guido Van Hal, Christiane Stock, Yildiz Akvardar, Ondrej Kalina, Olga Orosova, Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso, Francisco Guillen-Grima, Stefanie M Helmer
Addict Behav. 2018 Dec;87:17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.06.012. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
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.
"New potential diagnostic biomarkers for pulmonary hypertension." Svenja L. Tiede, Henning Gall, Oliver Dörr, Marina dos Santos Guilherme, Christian Troidl, Christoph Liebetrau, Sandra Voss, Robert Voswinckel, Ralph T. Schermuly, Werner Seeger, Friedrich Grimminger, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler, Helge Möllmann, Christian W. Hamm, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani and Holger M. Nef. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: 1390-1396
Eur Respir J. 2016 Sep;48(3):962. doi: 10.1183/13993003.50187-2015.
Reine E Jardine, Valeriya Kuznetsova, Fiore D'Aprano, Tomas Kalinicik, Stefanie Roberts, Charles B Malpas
BMC Neurol. 2026 Jun 17;26(1):544. doi: 10.1186/s12883-026-05085-z.
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.
Bone Regeneration in SLS-Manufactured Resorbable 3D-Scaffolds-An Experimental Pilot Study in Minipigs
Philipp Kauffmann, Susanne Wolfer, Tim Gellhaus, Christina Behrens, Christian Dullin, Frank Reinauer, Tobias Wolfram, Stefanie Grom, Marijan Vučak, Sabrina Hauspurg, Claudia Rode, Ralf Wyrwa, Henning Schliephake
Polymers (Basel). 2025 Sep 16;17(18):2498. doi: 10.3390/polym17182498.
Talazoparib plus enzalutamide in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: Safety analyses from the randomized, placebo-controlled, phase III TALAPRO-2 study
Arun A Azad, Karim Fizazi, Nobuaki Matsubara, Fred Saad, Ugo De Giorgi, Jae Young Joung, Peter C C Fong, Robert J Jones, Stefanie Zschäbitz, Jan Oldenburg, Neal D Shore, Curtis Dunshee, Joan Carles, Andre P Fay, Xun Lin, Liza DeAnnuntis, Nicola Di Santo, Michael A Zielinski, Neeraj Agarwal
Eur J Cancer. 2024 Dec;213:115078. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2024.115078. Epub 2024 Oct 20.
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.
Genomic plasticity and adaptive capacity of the quaternary alkyl-ammonium compound and copper tolerant Acinetobacter bohemicus strain QAC-21b isolated from pig manure
Dipen Pulami, Lina Schwabe, Jochen Blom, Oliver Schwengers, Gottfried Wilharm, Peter Kämpfer, Stefanie P Glaeser
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2023 Apr;116(4):327-342. doi: 10.1007/s10482-022-01805-w. Epub 2023 Jan 16.
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.
HIV First Diagnoses in Germany in 2014 - A Regional Analysis
Benjamin Thomas Schleenvoigt, Juliane Ankert, Hartmut Stocker, Albrecht Stoehr, Clara Lehmann, Christian Schulz, Hans Wesselmann, Markus Bickel, Annette Haberl, Olaf Degen, Mathias Wilhelm Pletz, Ulrich Seybold, Christoph Stephan, für die HIV-Regional Studiengruppe, HIV-regional Studiengruppe Axel Baumgarten, Christoph Boesecke, Carlos Fritzsche, Thomas Heuchel, Stefanie Holm, Andreas Jenke, Heribert Knechten, Christoph Lübbert, Rainer Lundershausen, Anja Meurer, Ramona Pauli, Nils Postel, Katja Römer, Steve Rößler, Ines Ruck, Thomas Seidel, Markus Sellmann, Matthias Stoll, Christoph Spinner, Petra Spornraft-Ragaller, Michael Waizmann, Eva Wolf, Christoph Wyen
Gesundheitswesen. 2022 Nov;84(11):e45-e52. doi: 10.1055/a-1665-6762. Epub 2022 Feb 17.
Surgeons' non-transparent facemasks challenge the physician-patient relationship in the orthopedic outpatient clinic of a tertiary university hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of 285 patients
Kristian Nikolaus Schneider, Christoph Theil, Georg Gosheger, Lukas Peter Lampe, Robert Rödl, Alexander Mellmann, Stefanie Kampmeier, Carolin Rickert
Acta Orthop. 2022 Jan 3;93:198-205. doi: 10.2340/17453674.2021.1071.
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.
The association of basic and challenging motor capacity with mobility performance and falls in young seniors
Katharina Gordt, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, A Stefanie Mikolaizak, Kristin Taraldsen, Sabato Mellone, Ronny Bergquist, Jeanine M Van Ancum, Corinna Nerz, Mirjam Pijnappels, Andrea B Maier, Jorunn L Helbostad, Beatrix Vereijken, Clemens Becker, Kamiar Aminian, Michael Schwenk
Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2020 Sep-Oct;90:104134. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104134. Epub 2020 Jun 6.
Risk Factors for Long-Term Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Persistence-A Prospective Longitudinal Study
Carlos L Correa-Martinez, Verena B Stollenwerk, Annelene Kossow, Frieder Schaumburg, Alexander Mellmann, Stefanie Kampmeier
Microorganisms. 2019 Sep 26;7(10):400. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100400.
Drug- and alcohol-related mortality risk after bariatric surgery: evidence from a 7-year prospective multicenter cohort study
Gretchen E White, Anita P Courcoulas, Wendy C King
Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2019 Jul;15(7):1160-1169. doi: 10.1016/j.soard.2019.04.007. Epub 2019 Apr 17.
Development of a solvent-free polylactide/calcium carbonate composite for selective laser sintering of bone tissue engineering scaffolds
Christoph Gayer, Jessica Ritter, Martin Bullemer, Stefanie Grom, Lucas Jauer, Wilhelm Meiners, Andreas Pfister, Frank Reinauer, Marijan Vučak, Konrad Wissenbach, Horst Fischer, Reinhart Poprawe, Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2019 Aug;101:660-673. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.03.101. Epub 2019 Mar 27.
Influence of the material properties of a poly(D,L-lactide)/β-tricalcium phosphate composite on the processability by selective laser sintering
Christoph Gayer, Jessica Abert, Martin Bullemer, Stefanie Grom, Lucas Jauer, Wilhelm Meiners, Frank Reinauer, Marijan Vučak, Konrad Wissenbach, Reinhart Poprawe, Johannes Henrich Schleifenbaum, Horst Fischer
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2018 Nov;87:267-278. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2018.07.021. Epub 2018 Jul 17.
Personal and perceived peer use and attitudes towards use of non-prescribed prescription sedatives and sleeping pills among university students in seven European countries
Gesa Lehne, Hajo Zeeb, Claudia R Pischke, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Bridgette M Bewick, John McAlaney, Robert C Dempsey, Guido Van Hal, Christiane Stock, Yildiz Akvardar, Ondrej Kalina, Olga Orosova, Ines Aguinaga-Ontoso, Francisco Guillen-Grima, Stefanie M Helmer
Addict Behav. 2018 Dec;87:17-23. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.06.012. Epub 2018 Jun 12.
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.
"New potential diagnostic biomarkers for pulmonary hypertension." Svenja L. Tiede, Henning Gall, Oliver Dörr, Marina dos Santos Guilherme, Christian Troidl, Christoph Liebetrau, Sandra Voss, Robert Voswinckel, Ralph T. Schermuly, Werner Seeger, Friedrich Grimminger, Andreas M. Zeiher, Stefanie Dimmeler, Helge Möllmann, Christian W. Hamm, Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani and Holger M. Nef. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: 1390-1396
Eur Respir J. 2016 Sep;48(3):962. doi: 10.1183/13993003.50187-2015.