Overview
Background
Dr Northwood is a clinical academic psychiatrist, with combined clinical, research and teaching experience.
She graduated with an MBBS and PhD from the University of Queensland and has completed specialist training in psychiatry at Metro South Health, while continuing to engage in research with a goal to improve the physical and mental health outcomes in consumers with serious mental illness. Dr Northwood received the binational Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Early Career Psychiatrist award in 2024.
She has a particular interest in treatment-refractory schizophrenia and psychopharmacology. Dr Northwood’s research skills include advanced bioinformatics with experience in complex analysis of large data sets. She has authored a number of papers, with a h-index of 14 (as of 2024), and has been Chief Investigator on several grants, funded through Metro South Health, UQ and NHMRC.
Availability
- Dr Korinne Northwood is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery (PhD Integrated Program), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Achieving gender equity in academic psychiatry – barriers to involvement and solutions for success
Galbally, Megan, Kotze, Beth, Bell, Caroline, Quadrio, Carolyn, Galletly, Cherrie, Herrman, Helen, Milroy, Helen, Curtis, Jackie, Green, Jessica, Power, Josephine, Hope, Judy, Sevar, Katherine, Dean, Kimberlie, Northwood, Korinne, Lampe, Lisa, Kalucy, Megan, Korman, Nicole, Lautenschlager, Nicola, Warren, Nicola, Chua, Phyllis, Anglin, Rebecca, De Alwis Seneviratne, Ruwanthi, Loi, Samantha, Burton, Sara, Arunogiri, Shalini and Morgan, Shirlony (2024). Achieving gender equity in academic psychiatry – barriers to involvement and solutions for success. Australasian Psychiatry, 32 (6), 563-567. doi: 10.1177/10398562241268362
2024
Journal Article
Sex differences between female and male individuals in antipsychotic efficacy and adverse effects in the treatment of schizophrenia
Galbally, Megan, Wynter, Karen, Siskind, Dan, Correll, Christoph U., Northwood, Korinne and Every-Palmer, Susanna (2024). Sex differences between female and male individuals in antipsychotic efficacy and adverse effects in the treatment of schizophrenia. CNS Drugs, 38 (7), 559-570. doi: 10.1007/s40263-024-01089-w
2024
Journal Article
Clozapine Efficacy and Adverse Drug Reactions Among a Nationwide Study of 1021 Australians Prescribed Clozapine: The ClozaGene Study
Lind, Penelope A, Parker, Richard K, Northwood, Korinne, Siskind, Dan J and Medland, Sarah E (2024). Clozapine Efficacy and Adverse Drug Reactions Among a Nationwide Study of 1021 Australians Prescribed Clozapine: The ClozaGene Study. Schizophrenia Bulletin. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae065
2024
Conference Publication
Frailty And Severe Mental Illness In The UK Biobank
Warren, N., Leske, S., Arnautovska, U., Northwood, K., Kisely, S. and Siskind, D. (2024). Frailty And Severe Mental Illness In The UK Biobank. RANZCP 2024 Congress, Canberra, ACT Australia, 19-24 May 2023. London, United Kingdom: SAGE Publications.
2024
Journal Article
Research Letter: The state of academic psychiatry in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia: Data from a survey of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists membership
Northwood, Korinne, Eggleston, Katherine, Every-Palmer, Susanna, Galbally, Megan, Warren, Nicola, Berk, Michael, Gill, Neeraj, Siskind, Dan and Suetani, Shuichi (2024). Research Letter: The state of academic psychiatry in Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia: Data from a survey of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists membership. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 58 (6), 48674241240592-539. doi: 10.1177/00048674241240592
2023
Journal Article
A guide to support trainee’s success in the psychotherapy written case submission
Northwood, Korinne, Warren, Nicola, Cutbush, Jimsie and Parker, Stephen (2023). A guide to support trainee’s success in the psychotherapy written case submission. Australasian Psychiatry, 31 (6), 730-733. doi: 10.1177/10398562231196684
2023
Journal Article
Evaluating the epidemiology of clozapine-associated neutropenia among people on clozapine across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study
Northwood, Korinne, Myles, Nicholas, Clark, Scott R, Every-Palmer, Susanna, Myles, Hannah, Kisely, Steve, Warren, Nicola and Siskind, Dan (2023). Evaluating the epidemiology of clozapine-associated neutropenia among people on clozapine across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand: a retrospective cohort study. The Lancet Psychiatry, 11 (1), 27-35. doi: 10.1016/s2215-0366(23)00343-7
2023
Journal Article
Prevalence of frailty in severe mental illness: findings from the UK Biobank
Warren, Nicola, Leske, Stuart, Arnautovska, Urska, Northwood, Korinne, Kisely, Steve and Siskind, Dan (2023). Prevalence of frailty in severe mental illness: findings from the UK Biobank. BJPsych Open, 9 (6) e185, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.580
2023
Journal Article
Patient and clinician experience of using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in a public mental health service in Australia
Robinson, Lewis, Parsons, Charles, Northwood, Korinne, Siskind, Dan and McArdle, Peter (2023). Patient and clinician experience of using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic in a public mental health service in Australia. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open, 4 (1) sgad016, 1-7. doi: 10.1093/schizbullopen/sgad016
2023
Journal Article
Optimising plasma clozapine levels to improve treatment response: an individual patient data meta-analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis
Northwood, Korinne, Pearson, E., Arnautovska, U., Kisely, S., Pawar, M., Sharma, M., Vitangcol, K., Wagner, E., Warren, N. and Siskind, Dan (2023). Optimising plasma clozapine levels to improve treatment response: an individual patient data meta-analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 222 (6) PII S0007125023000272, 241-245. doi: 10.1192/bjp.2023.27
2023
Journal Article
A 40-year study of child maltreatment over the early life course predicting psychiatric morbidity, using linked birth cohort and administrative health data: protocol for the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study
Kisely, Steve, Leske, Stuart, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Northwood, Korinne, Warren, Nicola, Suetani, Shuichi and Najman, Jake Moses (2023). A 40-year study of child maltreatment over the early life course predicting psychiatric morbidity, using linked birth cohort and administrative health data: protocol for the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study. BJPsych Open, 9 (2) e50, e50. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2023.29
2023
Conference Publication
Clozapine levels and therapeutic response: using individual patient meta-analysis data for a ROC Curve analysis
Northwood, K., Pearson, E., Wagner, E., Warren, N. and Siskind, D. (2023). Clozapine levels and therapeutic response: using individual patient meta-analysis data for a ROC Curve analysis. 31st European Congress of Psychiatry, Paris, France, 25-28 March 2023. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.587
2022
Journal Article
Renewal of academic psychiatry without addressing gender equity will render it Jurassic rather than endangered
Galbally, Megan, Eggleston, Katherine, Northwood, Korinne, Siskind, Dan, Berk, Michael, Suetani, Shuichi, Gill, Neeraj, O’Connor, Nick, Harvey, Samuel B. and Every-Palmer, Susanna (2022). Renewal of academic psychiatry without addressing gender equity will render it Jurassic rather than endangered. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (3), 315-321. doi: 10.1177/00048674221123494
2022
Other Outputs
Investigation of epigenetic influences on DNA methylation in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Northwood, Korinne (2022). Investigation of epigenetic influences on DNA methylation in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/aa6d39f
2022
Journal Article
A randomized control trial of Cognitive Compensatory Training (CCT) and Computerized Interactive Remediation of Cognition-Training for Schizophrenia (CIRCuiTS)
Dark, Frances Louise, Gore-Jones, Victoria, Newman, Ellie, Wheeler, Maddison, Demonte, Veronica and Northwood, Korinne (2022). A randomized control trial of Cognitive Compensatory Training (CCT) and Computerized Interactive Remediation of Cognition-Training for Schizophrenia (CIRCuiTS). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13 878429, 1-7. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.878429
2022
Journal Article
Epigenome erosion and SOX10 drive neural crest phenotypic mimicry in triple-negative breast cancer
Saunus, Jodi M., De Luca, Xavier M., Northwood, Korinne, Raghavendra, Ashwini, Hasson, Alexander, McCart Reed, Amy E., Lim, Malcolm, Lal, Samir, Vargas, A. Cristina, Kutasovic, Jamie R., Dalley, Andrew J., Miranda, Mariska, Kalaw, Emarene, Kalita-de Croft, Priyakshi, Gresshoff, Irma, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Gee, Julia M. W., Ormandy, Chris, Khanna, Kum Kum, Beesley, Jonathan, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Green, Andrew R., Rakha, Emad A., Ellis, Ian O., Nicolau, Dan V., Simpson, Peter T. and Lakhani, Sunil R. (2022). Epigenome erosion and SOX10 drive neural crest phenotypic mimicry in triple-negative breast cancer. npj Breast Cancer, 8 (1) 57, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41523-022-00425-x
2021
Journal Article
CoMET: a randomised controlled trial of co-commencement of metformin versus placebo as an adjunctive treatment to attenuate weight gain in patients with schizophrenia newly commenced on clozapine
Siskind, Dan, Russell, Anthony W., Suetani, Shuichi, Flaws, Dylan, Kisely, Steve, Moudgil, Vikas, Northwood, Korinne, Robinson, Gail, Scott, James G., Stedman, Terry, Warren, Nicola, Winckel, Karl, Cosgrove, Peter and Baker, Andrea (2021). CoMET: a randomised controlled trial of co-commencement of metformin versus placebo as an adjunctive treatment to attenuate weight gain in patients with schizophrenia newly commenced on clozapine. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 11 204512532110452, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/20451253211045248
2021
Journal Article
An assessment of psychological distress and professional burnout in mental health professionals in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Northwood, K., Siskind, D., Suetani, S. and McArdle, P.A. (2021). An assessment of psychological distress and professional burnout in mental health professionals in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Australasian Psychiatry, 29 (6), 628-634. doi: 10.1177/10398562211038906
2020
Journal Article
Understanding the drivers of bottlenecks in RANZCP training: modelling and a calculator to determining sustainable trainee intake
Northwood, Korinne, Cabral, Sidney, Cutbush, Jimsie, Stedman, Terry and Parker, Stephen (2020). Understanding the drivers of bottlenecks in RANZCP training: modelling and a calculator to determining sustainable trainee intake. Australasian Psychiatry, 29 (4) 103985622097528, 459-464. doi: 10.1177/1039856220975281
2020
Journal Article
Activation of the ion channel TRPV4 induces epithelial to mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells
Azimi, Iman, Robitaille, Mélanie, Armitage, Kaela, So, Choon Leng, Milevskiy, Michael J. G., Northwood, Korinne, Lim, Huai Fang, Thompson, Erik W., Roberts-Thomson, Sarah J. and Monteith, Gregory R. (2020). Activation of the ion channel TRPV4 induces epithelial to mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21 (24) 9417, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/ijms21249417
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