Dr. Trevor Chong

Biography

Trevor Chong is an Associate Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Monash University, where he leads the Cognitive Neurology Laboratory. He is a neurologist and cognitive neuroscientist with extensive experience in cognitive clinics, primarily working at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and The Alfred Hospital. Dr. Chong completed his undergraduate training with a Bachelor of Medical Science with Honours at Monash University and obtained his medical degree, MBBS, from the same institution. He commenced his doctoral research at the University of Melbourne and was awarded a PhD in 2007. Following his specialty training in Neurology, he became a consultant neurologist in 2013 and received the Neil Hamilton Fairley Early Career Fellowship from the NHMRC. His research interests center on cognitive impairments across various neurological diseases. Dr. Chong aims to illuminate the neurobiology of learning, memory, and decision-making in healthy individuals and how these processes can be affected by neurological illnesses. His work integrates psychology, economics, and neuroscience, utilizing methodologies such as psychophysics, computational modeling, and brain imaging to develop new paradigms that aid in the clinical management of cognitive symptoms.

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