Sergio Starkstein

Sergio Starkstein is a Professor and Senior Honorary Research Fellow at the UWA Medical School, University of Western Australia. He holds an MD PhD from Buenos Aires and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP). His research focuses on neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly depression and emotion in neurological conditions like stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and diabetes.

**Education**: MD PhD (Buenos Aires), FRANZCP certification.

**Research Interests**: Brain injury, cognition, dementia, emotion regulation, movement disorders, neuropsychiatry, and psychiatric neuroscience. His work often bridges neurology and mental health, with a focus on comorbidities such as diabetes and schizophrenia.

**Articles**: Recent work includes studies on post-stroke depression (2024), sertraline trials for autism-related anxiety (2024), and diabetes-schizophrenia mortality trends (2023). Key themes include neuroplasticity, pharmacotherapy, and data-driven diagnostic criteria.

**Grants & Projects**: Investigator on projects like the STRATA trial for autism anxiety (NHMRC-funded), Fremantle Diabetes Study collaborations, and studies on post-stroke apathy neuroimaging (Fremantle Hospital grants).

**Labs/Teams**: Collaborates widely, including with Fremantle Hospital, Parkinson’s Western Australia, and international teams on movement disorder psychoses and dementia research.