Lucette Cysique, PhD

Instructor Credentials

Dr. Lucette Cysique is an Associate Professor and Neuropsychologist at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. She is a cross-disciplinary neuropsychologist with extensive neuroimaging training and long-term experience with neuro-viral and immune biomarkers. She leads a research program into the neurocognitive complications in major infectious diseases (COVID-19, HIV) and their main comorbidities: brain pathological ageing, cardiovascular diseases, and depressive disorders. Her appointment in the Viral Immunology Systems Program at the Kirby Institute involves the overseeing the Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Disease Emergencies (APPRISE) Long COVID Initiative. Working in global epidemies, Dr. Cysique has extensive experience in cross-cultural neuropsychology. Dr. Cysique has held major international and national research responsibilities, with associated funding. She has led the research on more than 40 national and international cohort studies/trials as a neuropsychology or neuroimaging leader. She served as Chair of the NeuroCOVID International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Special Interest Group (SIG).

Disclosure(s)

Dr. Cysique receives salary and grant funding from APPRISE/ Australian DoHAC, UNSW Australia and the Kirby Institute, University of Melbourne.

Learning Objectives

Following this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Describe proposed biological mechanisms through which long COVID can impact brain health and cognitive functioning.
2. List and discuss the most common clinical symptoms experienced by patients with long COVID.
3. Apply the information from this episode in chart reviews, clinical interviewing, test selection, feedback sessions, and treatment recommendations in patients with long COVID and their families.

Course Information

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