Anna Kokavec
University of New England, Australia
Biography
Anna Kokavec is a Registered Psychologist and a member of the Australian Psychological Society. She has a PhD in Biological Psychology from La Trobe University, Australia and is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, University of New England, Australia. She previously held academic positions at La Trobe University (Neuroscience and Research Methods) and University of Newcastle (Health Behavior Science). She has spent the last 20 years investigating the effects of commercially available alcohol on the inter-relationship between hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, energy metabolism/utilization and immune system activity. Recently, her interests have been extended to include investigation of a possible link between insulin sensitivity, nutrition and migraine. She is the author of more than 20 papers in highly respected international journals and is the listed first author for two original hypotheses aimed at explaining the effect of alcohol on biochemical processes.