Lincoln M. Tracy

Research Fellow and Freelance Writer

Monash University

Biography

Lincoln M. Tracy is a researcher in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. He is currently undertaking research relating to burn injuries in Australia and New Zealand. His research interests include oxytocin, pain, and heart rate variability.

Outside of research Lincoln has conducted interviews and written for Pain Research Forum, RELIEF, BrainPost, and the Australian Pain Society.

Lincoln is the Assistant Editor for the Australian Pain Society Newsletter and the Secretary for the Australasian Society for Social and Affective Neuroscience.

Education

PhD in Psychology, 2017

Monash University
Specialist Certificate in Clinical Research (Neuroscience), 2013

The University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Honours), 2013

Monash University

Recent Posts

In the Search for New Drugs, the Migraine Field Wins the Day ─ Again

Research Summary for RELIEF

Apr 1, 2020

Nucleus Accumbens Inhibition is Required for Appetitive or Fearful Behaviors

Research summary for BrainPost

Feb 26, 2020

2020 IASP World Congress on Pain Award Winners: An Interview With Jan Vollert

Interview for Pain Research Forum

Feb 24, 2020

Sports Psychology to Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interview with Shelley Wiechman

Interview for the Australian Pain Society

Feb 13, 2020

Learning from Your Mistakes: The Role of Dopamine Activity in Prediction Errors

Research summary for BrainPost

Feb 11, 2020

Recent Peer-reviewed Publications

More Publications

Driving improved burns care and patient outcomes through clinical registry data: A review of quality indicators in the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand

J Gong, Y Singer, H Cleland, F Wood, P Cameron, LM Tracy, BJ Gabbe

Variation in documented inhalation injury rates following burn injury in Australia and New Zealand

LM Tracy, K Dyson, L Le Mercier, H Cleland, JA McInnes, PA Cameron, Y Singer, DW Edgar, A Darton, BJ Gabbe

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Predictors of itch and pain in the 12 months following burn injury: Findings from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand

LM Tracy, DW Edgar, R Schrale, H Cleland, BJ Gabbe

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Sex moderates the relationship between resting heart rate variability and self-reported difficulties in emotion regulation

DP Williams, LM Tracy, GM Gerado, T Rahman, DP Spangler, J Koenig, JF Thayer

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Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand 9th Annual Report

LM Tracy, JA McInnes, J Gong, R Karunakaran, BJ Gabbe

Recent & Upcoming Talks

Does chemoprophylaxis prevent venous thromboembolism in burns patients? Findings from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand

Oct 18, 2019

43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Burns Association

Project

Characteristics and Management of Burns in Older Adults

Oct 18, 2019

43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Burns Association

Project

An Update on BQIP: Driving Improved Burn Care Through Registry Data

Oct 16, 2019

43rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Burns Association

Project

Projects

Writing

Freelance writing, interviews, and more.

Burn injuries

Investigating and reporting on burn injuries in Australia and New Zealand.

Heart rate variability

Understanding the role of heart rate variability in social and emotional processes.

Oxytocin

Examining how the oxytocin system impacts psychophysiological processes.

Pain

Approaching pain from a social and affective neuroscience perspective.