Uté Vollmer-Conna

Uté Vollmer-Conna or Ute Vollmer-Conna, PhD, in psychoneuroimmunology, is an Associate Professor, School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia.

Fields of research: Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology), Infectious Diseases, Autonomic Nervous System

Special interest: Autonomic activation in post-infective chronic fatigue syndrome and other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences.

Book Chapter

 * 2000, 'Chronic fatigue syndrome' in International Journal of Psychiatry Clinical Practice, edition 4 (co-authored with Malhi, GS)

Notable studies

 * 1997, Intravenous immunoglobulin is ineffective in the treatment of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 1998, Chronic fatigue syndrome: An immunological perspective
 * 2006, Post-infective and chronic fatigue syndromes precipitated by viral and non-viral pathogens: Prospective cohort study (Full text posted on ResearchGate)
 * 2007, Postinfective fatigue syndrome is not associated with altered cytokine production (Full text)
 * 2007, Gene expression correlates of postinfective fatigue syndrome after infectious mononucleosis
 * 2010, Chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescence: Where to from here?
 * 2010, Autonomic hyper-vigilance in post-infective fatigue syndrome
 * 2010, Reduced heart rate variability predicts poor sleep quality in a case-control study of chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 2011, Sleep-wake behavior in chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 2012, Reduced Cardiac Vagal Modulation Impacts on Cognitive Performance in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
 * 2015, Capturing the post-exertional exacerbation of fatigue following physical and cognitive challenge in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome
 * 2016, Outcomes and predictors of response from an optimised, multidisciplinary intervention for chronic fatigue states
 * 2016, Gene expression in response to exercise in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: A pilot study
 * 2016, Cognitive Dysfunction in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: a Review of Recent Evidence (Abstract)
 * 2016, Neurocognitive improvements after best-practice intervention for chronic fatigue syndrome: Preliminary evidence of divergence between objective indices and subjective perceptions
 * 2016, The natural history of acute Q fever: A prospective Australian cohort
 * 2017, Autonomic nervous system function, activity patterns, and sleep after physical or cognitive challenge in people with chronic fatigue syndrome (Abstract)
 * 2018, Personalised relaxation practice to improve sleep and functioning in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and depression: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (Full Text)
 * 2018, The International Collaborative on Fatigue Following Infection (COFFI) (Full text)
 * 2019, The Invisible Burden of Chronic Fatigue in the Community: a Narrative Review (Abstract)

Online presence

 * PubMed
 * ResearchGate

Learn more

 * Associate Professor Ute Vollmer-Conna, USNW, Faculty page