Taliah Prince is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the UniSC Thompson Institute, specialising in youth mental health and adolescent brain development. Her PhD research investigated the psychological and neurobiological impacts of appearance-related cyberbullying on adolescent girls, with a particular focus on body image, social stress, and brain development.
Taliah is also a research team member on the Thompson Institute’s Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study, a world leading project examining brain development and mental health during adolescence. In addition to her research role, she contributes to teaching within the Graduate Certificate in Mental Health and Neuroscience and Graduate Diploma in Mental Health and Neuroscience.
Awards
- Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Full scholarship
- 3 Minute Thesis Winner (UniSC School of Health), Second place for UniSC competition
- Student of the Year Runner-up - local electorate 'Fisher Community Awards' (voted by local community members)
Taliah Prince is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the UniSC Thompson Institute, specialising in youth mental health and adolescent brain development.
Research areas
- Youth Mental Health
- Cyberbullying
- Body Image
Taliah is a student experience mentor.
- Prince, T., Levenstein, J. M., Driver, C., Mulgrew, K. E., Mills, L., Boyes, A., Shan, Z., McLoughlin, L. T., and Hermens, D. F. (2025). Differential neural responses to body image-related cyberbullying in adolescent females. Neuroimage, 121266. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121266
- Prince, T., Mulgrew, K., Driver, C., McLoughlin, L., Mills, L., Boyes, A., and Hermens, D. (2025). The body image related cyberbullying picture series (BRC-PicS): developed for use in research relating to cyberbullying, body image and eating disorders among female adolescents. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-07316-x
- Prince, T., Driver, C., Boyes, A., Mulgrew, K. E., Elwyn, R., Mills, L., and Hermens, D. F. (2025). The neural underpinnings of body image-related cyberbullying: A proposed neurobiological model. Behavioural Brain Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2025.115647
- Kennedy, M. F., Schwenn, P., Boyes, A., Mills, L., Prince, T., Parker, M., and Hermens, D. F. (2024). Longitudinal Dynamics and Pluripotentiality of Polysymptomatic Clustering in Adolescent Mental Health. medRxiv, 2024.2007.2025.24311024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.25.24311024
- Boyes, A., Levenstein, J. M., McLoughlin, L., Driver, C., Sacks, D., Bromley, K., Prince, T., Gatt, J. M., Lagopoulos, J., & Hermens, D. F. (2025). Characterising Mental Wellbeing and Associations with Subcortical Grey Matter Volume at Short Intervals in Early Adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 72. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101498
- Mills, L., Schwenn, P., Mitchell, J., Anijärv, T. E., Driver, C., Boyes, A., Prince, T., Sacks, D. D., & Hermens, D. F. (2025). Longitudinal insights into the neurophysiology of cyberbullying involvement in adolescence: A Bayesian approach using EEG spectral power. Biological Psychology, 109019. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2025.109019
- Prince, T., Mulgrew, K. E., Driver, C., Mills, L., Loza, J., & Hermens, D. F. (2024). Appearance-related cyberbullying and its association with the desire to alter physical appearance among adolescent females. Journal of Eating Disorders, 12(1), 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40337-024-01083-z
- Prince, T., McLoughlin, L., Lagopoulos, J., Elwyn, R., & Hermens, D. (2022). The neural correlates of socio-cognitive factors and eating disorders in young people: A systematic review. Journal of Psychiatric Research. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.10.058
Taliah Prince is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the UniSC Thompson Institute, specialising in youth mental health and adolescent brain development.
In the news
Study shows how body image bullying affects teenage girls' brains
16 JulUniversity of the Sunshine Coast researchers have shown, for the first time in Australia, what happens in the brain of adolescent girls when they see someone being subjected to body image-related cyberbullying (BRC)
Research reveals cyberbullying is pushing teenage girls towards cosmetic procedures
6 Sep 2024Adolescent females subjected to appearance-related cyberbullying are more likely to feel ashamed of their bodies, a desire to change their appearance and suffer eating disorder symptoms, according to new UniSC research
Social media and eating disorders: a dangerous two-way street
20 Dec 2022The influence of social media on the risk and development of eating disorders is well-documented – but does this go both ways?