Dr. Marlies Alvarenga
Senior Lecturer, Psychology
Campus
Biography
Dr Marlies Alvarenga has a research background in cardiac neurosciences and women’s health. Dr Alvarenga’s key focus is in psychosomatic medicine, specifically cardiac neurosciences, where she has explored the nexus between mental illness and increased risk of heart disease.
Marlies’ recent work has focused on aspects of secondary prevention of heart disease and the development of psychocardiology measures, as well as the impact of stress on women’s cardiac health.
Marlies is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and the College of Clinical Psychologists. She is also an Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) approved supervisor.
Marlies is a Lecturer in psychology, based at the Berwick campus of Federation University Australia.
- Publications
Pharmacological and psychological approaches to insomnia treatment in cardiac patients: a narrative literature review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1490585
Editorial: Psychocardiology in socially disadvantaged groups
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1704464