Fields of Research

Behavioural neuroscience
Educational psychology
Clinical neuropsychology
Health psychology
Personality and individual differences
Medical genetics (excl. cancer genetics)
Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
Education assessment and evaluation
Psychology of ageing
Social psychology
Biological psychology
Central nervous system
Social and affective neuroscience
Rehabilitation
People with disability
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Continuing and community education
Health counselling

Research Objectives

Clinical health
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Pedagogy
Teaching and instruction technologies
Learner and learning
Treatment of human diseases and conditions
Expanding knowledge in the biomedical and clinical sciences
Disability and functional capacity
Expanding knowledge in education
Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health)
Evaluation of health outcomes
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Health policy evaluation
Evaluation of health and support services
Health inequalities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

'Oh it's changed, it's changed 10-fold': understanding the experience of self-concept change from the perspectives of people with multiple sclerosis; Disability and rehabilitation
A risky investment? Examining the outcomes of emotional investment in Instagram; Telematics and Informatics
A systematic review of self-concept change in multiple sclerosis; Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
A systematic review of sex differences in concussion outcome: what do we know?; The Clinical Neuropsychologist
A systematic review of the association between psychological stress and dementia risk in humans; Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Accessibility and emotionality of online assessment feedback: using emoticons to enhance student perceptions of marker competence and warmth; Computers and Education
Are female sex hormones protective following traumatic brain injury?; 2011 International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting/ASSBI 4th Pacific Rim Conference
Assignments 2.0: the role of social presence and computer attitudes in student preferences for online versus offline marking; Internet and Higher Education
Cognitive outcomes associated with long-term, regular, recreational cannabis use in adults: A meta-analysis; Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology
Does Apolipoprotein ɛ4 interact with age or sex in cognitive function after traumatic brain injury?; 2016 Mid-Year Meeting International Neuropsychological Society
Embedding media richness in online assessment feedback: effects of multimedia delivery and paralinguistic digital cues on social presence and student engagement; Tertiary Education in a Time of Change: Disruptions, Challenges and Strategies
Exploring the effect of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene on executive function, working memory, and processing speed during the early recovery period following traumatic brain injury; Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
HEXACO/procrastination; Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences
Innate immunity impacts social-cognitive functioning in people with multiple sclerosis and healthy individuals: Implications for IL-1ra and urinary immune markers; Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health
Is APOE ε4 associated with poorer cognitive outcome following traumatic brain injury? a meta-analysis; Neuropsychology
Missing data – to ignore or impute?; 36th Annual Brain Impairment Conference
Missing data: the importance and impact of missing data from clinical research; Brain Impairment
More than words: using digital cues to enhance student perceptions of online assignment feedback; The Internet and Higher Education
Normal adult and adolescent performance on TASIT-S, a short version of The Assessment of Social Inference Test; Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition. Section D: The Clinical Neuropsychologist
Physical Activity, APOEe4 Status and Cognitive Function in Later Life; International Neuropsychological Society 2018 Mid-Year Meeting
Push or pull? Unpacking the social compensation hypothesis of Internet use in an educational context; Computers & Education
Put on a happy face: How does emoticon use influence perceptions of an educator’s personality?; 15th Annual Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences
Role of APOE genotype in recovery following TBI; Australian Neurotrauma Symposium
Social Cognition across the Lifespan; International Neuropsychological Society 2021 Annual Meeting
Social disinhibition in acquired brain injury and neurological disease: a concept analysis; Brain Impairment
Student and casual marker evaluation of paper versus online submission and marking of assignments; Teaching Matters 13: Open UTAS to the World
Student and casual marker evaluation of paper versus online submission and marking of assignments; Teaching Matters 2013
Student perceptions of marker personality and intelligence: The effect of emoticons in online assignment feedback; Learning and Individual Differences
TASIT-S: an abbreviated version of The Awareness of Social Inference Test. New normative data for Australian and US speakers; 40th Annual Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment (ASSBI) Brain Impairment Conference
TASIT-S: an abbreviated version of The Awareness of Social Inference Test. New normative data for Australian and US speakers; 40th ASSBI Annual Brain Impairment Conference2017
The awareness of social inference test-S: A screening test for social cognition: Comparing Australian and US speakers; International Neuropsychological Society Mid-year Congress
The impact of emoji use and feedback medium on perceptions of marker personality in online assessment feedback; Learning and Individual Differences
The role of APOE genotype in recovery following TBI: Is the e4 allele associated with poorer outcome?; 2012 International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting/11th Nordic Meeting in Neuropsychology
Using textual paralinguistic cues and multimodal delivery in online assessment feedback: Do faces speak louder than words?; 2019 AusPLAT - Australian Psychology Learning and Teaching Conference

Research Projects

Translating Awareness, Literacy, and Knowledge of Traumatic Brain Injury (TALK-TBI); Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)

Research Candidate Supervision