Fields of Research

Preventative health care
Health promotion
Cognitive neuroscience
Central nervous system
Testing, assessment and psychometrics
Mental health services
Geriatrics and gerontology
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion
Human resources management
Organisational behaviour
Sensory systems
Aged health care
Other psychology
Psychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)
Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)
Health and community services
Behavioural epidemiology
Digital health
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing
Major global burdens of disease
Applications in health
Business information management (incl. records, knowledge and intelligence)
Health psychology
Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
Sociology of family and relationships
Community psychology
Social determinants of health
Policy and administration
Analytical biochemistry
Social psychology
Primary health care
Speech recognition

Research Objectives

Health related to ageing
Behaviour and health
Mental health
Health education and promotion
Preventive medicine
Prevention of human diseases and conditions
Health status (incl. wellbeing)
Migrant health
Health related to specific ethnic groups
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Languages and linguistics
Evaluation of health outcomes
Management
Expanding knowledge in commerce, management, tourism and services
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Health policy evaluation
Evaluation of health and support services
Clinical health
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community service programs
Primary care
Community health care
Nutrition
Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health
Artificial intelligence
Expanding knowledge in the health sciences
Expanding knowledge in psychology
Expanding knowledge in human society

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A systematic review and meta-analysis of workplace mindfulness training randomized controlled trials; Journal of Occupational Health Psychology
Acceptability, feasibility, and efficacy of a workplace mindfulness program for public sector employees: a pilot randomized controlled trial with informant reports; Mindfulness
An integrated approach to workplace mental health
Automated analysis of propositional idea density in older adults; Cortex
Change in modifiable dementia risk factors during COVID-19 lockdown: the experience of over 50s in Tasmania, Australia; Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
Effects of a mindfulness app on employee stress in an Australian public sector workforce: randomized controlled trial; JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Exploring uptake of a university-level educational intervention to prevent cognitive decline and reduce dementia risk: The Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project
Exploring uptake of a university-level educational intervention to prevent cognitive decline and reduce dementia risk: the Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project; Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2020
Is mindfulness a noticeable quality? Development and validation of the observed mindfulness measure; Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
Island Study Linking Aging and Neurodegenerative Disease (ISLAND) targeting dementia risk reduction: protocol for a prospective web-based cohort study; JMIR Research Protocols
Mindfulness is associated with lower stress and higher work engagement in a large sample of MOOC participants; Frontiers in Psychology
Observed Mindfulness Measure (OMM); Handbook of Assessment in Mindfulness Research
Poster - The island study linking ageing and neurodegenerative disease (ISLAND): a longitudinal public health research program targeting dementia risk reduction; 2020 Alzheimer's Association International Conference
TasTest: moving towards a digital screening test for pre-clinical Alzheimer’s disease; Biomarkers
The Island Study Linking Ageing and Neurodegenerative Disease (ISLAND): A longitudinal public health research program targeting dementia risk reduction
The TAS Test project: a prospective longitudinal validation of new online motor-cognitive tests to detect preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and estimate 5-year risks of cognitive decline and dementia; BMC Neurology
Workplace mental health: an international review of guidelines; Preventive Medicine
Workplace mental health: Co-production of an action plan for Australia; Work, Stress, and Health Conference: Contemporary Challenges and Opportunities

Research Projects

Development of a non-invasive screening test to detect risk of Alzheimer's disease pathology; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Advancing understanding of the social and behavioural correlates of mindfulness - Phase 2: refinement and re-validation of the Observed Mindfulness Measure
Development of an Advisory Group to identify participant recruitment strategies for establishing a dementia risk profile in Afghan refugees and asylum seekers in Tasmania

Research Candidate Supervision