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NHMRC Principal Research Fellow &
Director of Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine &
Health
Director Sydney Health Literacy Lab
Co-founder Wiser Healthcare
Deputy Director, Centre for Medical Psychology &
Evidence based Decision Making
Director of Research, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine &
Health
Director Sydney Health Literacy Lab
Co-founder Wiser Healthcare
Deputy Director, Centre for Medical Psychology &
Evidence based Decision Making
Telephone: +61 2 9351 7220
Professor Kirsten McCaffery, BSc Hons Psych, PhD Psych, FAHMS is an NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, Sydney School of Public Health, the University of Sydney. She has a national and international reputation in shared decision making, health literacy and the assessment of psychosocial outcomes, and has had four successive NHMRC fellowships.
Professor
Sydney Pharmacy School
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sydney Pharmacy School
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Telephone: +61 2 9036 7079
Email: lorraine.smith@sydney.edu.au
Professor Smith is a research psychologist with an interest in patient self-management of long-term conditions. Her work in this field centres on the development and testing of models of patient-centred chronic condition self-management and goal-setting. These models have been trialled in a number of settings, including: community pharmacies, GP practices,
Associate Professor, Health Humanities and Arts and Health, Sydney Health Ethics
Telephone: +61 2 9036 3413
Email: claire.hooker@sydney.edu.au
Dr Claire Hooker is Associate Professor in Health and Medical Humanities at Sydney Health Ethicsand President of the Arts Health Network NSW/ACT. Claire undertakes research and advocacy in two areas - risk communication, particularly in relation to infectious disease, and the creative arts and health. She combines creative research methods,
Clinical Associate Professor
Northern Clinical School
Northern Clinical School
Telephone: +61 2 9845 6728
Email: meagan.brennan@sydney.edu.au
Associate Professor
Pain Management Research Institute, Northern Clinical School
Pain Management Research Institute, Northern Clinical School
Telephone: 02 9463 1528
Associate Professor Ashton-James, PhD, is a social psychologist and pain scientist who partners with patients, clinicians, and healthcare organisations to improve the efficacy and accessibility of treatments for chronic and acute pain. A/Prof Ashton-James' is also an educator, teaching on social aspects of pain and healthcare delivery within undergraduate and
Associate Professor of Cyberpsychology
Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health
School of Medical Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health
School of Medical Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Email: brad.ridout@sydney.edu.au
Brad Ridout is the IDCARE Associate Professor of Cyberpsychology with the Faculty of Medicine and Health and Deputy Chair and co-founder of the Cyberpsychology Research Group. Brad has been conducting cyberpsychology research for over 15 years, with a focus on developing evidence-based mental health treatments using social media, virtual reality
Associate Professor
School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health
I am a behavioural scientist with training in health psychology and shared decision-making. I am Head of the Discipline of Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health, Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health. I conduct perinatal and reproductive health research that seeks to enable all people to
Associate Professor
Telephone: +61 2 9114 4063
Associate Professor Jennifer Fraser is a Registered Nurse and full time academic at Sydney Nursing School in the Faculty of Medicine and Health where she holds the position of Research Education Academic Director (READ) for Patyegarang (Sydney Central) Precinct. Jennifer is also a Research Integrity Advisor for the Faculty of
Research Fellow
Sydney School of Public Health / Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health (FMH)
Sydney School of Public Health / Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health (FMH)
Email: julie.ayre@sydney.edu.au
Dr Julie Ayre is a behavioural scientist with a focus in health literacy, behaviour change, and digital health. Her PhD (accepted June 2020) explored how health literacy impacts on behaviour change strategies, and how diabetes self-management apps in primary care settings could better support people with low health literacy. She
Research Fellow
Translational Research Collective
Brain and Mind Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Translational Research Collective
Brain and Mind Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Email: mirim.shin@sydney.edu.au
Dr Mirim Shin is a research fellow with the Youth Mental Health & Technology Team at the Brain and Mind Centre. She received a Bachelor of Health Science (Hons Class I, Thesis Title: Positive emotions associated with Counter-Strike game playing) in 2011 and a PhD (Thesis Title: Influence of sleeping