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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Laureate talks by A/Prof Haryana Dhillon & Prof Justin Harris (School of Psychology – University of Sydney)
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a special two-part colloquium\, with Laureate talks by two grant winners in our School:\nA/Prof Haryana Dhillon (MRFF Brain Cancer Survivorship Grant\, co-CI A/Prof Joanne Shaw) Title: “The BRAINS behind the money: funding a program of work in Brain cancer Rehabilitation\, Assessment\, Interventions for survivorship NeedS”. Project Summary: Brain cancers are an important\, difficult to treat\, and commonly fatal cancer. Those affected by brain cancer\, both the individuals living with the diagnosis and their caregivers\, experience debilitating and distressing changes as a consequence of the disease and its treatment. We have a unique opportunity in Australia to leverage existing knowledge and expertise to deliver better survivorship and supportive care to people affected by brain cancer. This program brings together the strongest teams in brain cancer\, primary care\, and psycho-oncology\, supportive care\, and survivorship across Australia to investigate five key areas in brain cancer management that could significantly improve the patient and caregiver experience and outcomes: identification of patient and caregiver needs\, models of survivorship care\, information and support resources\, rehabilitation\, and supportive care interventions. These themes permeate the disease\, treatment\, recovery\, and end of life pathways of this population\, our research team has the expertise\, research\, and clinical networks to successfully deliver this program of work. Our BRAINS program will deliver an care which is proactive in assessing and responding to need\, in a way that is timely and proportionate to the severity and urgency\, integrating the individual with brain cancer and their caregivers.\nProf Justin Harris (ARC Discovery Project) Title: “Learning from the evidence of absence”. Project Summary: Animals and people learn about cues that predict something important and how their own actions can cause important outcomes. They stop responding (known as extinction) when the cue or action is no longer followed by the outcome. In humans\, extinction is a primary goal for behaviour therapies that aim to eliminate a variety of problem behaviours that create significant social burden (e.g. addictions\, gambling\, anxiety disorders). However\, the success of extinction treatments is limited because some environmental conditions establish responding that is resistant to extinction and responding that has been extinguished is prone to relapse. Therefore\, we need a better understanding of the processes that underlie extinction. Our understanding of extinction has largely come from studying laboratory animals. Indeed\, both resistance to extinction and relapse are well established effects in animal studies. The current project builds on recent theoretical developments and exploits methodological advances to reveal what is learned during extinction and what makes behaviours resistant to change or prone to relapse. \n 
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-laureate-talks-by-a-prof-haryana-dhillon-prof-justin-harris-school-of-psychology-university-of-sydney/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Gail Alvares (Senior Research Fellow\, Telethon Kids Institute\, WA)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Gail AlvaresSenior Research Fellow\, Telethon Kids Institute\, WA\nTitle: From biobank to clinic: translating autism research into clinical practice \nAbstract: Nearly 80 years on from the first descriptions of what we now refer to as autism spectrum disorder\, we are now at a crossroads in balancing essential research seeking to understand the mechanisms contributing to differences in neurodevelopment with the imperative from the community to accelerate priority-driven research that makes a meaningful differences in individual’s lives. In this talk\, I will discuss a program of research spanning basic science discoveries to clinical intervention evaluations aiming to further evidence-based policies and clinical practices that ultimately benefit individuals on the spectrum and their families. I will present data from the Australian Autism Biobank\, the largest biological and clinical repository of information on children on the autism spectrum and their families in Australia\, as well as data from a state-wide autism diagnostic registry. I will also discuss recent findings and protocols of several large completed and ongoing trials that\, together with our broader program of research\, has informed the establishment of a new early intervention clinical research service for children on the autism spectrum and their families\, CliniKids. Together\, this program of work will provide evidence to challenge long-held dogmas and misconceptions about how we may understand and support individuals on the autism spectrum.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-gail-alvares-senior-research-fellow-telethon-kids-institute-wa/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20210827T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Kylie Radford (Senior Research Scientist and Group Leader\, NeuRa & Conjoint Senior Lecturer\, School of Psychology\, UNSW)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Kylie RadfordSenior Research Scientist and Group Leader\, NeuRa & Conjoint Senior Lecturer\, School of Psychology\, UNSW\nTitle: Ageing\, dementia\, and longevity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples \nAbstract:\nThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of Australia is ageing rapidly and is projected to exceed half a million older people in the next 30 years. With increasing lifespan\, healthy ageing is becoming synonymous with healthy brain ageing\, and dementia prevention is now a national and global priority. However\, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have higher rates of all-cause dementia\, from relatively younger ages of onset\, compared to non-Indigenous Australians and many other populations. Culturally safe dementia diagnosis\, health and aged care pathways\, and dementia literacy are thus emergent community health priorities\, but so too is dementia prevention. There is accumulating evidence for potentially modifiable risk factors across the life course and targeting these could have a major impact on reducing rates of dementia. However\, there is considerable diversity across populations in the nature and prevalence of dementia risk factors\, currently little evidence related to early life determinants\, and a need for co-design and evaluation of multi-factorial and culturally responsive risk reduction initiatives. The Koori Growing Old Well Study (KGOWS) was initiated in 2008 to determine the rates of dementia and cognitive decline in older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living in urban areas of eastern Australia\, where much of the population reside. This study also aimed to validate several cognitive tests\, examine sociocultural and biomedical risk (and protective) factors\, and translate these findings into policy and practice. Working in close collaboration with five Aboriginal communities\, KGOWS found higher prevalence and incidence of dementia (predominantly Alzheimer’s disease) and cognitive decline at age 60 years and older; highly consistent with findings in remote settings. A range of potentially modifiable risk factors across the lifespan were identified\, alongside older age\, male sex\, and APOE-ɛ4\, which were also significant risk factors for cognitive decline over six years. Life-course social determinants of health appear to play a substantial role in disparities in brain health and dementia for Indigenous peoples and need to be addressed in conjunction with appropriate late-life risk reduction programs\, to improve healthy ageing and longevity.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-kylie-radford-senior-research-scientist-and-group-leader-neura-conjoint-senior-lecturer-school-of-psychology-unsw/
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