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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Michael Bowen (USYD)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Michael Bowen (USYD)Title: KNX100 and other small molecules that could: Developing prosocial compounds for disorders of the brain and mind\nAbstract: Challenges with social motivation\, interactions\, and communication are central to many disorders of the brain and mind\, and are major barriers to improved functioning in others. For example\, in substance use disorders\, impairments in social functioning can hinder successful engagement in programs where social factors are crucial\, such as the Community Reinforcement Approach and Alcoholics Anonymous. Despite their pervasiveness\, there are no approved pharmacotherapies specifically targeting social symptoms. KNX100 is a novel\, now clinical-stage small molecule\, discovered at the University of Sydney through a phenotypic screen that identified its prosocial effects and modulation of social circuits in the brain. KNX100 is being developed by the University of Sydney spinout company\, Kinoxis Therapeutics\, in close partnership with the University under a major multi-year research partnership. In preclinical models\, KNX100 is showing transdiagnostic potential for treating substance use disorders\, and for reducing agitation and aggression in neurological and psychiatric conditions. KNX100’s novel mechanism of action involves inhibiting neuronal hyperactivity in the nucleus accumbens shell and increased activity in the prodynorphin-dynorphin-kappa opioid receptor pathway in this brain region\, a system at the nexus of motivation\, socioemotional behaviour\, and stress. Current programs are exploring KNX100’s clinical efficacy for treating several substance use disorders\, and agitation and aggression in dementia. In its other major program\, Kinoxis has partnered with multinational pharmaceutical company Boehringer-Ingelheim to discover and develop\, in close partnership with researchers at the University\, novel small molecules targeting the oxytocin receptor\, one of the most important social systems in the brain.  \nBio: Michael Bowen is Professor of Translational Neuroscience and Psychopharmacology in the School of Psychology and Brain and Mind Centre\, University of Sydney\, and co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Kinoxis Therapeutics\, a biotech company developing novel therapeutics for disorders of the brain and mind. Michael was co-inventor of the Kinoxis lead compound\, KNX100\, which is being developed for the treatment of substance use disorders and agitation and aggression in dementia. KNX100 is in clinical development under a US FDA IND and has successfully complete phase 1 clinical trials. In addition to the KNX100 program\, Kinoxis Therapeutics has a preclinical program developing novel small molecules targeting the oxytocin receptor. Michael’s team is supported by funding from industry\, the US NIH/NIDA\, Australian NHMRC\, and philanthropy. In recognition of his work discovering and developing novel therapeutics and for his achievements translating and commercialising research\, Michael has received numerous honours\, including the 2021 Australian Prime Minister’s Prize for New Innovators\, the 2016 Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher\, the 2016 International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Early Career Award\, the inaugural NSW Premier’s Prize for Early Career Researcher of the Year in 2015\, and being inducted into the World Economic Forum’s Young Scientists Community in 2016.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-michael-bowen-usyd/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Ben Newell (UNSW)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Ben Newell (UNSW)Title: The many uncertainties of climate change: A psychological perspective\nAbstract: The one thing that is certain about climate change is that it is happening. The extent of its impacts\, our ability to adapt\, to mitigate and to plan are\, however\, all inherently uncertain. This is unfortunate because uncertainty can often cloud perception and undermine action. In this talk I will present work examining variants of uncertainty that have relevance for understanding psychological reactions to climate change. This includes experiments assessing how the projections of climate models are interpreted\, how uncertain thresholds affect decisions in simulated climate negotiations\, and how climate risk information affects judgments in simulated online property searches. The diversity of these problems highlights the challenges faced by any single discipline in addressing the challenges of climate change. I will advocate for the importance of interdisciplinary approaches and illustrate how such collaborations can precipitate policy\, and ultimately behavioural change.\nBio: Ben Newell is Professor of Cognitive Psychology in the School of Psychology at UNSW Sydney\, and Director of the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response. His research focuses on the cognitive processes underlying judgment\, choice and decision-making. His role in the new Institute is to drive an interdisciplinary research agenda bringing together expertise from behavioural science\, climate science\, economics\, actuarial science\, law and governance to address the risks and opportunities of climate change. He has published multiple articles at the intersection of psychology and climate change\, with particular focus on the understanding of uncertainty and risk. Ben is lead author of the books Straight Choices: The Psychology of Decision Making\, and Open Minded: A Search for Truth about the Unconscious Mind. Ben is a member of the Academic Advisory Panel of the Behavioural Economics Team of the Australian Government (BETA)\, and the Chief Medical Officer’s advisory group for the National Health and Climate Strategy.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-ben-newell-unsw/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Andrew Lawrence (Florey)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Andrew Lawrence (Florey)Title: Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors as a Novel Treatment Target for Alcohol Use Disorder\nAbstract: Despite the large socioeconomic burden of alcohol use disorders (AUD)\, therapeutic treatment options are limited. There is a need to characterise the underlying neurochemistry driving alcohol seeking to identify and evaluate novel treatment targets. To this end we conducted genome-wide RNA sequencing in the striatum from humans with AUD and healthy controls and concurrently examined receptor expression in the corresponding brain regions in rat following chronic alcohol consumption/withdrawal. In the brains from humans with AUD we found reduced expression of muscarinic M4 receptors\, which was limited to the putamen. In line with this\, expression of the same receptor was decreased in the rat dorsolateral striatum (plus other regions). These findings have been extended to mouse striatum by a collaborating laboratory. Further\, administration of an M4 Positive Allosteric Modulator to target M4 receptors reduced alcohol self-administration and relapse\, without effects on natural reward consumption or sedation. Collectively\, our data identify a novel treatment target for AUD. We are in the process of trying to translate this finding.\nBio:\nProfessor Andrew Lawrence is a Senior Principal Research Fellow & Deputy Director at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health where he runs the Addiction Neuroscience laboratory. Andrew has published over 300 original articles & reviews\, with >14\,800 citations (H index 64). Andrew was Treasurer of the Australian Neuroscience Society (2002-2008)\, President of the Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (2014-16) & is currently President-elect of the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neurochemistry and an Honorary Fellow of the British Pharmacological Society for “sustained excellence and leadership in pharmacology”. To date Andrew has delivered 11 plenary lectures such as the 2017 Lawrie Austin lecture at Australasian Neuroscience Society and the 2021 Plenary at the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry. He was recently invited to speak at the 2024 Gordon Research Conference on Alcohol and the Nervous System. Andrew’s research leadership extends to being a passionate mentor\, many of his students/postdocs are now in successful academic appointments around the world. He embraces diversity and inclusion and has striven to create a safe and supportive environment where people can flourish. As a behavioural neuropharmacologist\, Andrew studies basic mechanisms relevant to addiction and motivated behaviour patterns. He is recognised for developing rodent models to understand the neurochemical basis of drug-seeking and drug-induced adaptations. His lab’s focus is to identify and validate new therapeutic targets for drug and alcohol abuse.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-andrew-lawrence-florey/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Jelena Brcic (University of the Fraser Valley)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Jelena Brcic (University of the Fraser Valley)Title: Reported Psychological Growth Following Work in Extreme and Unusual Environments: Role of Perceived Stress and Coping\nAbstract: There are psychological\, biological\, and sociological constructs that emerge within extreme and unusual environments (EUE) that cannot be studied elsewhere. Post-Experience Change (PEC)\, which is significantly modelled after Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG)\, is one such aspect. PTG it is defined as a positive psychological change as a result of psychological struggle ensuing trauma. Changes can be experienced in perceptions of self\, changes in interpersonal relationships\, and in the meaningfulness of life (Tedeschi & Calhoun\, 1996; Triplett et al.\, 2012). We believe that prolonged experiences in EUEs\, which are not traumatic but are meaningful\, can have a positive impact and lead to life changes experienced by expedition members.\nTo understand the full deployment experience\, growth possibilities\, and to identify the situational impact on the personnel in EUEs\, a study of stress perception and coping strategies is essential. Work in this domain of stress and coping has been plentiful across many EUEs (Leon\, Sandal\, & Larsen\, 2011; Nicolas et al.\, 2013; Suedfeld et al.\, 2009\, 2012\, 2015).\nThis presentation will examine stress\, coping\, and PEC in expedition members from three different EUE groups: long-duration astronauts\, winter-over crew working on an Environment Canada weather station in Ellesmere Island\, Nunavut\, and rescue teams from BC Search and Rescue and Royal Canadian Search and Rescue organizations. Discussion will be around the impact of mission duration\, the extremeness and uniqueness of the environment\, and the type of positive impact the experiences had on expedition members.\nBio: Dr. Jelena Brcic is an Associate Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley’s School of Business. She is an expert in the study of teams in extreme “workplaces”; among which are the International Space Station\, the Canadian Artic\, and the BC wilderness. Dr. Brcic is trying to understand how these extreme teams deal with adversity\, maintain resilience\, build their own culture\, and solve problems. Informed by her research\, she also teaches classes on how to build great teams in typical organizations and how to lead happy\, satisfied employees. When she isn’t working\, she is exploring the local beaches and mountains with her husband\, two boys\, and a Labrador Retriever named Buzz.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-jelena-brcic-university-of-the-fraser-valley/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Paul Rhodes (USYD)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Paul Rhodes (USYD)Title: Eco-psychology: a critical paradigm in the climate emergency\nAbstract: This presentation makes the argument that mainstream psychological practice is not equipped to respond to distress associated with the climate emergency. This is because the field focusses on individual pathology\, rather than ecological context. It remains reticent about activism and politics and is ontologically aligned with the Anthropocene\, a new era in which the human species is creating an observable effect in the geological record\, to the detriment of the planet and its life forms. An introduction is provided to ecopsychology\, its history and philosophy\, a movement that has sought to subvert and transform mainstream psychology over the last three decades. Ecopsychology still offers an opportunity for mainstream psychology to alter its approach in the face of the climate emergency. Six studies conducted by the Ecological Emotions Research Lab will be presented as exemplary of eco-psychological inquiry.\nBio: Paul Rhodes is a Professor in the Clinical Psychology Unit and co-leads the Ecological Emotions Research Lab with historian Dr Jamie Dunk. His research at present focusses on community-based responses to climate emotion\, peer work and youth suicide prevention\,  arts translation and social prescription  and issues related to cultural responsiveness and safety. Paul is also Chair of the Aboriginal Strategy Committee for the School of Psychology as a proud ally\, and Coordinator of a new Unit of Study\, Multiple Discourses in Mental Health co-designed and co-led by consumer/ex-patient/survivors of the mental health system. In his spare time he is a practising artist at Lennox St Studios and has exhibited extensively in Australia and the United Kingdom.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-paul-rhodes-usyd/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: HDR Prize Ceremony\, with presentations by Dr Roslyn Wong\, Dr Anastaia Suraev & Dr Kelly Dann
DESCRIPTION:H. Tasman Lovell Memorial Medallion for the Best PhD Thesis in the School of Psychology for 2023Awarded to Dr Roslyn Wong for Anticipatory prediction during online language processing.\nFaculty of Science Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis for 2023\nAwarded to Dr Anastaia Suraev for From Prohibition to Prescription: The Role of Cannabinoids in Sleep.\n2024 APS Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology\nNomination of Dr Kelly Dann for Cognitive Flexibility and Everyday Function in Anorexia Nervosa.\nSchool of Psychology Publications Prize for 2023 \nAlexander Sulfaro\nBaby Foo\nBiya Tang\nCosette Saunders\nDaelin Coutts-Bain\nHayley Donohue\nJessica Barker\nRoberta Chen\nRoslyn Wong\nSarah Barakat\nTessa Rooney
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-hdr-prize-ceremony-with-presentations-by-dr-roslyn-wong-dr-anastaia-suraev-dr-kelly-dann/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Will Harrison (University of the Sunshine Coast)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Will Harrison (University of the Sunshine Coast)Title: Seeing More with Less: Efficient sensory coding with and without eye movements\nAbstract: It is often difficult to understand perceptual and cognitive processes from a scientific point of view. Unfortunately\, I think we often mistake our difficulty in understanding a problem with the complexity of the problem itself. For example\, it may feel intuitive to conclude that the brain must use complex algorithms to coordinate action and perception solely because we\, as scientists\, have difficulty understanding how such phenomena come about. But what if the brain is much simpler?\nRecently I’ve been trying to understand the minimum computational requirements for various perceptual and cognitive tasks. Efficient coding theory tells us that nervous systems should use as few resources as possible to convey the most amount of information. Put differently\, the brain is lazy: if one neuron can code two pieces of information with high fidelity\, it would be wasteful to have this information replicated by a second neuron. By combining ideas from efficient coding with psychophysical experiments and computational modelling\, I have found efficiencies within the mammalian visual system that promote perceptual inference\, with and without eye movements.\nBio: Dr Will Harrison is a cognitive neuroscientist who is interested in how the brain transforms visual information into conscious thoughts and memories. He received his PhD in Psychology from the University of Queensland in 2013\, and has completed postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard Medical School\, the University of Cambridge\, and the Queensland Brain Institute. He has published dozens of papers in top international journals\, focusing on how people perceive and remember objects in their peripheral vision\, how eye movements affect what we see\, and how the human brain uses the structure of natural environments to guide perception. Dr Harrison uses a variety of methodologies\, include psychophysics\, neuro-imaging\, and computational modelling.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-will-harrison-university-of-the-sunshine-coast/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Will Ngiam (University of Adelaide)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Will Ngiam (University of Adelaide)Title: Multivariate decoding of visual attention and memory – is what we see\, what we remember?\nAbstract: The ability to select relevant information and maintain it in mind – our attention and working memory respectively in broad strokes – is central to perception and cognition. In hopes of better understanding of these processes\, philsophers\, cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists have been trying to model how inforation is represented in mind and brain.\nMy talk will focus on two deceptively simple questions: what is a visual object and how are they remembered? First\, I will provide a brief overview of multivariate classification of neuroimaging data with machine learning – a trending analysis method that has shown promise in unveiling representations in the brain. I will present two EEG research projects using this method – the first involves understanding how the features of a moving object are remembered\, and the second involves how our learning and experience influence how we represent items in mind.\nBio: Will is an alum of the School of Psychology\, completing his undergraduate Honours degree here before his PhD with Alex Holcombe in 2019. He went abroad for his postdoc\, working with Edward Awh and Edward Vogel at the University of Chicago\, before recently returning back to Australia and joining the University of Adelaide as a Lecturer. Will has started the Perception\, Attention\, Learning and Memory (PALM) Lab\, where he hopes to design novel psychophysical experiments to inform computational models of attention and memory and linking those models to patterns of neural activity – all in the hopes of better understanding human cognition.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-will-ngiam-university-of-adelaide/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Virginia Slaughter (UQ)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Virginia Slaughter (UQ)Title: Do humans imitate from birth?\nAbstract: Imitation in human newborns is widely cited as evidence of an inborn Mirror Neuron System that underpins human social behaviour\, even though its existence has been debated for decades. The possibility that newborns do not imitate was reinvigorated in recent years by research from our lab at the University of Queensland.  In this talk I will present original data from the largest-ever longitudinal study of newborn imitation and the first-ever meta-analysis.  I will also discuss findings from infant EMG experiments which further challenge the claim that newborn humans can imitate.  All of this leads to alternative accounts of the development of imitation and its role in human sociality.\nBio: Virginia Slaughter is Professor of Psychology and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Queensland\, Australia. Her research focuses on social and cognitive development in infants and young children\, with particular emphasis on social behaviour in infancy\, theory-of-mind development and the acquisition of peer interaction skills. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-virginia-slaughter-uq/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Kelly Garner
DESCRIPTION:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Kelly Garner (UNSW)Title: TBA\nAbstract: TBA.\nBio: TBA.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-kelly-garner/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Brian O’Toole (USYD)
DESCRIPTION:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Brian O’TooleTitle: TBA\nAbstract: TBA.\nBio: TBA.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-brian-otoole-usyd/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241025T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Christina Perry (Macquarie University)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Christina Perry (Macquarie University)Title: “Incubation of Craving” – investigating changes to brain and behaviour during alcohol abstinence in rats\nAbstract: Alcohol-associated cues can produce intense craving in people with alcohol use disorder\, which in turn can lead to relapse. Such cues may come in the form of advertising\, places where a person used to drink\, or indeed any environmental stimulus that may have been present during prior drinking.  These episodes of cue-driven craving are reported to increase in intensity over the first months of abstinence\, a phenomenon termed “incubation of craving”. Neural mechanisms of incubation have been reasonably well-researched in rodent models of psychostimulant drug relapse\, however almost no studies have looked at this in the context of alcohol. Our research seeks to meet this gap by training rats to lever press for alcohol\, and then measuring changes in cue-induced relapse to alcohol-seeking across a four week abstinence period. We have conducted whole-brain analysis of neural activation and preliminary neural tract tracing\, as well investigating the psychological mechanism for the time-dependent increase in alcohol-seeking. In addition\, we are researching ways of reducing the increase in relapse propensity\, including through voluntary wheel-running exercise. The aim of this project is to be able to identify risk factors for relapse following intervention for alcohol use disorder\, as well as develop long-term strategies to reduce this risk.\nBio: Christina Perry is a senior lecturer and research fellow at Macquarie University. She completed my PhD in Behavioural Neuroscience at the University of New South Wales\, before moving to Melbourne to work as a post-doc in the Behavioural Neuroscience division at Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health\, working with Andrew Lawrence and Jee Hyun Kim. Her primary research interest has always been addiction\, particularly why relapse is such a pervasive problem for substance use disorders. In 2015 she was awarded an early career fellowship from the Society for Mental Health Research\, then in 2016 a dementia research development fellowship from NHMRC/ARC. These allowed her to develop an independent program of research\, looking at how chronic alcohol use interacts with the normal cognitive changes that occur with ageing\, and how this impacts on the prospect of rehabilitation. In 2021\, she moved back to Sydney\, to work with Prof. Jen Cornish at Macquarie University. She currently leads two major government-funded projects that seek to understand the neurobiology of substance use disorder\, and of regulation of defensive responses.  Her research uses complex behavioural paradigms combined with sophisticated neuroscience techniques to understand the biological basis of motivated behaviour.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-christina-perry-macquarie-university/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241101T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20241101T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: A/Prof Tracy Morison (Massey University)
DESCRIPTION:A/Prof Tracy Morison (Massey University)Title: TBA\nAbstract: TBA.\nBio: TBA.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-a-prof-tracy-morison-massey-university/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250228T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250228T160000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Denison Program Showcase
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URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-denison-program-showcase/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250307T150000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Luke Hyde (University of Michigan)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Luke Hyde (University of Michigan) 
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-luke-hyde-university-of-michigan/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250314T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250314T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: EMCR Firetalks – Dr Zoe Menczel Schrire\, Dr Sarah Barakat & Dr Jessica Leake
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URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-emcr-firetalks-dr-zoe-menczel-schrire-dr-sarah-barakat-dr-jessica-leake/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250321T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250321T160000
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Susanne Narciss (Dresden TU)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Susanne Narciss (Dresden TU)
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-susanne-narciss-dresden-tu/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250328T150000
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DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: CANCELLED
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URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-cancelled/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250404T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250404T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
CREATED:20250507T044220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T063753Z
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Robert (Bobby) Zachariae (Aarhus University)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Robert (Bobby) Zachariae (Aarhus University)
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-robert-bobby-zachariae-aarhus-university/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250411T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250411T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
CREATED:20250507T044220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250527T063753Z
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Alice Mason (University of Bath)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Alice Mason (University of Bath)
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-alice-mason-university-of-bath/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250502T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250502T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
CREATED:20250507T044219Z
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: A/Prof Kelly Clemens (UNSW)
DESCRIPTION:A/Prof Kelly Clemens (UNSW)
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-a-prof-kelly-clemens-unsw/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250509T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250509T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
CREATED:20250507T044219Z
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Branka Spehar (UNSW)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Branka Spehar (UNSW)
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-branka-spehar-unsw/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250516T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250516T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: A/Prof Garner Clancey (USYD Law)
DESCRIPTION:A/Prof Garner Clancey (USYD Law) \nAbstract \nThis presentation will discuss (in brief) contemporary crime and justice trends. Criminal justice agencies (police\, courts\, corrections) are struggling with diverse issues\, many which would benefit from collaboration with universities. Experiences gained in recent years through work of the fledgling University of Sydney Justice Collaboration will be discussed\, with particular focus on what this might mean for the School of Psychology staff and students. The trials\, tribulations and opportunities for criminal justice industry engagement and whole-of-university responses to criminal justice issues will be discussed. \nBio \nDr Garner Clancey\, Associate Professor of Criminology\, University of Sydney Law School and Director\, University of Sydney Justice Collaboration. \nBefore joining the University of Sydney Law School in 2011\, Garner worked in criminal justice agencies (including Juvenile Justice NSW and the NSW Police Force) between 1992-2002 and worked as a crime prevention consultant between 2002-2010. Garner also taught crime prevention\, policing\, juvenile justice\, security and criminology courses at five other Australian universities between 2000 and 2011. Garner is working closely with industry partners and colleagues from across the University of Sydney to tackle various practical and systemic challenges impacting criminal justice systems.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-a-prof-garner-clancey-usyd-law/
LOCATION:Old Geology Lecture Theatre\, Edgeworth David Building (A11)
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250523T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250523T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
CREATED:20250507T044219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250801T002503Z
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Sophie Green (University of Leeds)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Sophie Green (University of Leeds)\n\nOptimising complex interventions in cancer using novel experimental designs\n\nAbstract\n\nComplex interventions are typically evaluated using a randomised controlled trial (RCT). While RCTs are suitable for establishing the overall effectiveness of an intervention\, they tell us little about which individual components of an intervention drive its success (or failure). The Multiphase Optimisation Strategy (MOST) is an engineering inspired framework designed to optimise complex interventions. By using highly efficient\, fully powered experimental designs\, MOST guides the optimisation of interventions that are more effective\, efficient\, affordable and scalable. Crucially\, MOST offers potential to understand how and why interventions work\, helping to accelerate scientific progress.\n\nIn this talk\, Sophie will introduce the MOST framework\, highlighting its benefits and the innovative experimental designs it advocates. She will illustrate these concepts by drawing on examples from a large programme of research aimed at developing and optimising a behavioural intervention to support medication adherence in women with breast cancer (the ROSETA trial)\, guided by the MOST framework. Sophie will also discuss exciting future applications of MOST\, including the potential to optimise psychological interventions—such as those targeting fear of cancer recurrence—to deepen our understanding of their mechanisms of effect.\n\nBio\n\nDr Sophie Green is a senior research fellow at the University of Leeds UK\, with an academic background in behavioural science and psychology and a clinical background as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner. Sophie’s overarching research interests focus on the development\, optimisation and evaluation of behavioural and psychological interventions to support people living with cancer. Sophie has worked across a number of randomised controlled trials and optimisation trials\, predominantly focused on improving medication adherence and quality of life in women with breast cancer. She is currently funded by a National Institute of Health Research Development and Skills Enhancement Award\, within which she is exploring how secondary analyses of optimisation trials can enhance our understanding of how complex interventions work and for whom.\n\n 
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-dr-sophie-green-university-of-leeds/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250527T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250527T120000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020038
CREATED:20250515T031655Z
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SUMMARY:Psychedelics: A New Frontier in Addiction Therapeutics
DESCRIPTION:Brain and Mind Centre visiting seminar with Dr Jamie Peters\n\n27 May | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nLevel 5\, BMC Lecture Theatre\, In-person\nFollowed by Q&A and Networking. \nDr Jamie Peters is an Associate Professor at the University of Alabama\, Birmingham\, (England)\, in Neurobiology. Her work focuses on preclinical behavioural pharmacology using rodent self-administration models of addiction\, optogenetic and chemogenetic dissection of neural circuit function\, neural circuitry and mechanisms underlying extinction memory\, and the intersection of aversion and reward in systems neuroscience. \nRegister here
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychedelics-a-new-frontier-in-addiction-therapeutics/
LOCATION:BMC lecture theaetre\, Level 5\, Brain and Mind Centre
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250530T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250530T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020039
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Sally Andrews Memorial Lecture on Cognitive Psychology: Prof Erik Reichle (Macquarie University)
DESCRIPTION:Professor Erik Reichle (Macquarie University) \n\n\n\nProfessor Sally Andrews Memorial Lecture on Cognitive Psychology: Towards a Model of the Reconstructed Self \n\n\n\nAbstract \n\n\n\nOur sense of self is dependent upon our experiences and how the “thread” of our autobiography is reconstructed from memories of our contextually rich experiences.  In this talk\, I will describe how an instance-based model of human memory\, MINERVA 2 (Hintzman\, 1986)\, can be used as a framework for understanding how this happens.  I will report simulations that show how autobiographical sequences can be generated from discrete memories of unrelated episodes\, and how the basic processes of encoding\, storage\, and retrieval can give rise to distortions of self (e.g.\, dissociative identity disorder; Boag\, 2024). \n\n\n\nBio \n\n\n\nErik D. Reichle received a BS in psychology from Iowa State University and a PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Massachusetts\, Amherst.  Since 2017\, he has worked at Macquarie University where he is a professor of cognitive psychology.  His research uses computer modelling\, eye-tracking\, and brain-imaging to understand the mental processes that support skilled reading and how those processes are influenced by languages and writing systems.  He has published more than 120 articles on these topics and has recently authored two books: Computational models of reading: A handbook (Oxford University Press) in 2021\, and The psychology of reading: Insights from Chinese (Cambridge University Press) in 2024.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-sally-andrews-memorial-lecture-on-cognitive-psychology-prof-erik-reichle-macquarie-university/
CATEGORIES:Colloquia
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250808T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250808T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020039
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Haryana Dhillon (USYD)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Haryana Dhillon (USYD) \n\n\n\nTitle: I will survive: challenges of psycho-oncology and supportive care clinical trials \n\n\n\nAbstract:  \n\n\n\nThe psychological and physiological impacts of cancer and its treatment are well recognised as contributing to major reductions in quality of life and function amongst cancer survivors. There have been many interventions developed and shown to be efficacious.  However\, these are too commonly perceived as nice to have added extras rather than core components of cancer treatment and rehabilitation.  \n\n\n\nPreclinical and observational studies suggest that exercise may improve cancer outcomes. However\, definitive level 1 evidence is lacking. \n\n\n\nThe CHALLENGE trial aimed to determine whether a 3-year structured exercise program improved disease-free and overall survival in people with stage III or high-risk stage II colon cancer who had completed adjuvant chemotherapy when compared with health education materials alone. \n\n\n\nRESULTS: From 2009 through 2024\, a total of 889 patients underwent randomization to the exercise group (445 patients) or the health-education group (444 patients). At a median follow-up of 7.9 years\, disease-free survival was significantly longer in the exercise group than in the health-education group (hazard ratio for disease recurrence\, new primary cancer\, or death\, 0.72; 95% confidence interval [CI]\, 0.55 to 0.94; P = 0.02). The 5-year disease-free survival was 80.3% in the exercise group and 73.9% in the health-education group (difference\, 6.4 percentage points; 95% CI\, 0.6 to 12.2). Results support longer overall survival in the exercise group than in the health-education group (hazard ratio for death\, 0.63; 95% CI\, 0.43 to 0.94). The 8-year overall survival was 90.3% in the exercise group and 83.2% in the health education group (difference\, 7.1 percentage points; 95% CI\, 1.8 to 12.3). Musculoskeletal adverse events occurred more often in the exercise group than in the health-education group (in 18.5% vs. 11.5% of patients). \n\n\n\nCONCLUSIONS: A 3-year structured exercise program initiated soon after adjuvant chemotherapy for colon cancer resulted in significantly longer disease-free survival and findings consistent with longer overall survival.  \n\n\n\nWhile the study demonstrated structured exercise is superior to health education alone\, there are many lessons to be learnt about conducting supportive care clinical trials like CHALLENGE. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nProfessor Haryana Dhillon(BSc MA PhD) is a Professor in Psycho-Oncology and Chair and Executive Director of the Psycho-Oncology Cooperative Research Group. They co-lead the Survivorship Research Group\, University of Sydney. Haryana has received multiple awards for their contribution to cancer research including the 2023 Melanie Price Psycho-Oncology Award from the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) and the 2023 John Zalcberg AO Award for Excellence in AGITG Research.  They were a finalist in the Eureka Awards category for excellence in Research Supervision and Mentoring (2024 and 2025). \n\n\n\nHaryana has an outstanding track record of research and collaboration with more than 265 peer-reviewed publications and >$27 million in research funding.  They were the Australian co-PI the practice changing Co.21 CHALLENGE Trial which demonstrated a survival advantage to colon cancer survivors who were randomised to a structured exercise program – a highlight of more than 30 years of working in cancer clinical research. \n\n\n\nHaryana’s contributions have extended from informed decision-making\, informed consent at diagnosis\, intervention development and evaluation\, and large scale implementation in supportive care and cancer survivorship. They use a wide range of research methods from exploratory qualitative studies though to large scale randomised controlled trials and implementation science.  Haryana led the MRFF Brain Cancer Mission – Survivorship program of work BRAINS (brain cancer rehabilitation\, assessment\, intervention\, and needs in survivorship) bringing together four cooperative trials groups and 11 institutions across Australia to collaborate on five themes of work. \n\n\n\nHaryana is the president-elect of COSA and a member of the Board. They previously chaired the Supportive Care and Quality of Life Subcommittee of the Australian New Zealand Urogenitary Prostate Cancer Trials Group and the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia.  They currently contribute to the Cervical Cancer Clinical Practice Guidelines Working Group and the Rare Cancer Optimal Care Pathway Working Group. \n\n\n\nHaryana has more than 30 years experience in cancer clinical research and is passionate about rigor in research\, practical solutions to tricky problems\, and doing what they can to help humans make it to the 22nd century.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-haryana-dhillon-usyd/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250815T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250815T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020039
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Education focused academic panel (USYD)
DESCRIPTION:A/Prof Alissa Beath\, A/Prof Simon Boag\, Dr Lisa Kim\, Dr Steson Lo\, Dr Elizabeth Seeley\, Dr Shannon Webb\, Dr Kelsey Zimmermann & Mr James Brown (chair)  \n\n\n\nTitle: Boots on the Ground: Our Education-Focussed Recruits \n\n\n\nAbstract: \n\n\n\nThe School of Psychology has seen dramatic growth in the last year with the hiring of new staff. Many of these new faces are “Education-Focussed” (EF) academics who have been recruited to support and develop our outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Given the rapid expansion of the EF scheme\, we’d like to take the opportunity to formally introduce ourselves and answer any questions you may have about our role in the School of Psychology. This panel discussion (moderated by our own James Brown) will feature a Q&A with five new EF staff and is designed to shed light on the role of education-focussed academics in psychology. Who are we? What do we hope to bring to the School? How will we support and add value to USyd’s world-class psychology research? Should you get attached\, or will we all be replaced by chat bots and Artificial Ian in the next 2 years? We look forward to answering all your questions on Friday.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-education-focussed-academic-panel/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250822T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250822T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020039
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: A/Prof Janie Busby Grant & A/Prof Amanda George (University of Canberra)
DESCRIPTION:A/Prof Janie Busby Grant & A/Prof Amanda George (University of Canberra) \n\n\n\nTitle: Understanding Industry Demand for Australia’s Psychology Graduates \n\n\n\nAbstract: \n\n\n\nIt is currently unclear where Psychology students can be employed after graduating\, particularly those who exit at the 3-year degree; this impacts student recruitment\, graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes. A UC- ANU research collaboration analysed more than five million job ads using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to identify job roles suitable for psychology graduates\, by establishing and exploring the impacts of underlying skills acquisition rather than traditional keywords. The analysis shows that graduates of the undergraduate Psychology degree have a wide range of unique skills and knowledge that are explicitly needed in variety of industries. This approach identified a wide range of jobs suitable for graduates straight out of the three-year degree\, and also those jobs that would be a good fit for Psychology graduates after additional training or experience. Potential job roles spanned nearly every industry and included jobs where are Psychology graduates are unlikely to recognised as appropriate or be currently sought after. These findings can be used to support potential and current students and graduates\, have impacts on curriculum development and assessment design\, and inform the current debate around the social role of psychology education. \n\n\n\nBios: \n\n\n\nAssociate Professor Janie Busby Grant is based at the Discipline of Psychology\, University of Canberra. Her research fields are at the intersection of cognition\, robotics and mental health. She is the Psychology Lead of the Collaborative Robotics Laboratory at UC\, leading an interdisciplinary team examining human-robot interaction and the implementation of autonomous embodied systems in health and aged care settings\, with a focus on industry partnerships and applied projects. She has a long-standing interest in Psychology graduate outcomes and employment opportunities\, and engages in substantial educational scholarship\, including publications\, presentations and practice-sharing nationally and internationally.  \n\n\n\nAssociate Professor Amanda George is a psychological scientist in the Discipline of Psychology at the University of Canberra. Her research focuses on alcohol use/problems and risky driving\, especially among young adults. In particular\, she focuses on modifiable factors that can be targeted to reduce harm. Amanda has also held numerous roles in educational leadership including of Program Director (Psychology and Counselling) and has been responsible for quality assurance processes\, such as internal reaccreditation\, curriculum renewal and teaching quality. She has established a program of peer exchange of teaching and learning adopted by the faculty and regularly contributes to working groups on learning and teaching matters and course advisory panels. Amanda is particularly passionate about supporting staff to adopt the four lenses of review when teaching and on helping to ensure provision of an outstanding learning experience for students\, including focusing on work preparedness.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-a-prof-janie-busby-grant-a-prof-amanda-george-university-of-canberra/
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250829T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20250829T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T020039
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Michael Richardson (Macquarie University)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Michael Richardson (Macquarie University) \n\n\n\nTitle: Modelling the Behavioural Dynamics of Multi-agent Coordination: Dynamical Primitives\, Machine Learning\, and Generative AI \n\n\n\nAbstract:  \n\n\n\nEffective multi-agent interaction and teamwork depends on individuals’ ability to coordinate their movements\, actions\, and decisions in dynamic environments. Expert performance is often distinguished by the flexibility and efficiency with which individuals determine who\, how\, and when to act. In this talk\, I will present ongoing work exploring multimodal modelling and analysis techniques that integrate dynamical motor primitives\, advanced machine learning\, and generative AI—including large language models—to examine\, predict\, and enhance human perceptual-motor behaviour and decision-making in team-based tasks. By leveraging multiple data modalities\, from movement trajectories to linguistic interactions\, these techniques provide deeper insights into the underlying mechanisms of human coordination. They also inform the development of interactive artificial agents capable of real-time adaptation\, anticipation\, and intervention to optimize team and joint-action performance. \n\n\n\nBio:  \n\n\n\nProfessor Richardson is a cognitive scientist and director of research in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University. His research is directed towards modelling the dynamics of human perception\, action\, and cognition for the development of human-machine systems. He has expertise in social and multi-agent interaction and coordination\, computational\, dynamical\, and complex systems modelling\, and machine-learning and AI.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-michael-richardson-macquarie-university/
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