School of Psychology staff and postgraduate students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Time Given name Surname Presentation Supervisor 9.00 Welcome       9.10 Adrienne Turnell Research Plan – […]

Prof Carl Bergstrom (University of Washington) Abstract Scientific researchers may be driven by curiosity, but they are constrained by the realities of the scientific ecosystems in which they operate and […]

Dr Laura Corbit (University of Toronto)Bio I received my PhD from UCLA where I worked with Bernard Balleine studying the neural circuits underlying goal-directed learning. I completed my postdoctoral training […]

School of Psychology ECRs (USYD)Speakers 1) Nathan Cross 2) Sarah Ratcliff 3) Sarah Barakat 4) Jaimie Northam 5) Kristina Horne 6) Saoirse Desai 7) Nick Everett 8) Matt Davidson 9) […]

Prof Ian Hickie (USYD)Bio Professor Hickie is a Professor of Psychiatry and the Co-Director of Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney. He has led major public […]

Dr Christina Anthony (USYD)Bio Dr. Christina I. Anthony is currently a Lecturer in the Discipline of Marketing at The University of Sydney Business School. Christina’s research uses experimental design to […]

A/Prof Lisa Williams (UNSW)Driving EDI with data: How data-driven approaches can advance equity in the STEM sector Abstract Advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion is a moral and operational imperative in today’s […]

Dr Llew Mills (USYD)What works and why: two approaches to the treatment of addiction Abstract Addiction affects everyone, either directly through their own struggles or indirectly through the struggles of […]

A/Prof Vincent Laurent (UNSW)Cholinergic regulation of fear by the basal forebrain Abstract The basolateral amygdala (BLA) and the infralimbic (IL) region of the medial prefrontal cortex are heavily implicated in […]