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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: HDR prize ceremony and talks
DESCRIPTION:Presentation of awards by the Associate Head\, Research Education\, A/Prof Irina Harris\, and invited talks by prize winners Dr Joel Raymond and Dr Tao Chen. \n\n\n\nOrder of proceedings: \n\n\n\nAwarding of School of Psychology Publications Prize for 2024 \n\n\n\n\nAyshe Sahinovic (in absentia)\n\n\n\nConnie Badolato\n\n\n\nCosette Saunders\n\n\n\nDaelin Coutts-Bain\n\n\n\nLillian Darke\n\n\n\nRebecca McLean\n\n\n\nTessa Rooney (in absentia)\n\n\n\nThomas Nicholl (in absentia)\n\n\n\n\nAwarding (in absentia) of Faculty of Science Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis for 2024 \n\n\n\nNomination of Dr Tessa Rooney for Exploring The Contribution Of Expectancy\, Anxiety\, And Attention To Nocebo Effects. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nTessa completed her PhD in September last year\, supervised by Ben Colagiuri\, Louise Sharpe\, and Jemma Todd. The PhD explored potential cognitive factors that might be involved in nocebo effects\, which are negative effects of treatments that aren’t directly caused by the treatment itself. The PhD involved three meta-analyses and three experimental studies\, to better understand how expectations\, anxiety and attention might be involved in the experience of nocebo effects\, in the interest of understanding how these factors might influence treatment outcomes outside the lab. \n\n\n\nAwarding of H. Tasman Lovell Memorial Medallion for the Best PhD Thesis in the School of Psychology for 2024\, with invited addressAwarded to Dr Joel Raymond forThe Social and Sleep Share a Two-Way Sheet: Investigating the Reciprocal Dynamics Between Sleep Social Behaviour and Oxytocin. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nDr Joel Raymond is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Brain Health Institute\, Rutgers University\, New Jersey\, and an alumnus of the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney\, where he completed his Honours (2017) and PhD (2024). His research focuses on the reciprocal links between sleep\, circadian rhythms\, and motivated behaviours such as social interaction\, eating\, and addiction\, with applications to psychiatric disorders. He was awarded the H. Tasman Lovell Memorial Medallion for the best PhD thesis in Psychology at the University of Sydney\, the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Best Postdoctoral Poster Award (2025)\, and multiple competitive travel awards from the European Behavioural Pharmacology Society and IBNS\, as well as being selected for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Young Investigator Research Forum (2025). Supported by the American Australian Association Graduate Education Scholarship\, his translational research employs preclinical models to uncover mechanisms driving sleep–motivation interactions and to guide the development of novel treatments. He currently serves as Trainee Councillor for the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society\, facilitating training opportunities for early-career researchers. \n\n\n\nAwarding of 2025 APS Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology\, with invited address \n\n\n\nNomination of Dr Tao Chen for Stuck In Place: The Cognitive And Neural Bases Of Inflexibility In Ageing And Dementia. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nTao Chen is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Sydney\, supervised by Professor Muireann Irish. He completed his Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Sydney and holds a Master of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Institute of Psychology\, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on flexibility in neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders\, integrating dynamic\, causal\, and network analyses with multimodal neuroimaging\, biological and physiological measures\, experience sampling methods (ESM)\, and behavioural experiments. He has published several first-author articles in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Clinical Psychological Science and the Journal of Affective Disorders\, and serves as a reviewer for journals\, such as Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. Tao was selected as the University of Sydney’s sole nominee for the 2025 APS Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology\, and earlier in his career was recognised as an Outstanding Graduate of Beijing and of the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. 
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-hdr-prize-ceremony-and-talks/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Cancelled
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URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-tba/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Prof Barbara Mullen (Curtin University)
DESCRIPTION:Prof Barbara Mullen (Curtin University) \n\n\n\nTitle: Beyond individual behaviour change: Can we use the behaviour change techniques successful in changing health behaviour to change behaviour in health professional led interventions? \n\n\n\nAbstract: \n\n\n\nDrawing on her research over the past 25 years Professor Mullan will explore behaviour change in health psychology. Starting with an overview of using theory to predict behaviour\, she will demonstrate how advances in theory allowed for the successful development of interventions to change behaviour at an individual level. Using research across a range of behaviours\, including physical activity\, nutrition\, adherence\, sleep\, alcohol consumption\, in diverse populations (e.g. people with eating disorders\, diabetes\, stroke\, and obesity) and conditions (e.g. cancer\, autoimmune conditions) she will demonstrate a range of interventions where behaviour was successfully changed (and not so successfully). The final section will explore how these individual-level techniques can be adapted for use by health professionals—nurses\, dietitians\, psychologists\, and pharmacists\, answering the question of whether we shift from isolated success stories to widespread\, sustainable behaviour change across entire populations? Professor Mullan’s work is especially relevant in today’s healthcare landscape\, where chronic illness and lifestyle-related conditions are on the rise. Her approach blends rigorous theory with practical application\, making her insights valuable for both researchers and health care professionals. \n\n\n\nBio: \n\n\n\nProfessor Mullan is a Professor of Health Psychology\, in the School of Population Health at Curtin University. Professor Mullan completed her undergraduate studies in psychology at University College Dublin\, where she then completed her Masters degree. She completed her PhD in health psychology at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She became a Registered Health Psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council UK in 2007. She has worked in health psychology for more than 25 years including at the University of Birmingham\, the University of Sydney\, and Curtin University. Her PhD was the first to use psychological theory to predict safe food handling behaviour in consumers and she has remained a world leader in this important research area ever since. This work has had important implications for theory\, practice and policy. With her team she has pioneered using theory and behaviour change techniques in interventions to change behaviour\, across a range of behaviours. Her recent research has used these interventions in large population scale interventions to change behaviour in interventions using health professionals.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-prof-barbara-mullen-curtin-university/
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SUMMARY:Psychology Colloquium: Dr Jaimie Northam (USYD) & Priya Vaughan (USYD)
DESCRIPTION:Dr Jaimie Northam (USYD) & Priya Vaughan (USYD) \n\n\n\nTitle: A new age for youth mental health: practical considerations for research and practice \n\n\n\nAbstract: \n\n\n\nYouth mental health has been recognised as research priority by the Australian government with the goal of reducing long term harm and social and economic costs. Lived experience participation and engagement has also been emphasised to ensure interventions and outputs are meaningful and relevant to young people. However\, any research that engages youth must acknowledge that young people have distinct experiences and needs to those of children and adults. Young people are more independent than children\, and capable of great creativity and unique perspectives. But they are not yet adults and require varying levels of parental and societal support. As a result\, young people have unique needs for psychological interventions\, and how they’re engaged in research processes. How do we know we are getting their involvement right? And how can we involve young people in research in a meaningful way that drives our research\, and also empowers and strengthens young people’s mental health?  In this talk\, we argue that there are ways to meaningfully engage young people in research that benefits us as researchers\, them as developing individuals\, and the collective society.  \n\n\n\nDr Northam will present recent data regarding young people’s attitudes to mental health help-seeking and how this work is helping to inform development of a new digital mental health tool specifically for 12 to 17-year-olds. Dr Vaughan will share reflections about the co-production of MyBRANCHES\, a digital\, self-management tool for young people (16+) preparing to discharge from an Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. She will reflect on what the co-production process looked like ‘in real life’ (as opposed to the neat frameworks she’d seen in journal articles) and share learnings and challenges. Drawing on co-design and co-production approaches\, Jaimie and Priya will close with an interactive discussion with the audience so we can collectively explore the steps we can take to better include our stakeholders in research. \n\n\n\nBios: \n\n\n\nDr Jaimie Northam is a Lecturer and Clinical Psychologist. She has been practicing as a psychologist working with young people for over 15 years and is passionate about supporting them and their parents meet the unique needs of this life stage. Currently\, her work is based in the Child Behaviour Research Clinic where she provides treatment\, supervision and conducts research focused on improving childhood mental health outcomes.  \n\n\n\nDr Priya Vaughan is a Research Fellow at the Central Clinical School (The University of Sydney) and at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course. Priya’s research focuses on collaborative and participatory research with people with lived experience. Recent research has focused on experiences of psychosis and schizophrenia\, climate emotions\,  and discrimination experienced by people with experience of both disability and mental distress.
URL:https://psychology-events.sydney.edu.au/event/psychology-colloquium-tba-2/
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