Latest Past Events

Psychology Colloquium: Professor Emerita Phyllis Butow: How hard should we try? Evaluating implementation strategies for embedding an anxiety/depression clinical pathway into routine oncology practice

Professor Emerita Phyllis Butow (USYD)Bio Prof Phyllis Butow (BA(Hons), MPH, MClinPsych, PhD) is Emeritus Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Sydney. She founded the Australian Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) and the Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-based Decision-making (CeMPED). Prof Butow has worked for over 30 years leading research in […]

Psychology Colloquium: Prof Carl Bergstrom : The impediments to high-risk, high-return research

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 motivated by the incentives with which they are confronted. We can use mathematical models of the research enterprise to understand how scientific norms and institutions […]

HDR Symposium

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 – PhD Mark Dadds 9.30 He (Hester) Xiao Research Plan – PhD Carolyn Maccann 9.50 Sarah Walker Final – PhD Carolyn Maccann 10.10 Ellen Shi Research […]