12 I am delighted to have assumed the Headship of the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology in March 2012. As this report shows, the School has a vibrant programme of research and teaching in areas that have strong theoretical importance, but which also have clear impact on the day-to-day life of the public. Over the coming years you can expect to see our The research School and teaching boasts grow into new and exciting areas a high that underscore number our of commitment research to high quality scholarship and attempts to improve quality of active life. I hope staff. you find this report interesting and informative, and I look forward to perhaps welcoming you at our 2012 Open Day. With best wishes, Adrian North Head of School of Psychology and Speech Pathology
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology ReCAP ANNUAL REPORT 2011 13 PROFESSOR MARTIN HAGGER Professor Martin Hagger obtained his undergraduate degree and PhD in exercise psychology from Loughborough University in the UK and has worked in Psychology Schools at the Universities of Sheffield, Essex, and Nottingham. He is currently Professor of Psychology in the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology at Curtin University, Perth, Australia. Prof. Hagger’s research interests are the motivation and self-regulation of health behaviour. He is interested in how people’s beliefs, attitudes, intentions, and motives affect their behaviour and what health professionals can do to change health-related behaviour. His research applies motivational theories to understand, intervene and change health behaviours such as physical activity, eating a healthy diet, smoking cessation, alcohol reduction, managing drugs in sport, and medication adherence. He is editor-in-chief of <strong>Health</strong> Psychology Review and Psychology of Sport and Exercise, Associate Editor of Stress and <strong>Health</strong>, and Editorial Board Member of five other international peerreviewed journals. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ANNE WHITWORTH Dr Anne Whitworth is a researcher, clinician, and educator in the field of speech pathology. She has worked with client groups across the ages and, while her main passion lies with acquired neurological disorders, and aphasia in particular, theoretical and clinical links between adult and pediatric client groups abound in her research and teaching. Anne is currently Associate Professor at Curtin University, having recently headed home after 20 years at Newcastle University in the UK. She has recently been awarded fellowship of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, UK, for her contribution to research and education. Anne’s particular interests are in developing and evaluating theoretically sound assessments and interventions in aphasia, and both facilitating and measuring the real life impact of therapy for people with communication impairments. She has developed a number of assessments and therapy protocols that are used widely by clinicians and has co-authored a popular textbook for aphasia. DOCTOR LAUREN BREEN Dr Lauren Breen joined the School of Psychology and Speech Pathology in January 2011. Dr Breen’s research interests centre on applied research in the domains of community health and wellbeing, with specific interests in the following domains: Death and dying; Grief, loss, and bereavement; Grief counselling; Children and families; <strong>Health</strong> services; Disability and wellness; Carers and care-giving; the nexus between research and practice; and Teaching and learning for the health professions. She is well-versed in several research paradigms but is particularly interested in naturalistic research designs. Her research has led to several publications in international journals. Dr Breen has received funding from Cancer Australia, the Cancer Council of WA, the MND Research Institute, and the Department of <strong>Health</strong> (WA), and since joining Curtin University, has received an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. She is an active member of the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Community Psychologists and serves on the state and national committees. She is a member of the Australian Psychological Society, the College of Community Psychologists, the Society for Community Research and Action (Division 27 of the American Psychological Association), and the International Society of Critical <strong>Health</strong> Psychology, and is Editor of Australian Community Psychologist. DOCTOR FRANK BAUGHMAN What is it that makes one person more, or less intelligent than another? What properties of the cognitive system differ between them? Precisely how does intelligent behaviour emerge over development? And, what are the causes of various developmental disorders? These are some of the questions that lie central to Dr Frank Baughman’s research interests. While these are not new questions, converging evidence from a range of sources are beginning to offer new hints as to their answers. Dr Baughman obtained his PhD from the University of London in 2009, and came to Perth, WA in 2010, to take up a one-year postdoctoral position at the UWA. There he worked with Prof Mike Anderson, before moving to Curtin University, in June 2011. His research is concerned with understanding the sources of cognitive variability that is, examining the mechanisms that account for individual differences and cognitive development. This includes the study of what things underlie variability on school tests of achievement, standardised measures of intelligence, and on tests of problem solving, reasoning and language development. The use of computational modelling techniques forms a large part of the strategy for addressing these questions. Dr Baughman uses dynamic systems theory, symbolic and connectionist approaches (where appropriate) to flesh out verbal theory and to provide explicit tests of the mechanisms underlying variability. These different computational methodologies provide a way of testing precisely how change unfolds over time, and what the relative influences are of each part of the implemented theory. You can read a little more about his research interests, and some of the current projects at http://www.ndl-res.com/.
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