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Head of School Report 3 

Staff List 5 

Staff Research Profiles 

Professors 

Sally Andrews 8 

Alex Blaszczynski 11 

Phyllis Butow 14 

Iain McGregor 20 

Stephen Touyz 24 

Associate Professors 

Colin Clifford 28 

Louise Sharpe 30 

Michael Walker 33 

Senior Lecturers 

David Alais 34 

Bruce Burns 36 

Margaret Charles 37 

Alan Craddock 38 

Irina Harris 39 

Justin Harris 41 

Fiona Hibberd 43 

Alex Holcombe 44 

Pauline Howie 45 

Caroline Hunt 47 

David Livesey 49 

Fiona White 51 

Lecturers 

Maree Abbott 53 

Damian Birney 55 

Michael Cavanagh 57 

Karen Croot 58 

Marc de Rosnay 59 

Anthony Grant 60 

David Hawes 62 

Ian Johnston 64 

Sabina Kleitman 65 

Sunny Lah 66 

Barbara Mullan 68 

Caleb Owens 69 

Paul Rhodes 70 

Elizabeth Rieger 72 

Marianna Szabo 73 

Niko Tiliopoulos 74 

Lisa Zadro 75 

Postdoctoral Research Fellows 

Hisham Abu-Rayya 76 

Ehsan Arabzadeh 77 

Ann Burgess 78 

John Cass 79 

Ilona Juraskova 80 

Evan Livesey 84 

Hamish MacDougall 85 

Scott McDonald 86 

Melanie Price 87 

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Honorary Appointments 

Emeritus Professor Robert Boakes 89 

Emeritus Professor Ian Curthoys 91 

Professor Rod McDonald 94 

Associate Professor Cyril Latimer 95 

Associate Professor Joel Michell 96 

Postgraduate Research Degree Completions 97 

Postgraduate Student Prizes and Scholarships 99 

Undergraduate Student Prizes and Scholarships 100 

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Head of School Report 

2007 was a more settled year than those preceding it. Apart from some ongoing problems 

with the air conditioning, the refurbishments to Brennan-McCallum and Griffith-Taylor have 

provided a much more aesthetically pleasing environment and allowed some expansion of 

laboratory space. The new staff common room is reasonably well-used, particularly for 

morning tea on Tuesday “cake days”! The new open-plan post-graduate accommodation 

required some adjustment on the part of the students occupying it but is generally agreed to 

have facilitated social cohesion amongst them – particularly once it was agreed that the 

kitchen area would be closed off to provide a retreat for people to talk without disrupting 

others. There have also been some teething problems in the refurbished Animal House, 

particularly associated with re-initiating the breeding program. Nevertheless, the overall 

outcome of the refurbishment is a considerable improvement on our previous 

accommodation and the relative consolidation of the School it has achieved is facilitating 

interaction and cohesion. The two areas of the School’s accommodation that still require 

attention are the Clinical Psychology Unit in the Transient Building which is bursting at the 

seams now that the DCP enrolment has increased and Top South Badham which looks very 

shabby by comparison with the refurbished areas. Efforts are being made to have both areas 

refurbished and to secure additional space since we are now close to bursting point again. 

There have also been fewer staffing changes than in the last few years. New academic 

positions were taken up by Dr David Hawes, Dr Niko Tiliopolous and Dr Ilona Juraskova, in 

the areas of clinical psychology, personality and health psychology respectively. We were 

also delighted that Judy Hyde joined us as Clinic Director. Our long-term Manager of 

Student Administration, Anne Kwan, sadly resigned to return to Hong Kong but we were 

fortunate in appointing Kapila Wimalaratne who has been working very hard to get on top of 

this very demanding and pressured role and applying his considerable IT experience to 

streamlining our procedures. We were also pleased to have Julia Ashworth return from her 

maternity leave. Fiona Hibberd was promoted to Senior Lecturer and Louise Sharpe to 

Associate Professor. 

Our staffing was also increased by a number of new research-only staff funded by external 

fellowships – Professor Bart Anderson who was awarded a prestigious ARC Australian 

Professorial Fellowship, Drs John Cass and Evan Livesey on ARC Postdoctoral Fellowships, 

Dr Ehsan Arabzadeh on a Human Frontiers Fellowship and Dr Hisham Abu-Rayya on a 

University Postdoctoral Fellowship. A number of existing staff were also successful in 

securing external support to shift to research-focused positions: Prof Phyllis Butow and 

A/Prof Louise Sharpe secured NH&MRC Principal and Senior Research Fellowships, 

respectively; Dr Marc de Rosnay was awarded an ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship and Dr 

Ilona Juraskova received a Cancer Institute Career Development Fellowship. These various 

successes bring our number of externally-funded research staff to 11, consistent with the 

Faculty’s target of 25% research-only staff and clear testimony to the School’s very strong 

research performance. 

2007 was also another very successful year for research grants with 7 new ARC grants and 6 

new NH&MRC grants – success rates of 58% and 40% respectively, well above the national 

average and among the highest for Australian Psychology departments. Staff were also 

successful in their applications to a number of other competitive funding agencies including 

the Department of Gaming and Racing, Cancer Council NSW and Cancer Institute NSW, the 

Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation and the Queensland Office of 

Gaming Regulation. Other research-related achievements include the establishment of the 

Centre for Medical Psychology and Evidence-based Decision-making, a cross-Faculty 

initiative led by Professor Phyllis Butow in collaboration with staff from Public Health and 

Medicine and the creation of a Chair in Quality of Life funded by Cancer Australia. Two 

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staff received prestigious awards: A/Prof Louise Sharpe received the Ian M. Campbell 

Memorial Award from the Australian Psychological Society’s College of Clinical 

Psychologists for excellence in clinical psychology and Prof Iain McGregor received an 

NH&MRC Achievement Award for his contributions to research on the 

psychopharmacology of “party drugs”. 

In the area of teaching and learning, our undergraduate enrolments remained strong and 

student feedback on units was very positive, apart from concerns about the timeliness of 

feedback that we are attempting to address in various ways. The CPU staff coped admirably 

with the pressures created by the increased enrolments in the Doctorate of Clinical 

Psychology and the reduced client recruitment rate being experienced by all university 

Psychology Clinics with the introduction of Medicare rebates. Unfortunately the planned 

refurbishments to the Transient Building to accommodate the increased enrolments have 

been delayed creating considerable space pressure for the first-year student cohort. 

Our vibrant and productive staff also demonstrated their productivity in other ways – David 

Hawes and Louise Sharpe both had new babies and Keiko Narushima is cooking another 

one. With the large number of toddlers already associated with the School we are providing 

plenty of fuel for the infant research laboratory that Marc de Rosnay has been working hard 

to establish. 

Thus, over 2007 the School has successful sustained and enhanced the momentum 

established over the past few years and further expanded our profile. As always, these 

achievements depend on the commitment and skills of our support staff – the IT/technical 

team ably led by John Holden, the student administration staff in both the General Office and 

the Clinic, Sandra Cheng and Grace Gong who manage our complicated finances and other 

administration needs so conscientiously and efficiently and Sadhana Raju who cheerfully 

and effectively oversees all our marketing activities – among many other things. Our success 

is also testimony to our outstanding academic staff and postgraduate students. I am very 

proud to lead such a vibrant, successful and collegial team. 

Sally Andrews 

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Staff List 

Head of School/ Professor 

Sally Andrews, BA UNSW PhD UNSW 

Professor of Clinical Psychology 

Stephen W. Touyz, BSc Wits. BSc PhD 

Capetown 

Professors 

Alex Blaszczynski, BA UNSW MA PhD UNSW 

Phyllis Butow BA Macq MPsych ANU MPH 

PhD 

Iain McGregor, MA Oxf PhD 

Associate Professors 

Colin Clifford, MA Cantab. MSc Sussex PhD 

Lond. 

Louise Sharpe, BA MPsych PhD London 

Michael B. Walker, BSc WA. BA Adel. DPhil, 

Oxon. 

Senior Lecturers 

David Alais BA PhD 

Bruce Burns BSc Melb MA PhD Calif 

Margaret A. Charles, BA PhD 

Alan E. Craddock, BA PhD 

Irina Harris BSc UNSW MSc Macq PhD 

Justin Harris BSc PhD UNSW 

Fiona Hibberd, BA PhD 

Alex Holcombe BA Virginia PhD Harvard 

Pauline M. Howie, BA PhD UNSW 

Caroline Hunt, BSc MPsych PhD UNSW 

David J. Livesey, BSc PhD WA 

Fiona White, BA PhD 

Lecturers 

Maree Abbott BA MSc WSyd MClinPsych 

Macq PhD UNSW 

Damian Birney BAppSci USQ PhD UQ 

Michael Cavanagh, BA PhD Macq 

Karen Croot BA Macq PhD Cant 

Marc de Rosnay BSc Macq DPhil Oxford 

Anthony Grant, BA MA Macq PhD Macq 

David Hawes BPsych Griffith MPsych PhD 

UNSW 

Ian Johnston BSc PhD UNSW 

Sabina Kleitman BA PhD 

Suncica Sunny Lah, BA Zagreb MSc Macq 

Barbara Mullan BA MA Dublin PhD Open 

Caleb Owens, BSc UNSW PhD UNSW 

Elizabeth Reiger BA MPsych PhD 

Marianna Szabo BA PhD UNSW 

Nikolaos Tiliopoulos BEng TEI BSc ARU MSc 

PhD Edinburgh 

Lisa Zadro BA PhD UNSW 

Postdoctoral Fellows 

Ehsan Arabzadeh MD Tehran PhD SISSA-ISAS 

Italy 

Rachel Bond BA PhD UNSW 

Ann Burgess, BSc PhD 

Paul Callaghan BSc (Hons) Adel 

John Cass BSc Woll PhD UNSW 

Ilona Juraskova BA MPsych PhD 

Juno Kim BSc PhD 

Evan Livesey BSc PhD Camb 

Daniel Linares BSc MSc PhD Barcelona 

Leonora Long BSc PhD Monash 

Hamish MacDougall BSc PhD 

Scott McDonald BSc Birmingham PhD 

NCastle, UK 

Melanie Price BSc PhD 

Conjoint Academic Title: 

Paul Rhodes BSc Lanc MPsych PhD Macq 

Psychology Clinic: 

Judy Hyde BA MPsych Macq 

Gambling Treatment Clinic: 

Archana Bhat Osmania MA Shreemati Nathibal 

Damodar 

Chantal Braganza BSc MPsych 

Ainslie Hatch BA (Hons) 

Christopher Hunt BSc MPsych UNSW 

Julia Lam BSSc MPhil UHK MSc Leic PhD 

Melb 

Kate Leeds BAppPsych MPsyc Canberra 

Norris Ma BA GDS (Psych) 

Sylvana Sturevska BSc NSW MA(Psych) 

Maree-Jo Richards BSc Woll GDS (Psych) 

Kirsten Shannon BA MA 

Julianti Widury BPsych Mara MPsych 

Indonesia MHSc 

Administration and Technical Staff 

Manager, Finances and Administration 

Sandra Cheng, BBus UTS MCom CPA 

Manager, Teaching Administration 

Anne Kwan, BA DipEd CUHK 

Kapila Wimalaratne BSc 

Professional Officer 

Sadhana Raju, BSc (Hons) MPH (Hons) 

Administration Officer 

Belinda Ingram, BSc (Hons) 

Administration Assistants 

Julia Ashworth BA Beijing BCom 

Grace Gong BA Beijing 

Hannah Jurd Dip Bus.Admn TAFE 

Cindy Li-Wong, Dip Com Sec HKPU 

Keiko Narushima, BSc BA 

Head of Computer & Technical Services 

John Holden 

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Managers of Computing Services 

Ethel Harris, DipEd Karlstad 

Nenad Petkovski, BScEE Belgrade 

Computer Systems Officer 

Yohans Bastian BSc Macq 

Senior Technical Officer 

Raja Vijayenthiran 

Technical Officer 

Philip Leung CertTelecom, Dip Network 

Engineering 

Animal House Manager 

Darek Figa, DipAppSci. (Animal Techn) SIT, 

MIAT UK 

Animal House Attendants 

Deborah Brookes, Animal Attending Cert 

Alison Salo, Animal Attending Cert 

Honorary Appointments 

Honorary Professors 

Robert A. Boakes, BA Cantab. PhD Harvard 

Ian S. Curthoys, BA PhD Monash 

Philip Ley, BA Manc DPsych Lond PhD Liv 

Rod McDonald BA (Hons) MSc DSc Macq 

PhD UNE 

Honorary Associate Professors 

Cyril R. Latimer, BA PhD 

Joel Michell BA PhD 

Honorary Senior Lecturers 

Jens Beckman BSc MSc PhD Leipzig 

Brian Crabbe BA PhD 

Olga Katchan, BA 

George Oliphant, BA 

Ros Markham BA PhD 

Terry McMullen, BA PhD 

George Oliphant BA PhD 

John Predebon BA PhD 

Honorary Associates 

Rosa Ali BA MPsych Macq 

Elizabeth Allworth PhD Macq MPsych (Appl) 

UNSW BA ANU 

Elaine Barrett BA MPsych 

Christopher Basten BA (Hon) M Psych USYD 

Julie Braithwaite BA MClinPsych Macq 

Catherine Bray Mpsych (Merit) Syd, BA 

(HONS) Syd 

Kerri Brown MA Syd PhD W'gong 

Ruth Brundson PhD Macq, MSc Clin. 

Neurophych Macq, BA (HONS) Macq 

Diana Caine BA UNE, BSc MA Melb PhD 

Carey Callaghan BSSc Natal, MSSc Rhodes 

Barney Casey BA Auckland MPsych PhD 

Carolyn M. Cavana BA Auck.BA (Hons) 

MClinPsych Wellgton 

Judy Chan BSc MPsych UNSW 

Denise Chu BSc (Hons) Oregon MClinPsych 

Macq 

Susan Coleman BSc UNSW Mpsych Macq 

Jennifer Cornish BSc (Hons), PhD Monash 

Carissa Coulston BSc (Hons) ANU MPsych 

Mark Dadds BSc DipEd Melb DipPsych PhD 

Qld 

Carlie Dean BSc Mpsych 

Elise Denshire BA Wash MPsych 

Angela Dixon BSc Melb, MA Harvard, MPsych 

Emma Djukic BA (Hons) Mpsych 

Suzette Doctor BSc London MSc Leicester 

Gabrielle Duffy BA (Hons) Mpsych 

Robert Duncan MPsych UNSW 

Dr Sarah Elders BSc Ulster DClinPsych 

Newcastle 

Rosemary Elliot BA MPsych 

Julie Erskine BA (Hons) Mpsych PhD UNSW 

Deborah A. Finney BSc, MPsych, PhD UNSW 

Gary Fulcher BA UNSW MA MPsych PhD 

Eleanor Galt BA (Hons) Newcastle DipPsych 

Jonathon Gaston BSc (Hons) MPsych UNSW 

Jemma Gilchrist BSc DipCP PhD Otago 

Michelle Greene BA (Hon) Canberra Phd 

Wollongong 

Barbara Griffin Bpsych Macq, PhD Sydney 

James Guinan MSc Mpsych UNSW PhD 

Christopher Hardwick BSc (Hons) MPsych 

Macq 

Ilana Hepner BA Psych, MClinNeuroPsych 

PhD Macq 

Beryl Hesketh BA CapeTown, MA Victoria, 

PhD Massey 

Malcolm Huxter BA NE Mpsych CSU 

Wendy Joung BSc (Hons) PhD 

Pamela Joy BA, MA, M.Sc, PhD Macq 

Brian Kearney BA MPsych 

Meredith Kearney BSc (Hons) MPsych UNSW 

Andrew Kemp Honours Melb PhD Swinbourne 

Travis Kemp BEd SA, MA Deakin, PhD SA 

Alex Knopman BPsych MPsych Macq 

Deborah Koder BSc UNSW MPsych 

Suzanna Kostrevska-Kirov BSc Newcastle 

Mpsych 

Sonia Kram BA Macq Mpsych 

Dr Claire Lamplugh BA (Hons) Exeter UK, 

DCP Southampton 

A/Prof Daniel Le Grange MA Rand PhD 

London 

Glen Larner BA (Hons) Dip Psych 

Tahn Le BSc UNSW MPsych UWS 

Leanne Little BA MPsych UNSW 

Wendy Longley BSc MSc UWA MA Melb 

Sarah Lucas BSc Ade MPsych Macq 

Peter Mangioni BSc UNSW MClinPsych UNSW 

Katherine Martin BSc MSc Melb 

Claudine Martijn BA DCP 

Wendy McCartney BA Open Uni, DipEd, MA 

Helen McCathie BA MPsych PhD 

Richard McBride BSc MPsych UNSW 

Peter McEvoy PhD UWA, MClinPsych UWA, 

BSc (Hons) UWA 

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Roderick Peter McDonald BA (Hons) MSc 

Syd,DSc Macq, PhD New England 

Laurie Miller BSc Westminster MSc PhD 

McGill 

Indrani Mukherjee M.Sc (Clin. Psych) UOW, 

NSW, M.Sc (Appl. Psych) Calcutta Uni 

Karen Munro BSc MPsych Newcastle 

Sharon Naismith BA MPsych DPsych Macq 

Matthew Norris BA MPsych PhD 

Brian O'Grady BSc MPsych UNSW 

Amanda Lee Olley BSc Psych UNSW, 

MClinNeuroPsych Macq, PhD Candidate 

UNSW 

Arzu Oytam BSc (Hons) UNSW Mpsych 

W'gong 

Louise Parry M.Clin.Psych Maq, BSc(HONS) 

Adelaide 

Christian Paulin BSc MPsych UNSW 

Kris Revson Mpsych Warsaw 

Geraldine Robinson BEd Vic MSc PhD Loyola 

Baltimore 

Andrew Rock BA MClinPsych Macq 

Claudia Rothhaas Mpsych Cologne 

Lesley Russell BA (Hons) MPsych 

Mark Sabaz BSc PhD Macq 

Thomas Schick BA MPsych 

Sandra Schock BA SA MClinPsych Rhodes 

DCP London 

Dieter Schlosser BSc UNSW MPsych 

Seizova-Cajic Tanja BA MS Belgrade PhD 

UNSW 

Julie Simmons BA N'Castle MPsycy UNSW 

Narelle Spinks BA (Hons) Mpsych 

Caroline Stevenson BSc Sussex, MPsych, PhD 

Sydney 

Jeanette Stewart BSc Sussex DClinPsych 

London 

Katherine Stewart BA MSc ClinPsych Calif 

State 

Margaret Tadros BA (Hons) MPsych 

Zoe Thaver MSC Clinical Neuropsych Macq 

Christopher Thornton BSc MClinPsych Macq 

Renate Wagner DipHEd UNSW PhD Vienna 

Fiona Wilkinson BA Macq Mpsych 

Crista Wocadlo BA CIT MA Melb PhD ANU 

Wilson Wong Master of Health Law Usyd, 

M.Psych Tasmania, BA Psych (HON) London 

Robert Wood BB Curtin PhD Washington 

Visiting Academics 

Dr Sanne Franssen (University of Amsterdam, 

The Netherlands) 

Dr Stephen Scher (Harvard Medical School, 

USA) 

Dr Dominic Dwyer (Cardiff University, UK) 

Professor Peter Wenderoth (Macquarie 

University) 

Dr Jun Saiki (Kyoto University, Japan) 

Professor Lia Nower (Rutgers University, USA) 

Dr Peter Jombik (Zvolen Hospital, The 

Republic of Slovakia) 

Dr Madeleine King (UTS) 

Dr Doris McIlwaine (Macquarie University) 

Dr Serena Lecce (University of Pavia, Italy) 

Dr Sadahiko Nakajima (Kwansei Gakuin 

University, Japan) 

Professor Candi Peterson (University of 

Queensland) 

Dr William Curran (Queens University of 

Belfast, UK) 

Professor David Kissane (Sloan-Kettering 

Cancer Centre, NY, USA) 

Visiting Research Students 

Ms Yvette Smulders (Univeristy of Maastricht, 

The Netherlands) 

Ms Linda Jans (Univeristy of Maastricht, The 

Netherlands) 

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Professor Sally Andrews 

Research Interests 

The central focus of my research is on lexical processing and its relationship to reading skill: 

how do skilled language users represent and retrieve their knowledge about the words; how do 

these cognitive capabilities develop; and how does lexical processing contribute to reading skill. 

My current ARC-funded research on these issues is investigating the role of “lexical expertise” 

in skilled reading. Lexical experts are conceptualized as having precise, redundant 

representations of written words that allow them to retrieve their meanings of words quickly and 

effortlessly. This facilitates reading comprehension by freeing up attentional resources so that 

they can be directed towards the integrative processes required for comprehension. I have been 

defining lexical expertise as effective reading comprehension in combination with accurate 

spelling. A series of priming experiments have supported my hypothesis that Good 

Readers/Good Spellers have more precise lexical representations by showing that, as well as 

being faster and more accurate at identifying words, they show less priming from similar words 

than those who are poorer at either reading comprehension, spelling or both. I am now 

extending this research to investigate the role of lexical expertise in sentence processing. 

I am also a member of a research team jointly funded by the ARC and three fire services to 

apply knowledge and methods derived from cognitive psychology to develop effective methods 

for training firefighters. Vanessa Loh’s PhD research, which is funded by this grant, is 

investigating how individual differences in cognitive and personality attributes modulates the 

effectiveness of different methods of training people to perform a complex firefighting 

simulation task. 

Grants 

2004-7 

Recipient: B. Hesketh, A. Neal, S. Andrews, G. Dewsnap, P. Robeson & K. Jesser ($673,500) 

Project Title: Training for adaptability: The role of errors, exceptions and rules of 

thumb. 

Funding Body: Australian Research Council Linkage grant 

2006-8 

Recipient: S. Andrews ($202,500) 

Project Title: Lexical expertise and reading skill: An experimental analysis of 

individual differences in written language proficiency 

Funding Body: Australian Research Council 

2004-8 

Recipient: S. Andrews, R. Dale & D. Burnham ($2, 000,000) 

Project Title: Enabling Human Communication 


Publications 

Andrews, S. (in press) Lexical expertise and reading. In B.R. Ross (Ed.), Psychology of Learning 

and Motivation (Vol 49) Elsevier. 

Bond, R. & Andrews, S. (in press) Repetition blindness: Not just an attribution. Memory & 

Cognition 

Newell, B.R., Cavenett, T. & Andrews, S. (in press) On the immunity of perceptual implicit 

memory to manipulations of attention. Memory & Cognition 

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Conference Abstracts/Presentations 

Andrews, S. Lexical expertise and reading skill. Combined Psychonomics/EPS Conference, 

Edinburgh, July, 2007 

Andrews, S., Lexical expertise and reading skill: What can spelling tell us about reading? 

HSCNet Workshop ion Cognitive Science and Text, Leura, December, 2007. 

Andrews, S. & Hersch, J. (2007) Lexical expertise and reading skill. Australian Journal of 

Psychology, 59 (Supplement), 15. 

Bond, R. & Andrews, S. (2007) Making sense (and nonsense) of repetition blindness. 

Australian Journal of Psychology, 59 (Supplement), 20-21. 

Nguyen, M. & Andrews, S. (2007) The role of perception and memory in repetition blindness: 

Comparison across contexts and orthographic overlap. Australian Journal of Psychology, 59 

(Supplement), 49. 

Paul, K. & Andrews, On the trial of reading skill: Transposed letter effects as a function of 

reading and spelling skill. European Society for Cognitive Psychology Conference, Marseille, 

August, 2007. 

Other Publications 

Badcock, D., Hammond, G., Gillam, B. & Andrews, S. (2007) Psychology: The science of mind, 

brain and behaviour. FASTS Occasional Paper Series (No. 6) 

Research Supervision 

Martin Daly PhD A new theoretical framework for psychology 

Vanessa Loh PhD The impact of individual differences on skill training 

Kristi Paul PhD Lexical expertise and reading skill 

Rhianna Shi PhD Lexical representation in Chinese 

Research Related Professional Activities 

Membership of Editorial Boards 

Associate Editor, Memory & Cognition 

Editorial Board, Psychological Review 

Editorial Board, Journal of Memory and Language 

Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory & Cognition 

Manuscript Reviewing 

Memory & Cognition (approx. 30) 

Psychological Review (5) 

Journal of Memory and Language (5)Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory & 

Cognition (6) 

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (2) 

Cognitive Psychology (1) 

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (1) 

Grant Reviewing 

Australian Research Council (6) 

National Health and Medical Research Council (1) 

National Science Foundation USA (1) 

Israel Science Foundation (1) 

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External Theses Examination 

University of Melbourne, PhD 

Professional Affiliations 

Fellow: Academy of Social Sciences of Australia 

Member: Australian Psychology Society (APS) 

Member: National Committee for Psychology 

Member: Australian Experimental Psychological Society 

Member: Psychonomic Society (USA) 

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Professor Alex Blaszczynski 


• Pathological Gambling: Epidemiological studies indicate that approximately 2% to 5% of 

adults meet criteria for pathological gambling. I have advanced an integrated pathway model 

incorporating cognitive, experiential and biological factors describing the etiology and three 

possible subtypes of this condition. Current research is directed toward the development of a 

screen to identify specific pathological gambling subtypes, and to fully understand the construct 

of the disorder and cognitive belief structures that maintain persistence in gambling. Structural 

characteristics of electronic gaming machines and their role in causing impaired control will be 

investigated. The effectiveness of warning signs in moderating irrational cognitions and 

gambling behaviour is being evaluated. 

• Impulse Control Behaviours: Impaired control is the central feature of this category of 

repetitive behaviours. However, the role of impulsivity and the specific reinforcement derived 

from behaviours that are associated with negative consequences remains unclear. I am planning 

studies that will explore the similarities and differences in traits of impulsivity and cognitions 

between various impulse control disorders. 

• Measurement of Irrational Beliefs: The cognitive model of gambling is based on the 

assumption that irrational and erroneous beliefs contribute to the onset and maintenance of 

pathological gambling behaviours. I am interested in determining if pathological gamblers 

manifest irrational beliefs prior to gambling (predisposition) or if such cognitions emerge as a 

consequence of their experiences. 

• Post Traumatic Stress: Post traumatic stress reactions commonly follow trauma but only a 

minority experience a post traumatic disorder. Identification of traits and vulnerability factors 

are important in the early detection of those at risk for PTSD. Personality traits and cognitive 

schemas may act as resilience factors. The SPARS model is currently being tested in group of 

patients sustaining road trauma. 

Internet: Internet addiction is becoming growing concern. I am currently exploring the 

relationship between emerging technologies and addictive type behaviours, and comparing the 

similarities of psychometric measures completed on-line versus paper and pencil with respect to 

the disclosure of sensitive substance use behaviours. 

Grants 

Recipient. Alex Blaszczynski 

Project Title: Differences in attitudes toward money between subgroups of gamblers: 

Implications for smart-card technologies and an exploration of the Tool and Drug 

Theories of Money in gambling. 

Funding Body: Queensland Government Treasury. 

Publications 

Blaszczynski, A. & Nower, L. (2007). Etiological processes. In G. Smith, D. Hodgins, & R. 

Williams (eds.). Research and measurement issues in gambling studies. Elsevier: Toronto. 

Pp.317-338. 

Monaghan, S. & Blaszczynski, A. (2007). Recall of electronic gaming machine signs: Static 

versus dynamic modes of presentation. Journal of Gambling Issues, 20, 253-268. 

Berle, D., Blaszczynski, A., Einstein, D., & Menzies, R. (2007). Thought-action fusion in 

schizophrenia: A preliminary investigation. Behaviour Change, 23(4), 1-260-269. 

Blaszczynski, A., Ladouceur, R. & Nower, L. (2007). Self-exclusion: A proposed gateway to 

treatment model. International Gambling Studies, 7(1), 59-71. 

Maccallum, F., Blaszczynski, A., Ladouceur, R., & Nower, L (2007). Functional and 

dysfunctional impulsivity in pathological gambling. Personality and Individual Differences. 

43(7), 1829-1838. 

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Savard, C., Goulet, A., Blaszczynski, A. & Ladouceur, R. Retrospective and prospective 

evaluations of money spent on gambling and calculation strategies. Paper presented at the 68th 

Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Ottawa, Canada, June 2007. 


Blaszczynski, A. (2007). Part I Paraphilia: Compulsive sexual disorders. Australian Doctor, 19 

January, p21-28. 

Blaszczynski, A. (2007). Part II Paraphilia: Compulsive sexual disorders. Australian Doctor, 

26 January, p25-32. 

Monaghan, S. & Blaszczynski, A. (2007). Responsible gaming messages on simulated 

electronic gaming machines: Preliminary results of a study examining impact on recall, 

cognitions and intent to play. Proceedings of the Council of Gambler’s Help Services 

Conference, Richmond Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC. http://www.gamblershelp.org 


Blake Hamilton DCP/MSc Assessment of at-risk mental states for psychosis in young 

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people using the 

CAARMS 

Sharifa N. Syed Abu 

Bakar 

DCP/MSc 

The impact of problem gambling on the current 

psychological health of spouses and children. The 

differential impact of paternal vs maternal problem 

gambling on the physical and psychological health of 

spouses and children. 

Margaret Walker DCP/MSc Shame in childhood sexual assault is a mediating factor 

for cognitive deficits. 

Catherine Chudleigh PhD Characterising social functioning and social disability in 

young people at risk of developing psychosis 

Marija Namouska DCP/MSc Exploring risk and resilience to Posttraumatic Stress 

Disorder: Does trait self-enhancement foster or impede 

adaptive resilience to PTSD? 

Sally Monaghan PhD Responsible gaming messages on simulated electronic 

gaming machines: Impact on recall, cognitions and intent 

to play. 

Samantha Fearns PhD A qualitative investigation of psychosocial factors and the 

process of psychological change throughout treatment in 

orthognathic surgery patients 

Juliette Drobny PhD Development of a measure to assess patients’ knowledge 

and beliefs underpinning cognitive behaviour therapy for 

Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia 



Member, International Advisory Board, Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues. 

Regional Assistant Editor Australasia, Addiction. 

International Advisor Editorial Board member, Electronic Journal of Gambling Issues 

International Gambling Studies, Co-editor 

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Consulting Reader, Psychological Reports 

Consulting Reader, Perceptual & Motor Skills 


Journal of Addiction Medicine (1) 

International Gambling Studies (1) 

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2) 

Spanish Journal of Psychology (1) 

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (1) 

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (1) 

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (1) 

Addiction Theory and Research (1) 

Journal of Gambling Studies (1) 

Medical Journal of Australia (1) 

Psychological Reports (2) 

Personality and Individual Differences (1) 

Journal of Clinical Psychology (1) 


Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre (2) 


Member: Australian Psychology Society, College of Clinical Psychologists 

Member: Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 

Member: New York Academy of Sciences 

Advisory Board: International Centre for the Study, Treatment and Prevention of Youth 

Gamblers 

Member: Australian Psychological Society 

Member and Australian Psychological Representative on the Motor Accident Authority of NSW 

Working Party on the Anxiety Management in PTSD Guideline Project 

Member: Expert Consultative Committee, Crown Casino 

Advisory Board Member, of the Department of Mental Health and Addiction, The International 

Institute of Health Studies 

Other Contributions 

• Problem gambling. St. Vincent de Paul Society special presentation, 7th March, St. Patrick’s 

Church, Sydney. 

• Best practice approaches in the assessment and management of problem gambling. 

Queensland Gambling Help Service Forum Targeting Best Practice, 18-20 April, 

Woolloongabba, Brisbane. 

• Treatment and assessment in pathological gambling. Gambling Interest Group, Liverpool 

Mental Health Centre, Liverpool Hospital. 

• Impulse control disorders. Department of Medical Psychology, 18 May, Westmead Hospital. 

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Professor Phyllis Butow 


My research interests are within the field of Health Psychology, including psychological impact 

of disease, factors influencing coping and adjustment to disease, evaluation of health services, 

health education and behavioural interventions, measurement, evaluation and interventions 

within health professional-patient communication, predictors of treatment compliance, 

psychometric measurement and test development. 

Current Appointments 

• NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, University of Sydney 

• Director, Medical Psychology Research Unit, University of Sydney 

• Co-Director, Surgical Outcomes Research Centre, Central Sydney Area Health Service 

and University of Sydney 

• Clinical Professor, Dept of Psychological Medicine, University of Sydney. 

Grants 

Butow P, Forbes J, Coates A, Boyle F, McCarthy N, Juraskova I. Project Grant. A randomised 

trial of a decision aid for women invited to participate in the prevention trial IBIS-2. NBCF 

2005-2007. 2005: $102,050; 2006: $83,540; 2007: $79,400 (grant relinquished in mid 2005, as 

funded by KOMEN foundation). 

Butow P, Webb P, Tennant C, Price M, Juraskova I, Lo SK. Quality of life and psychosocial 

predictors of outcome in a population based study of ovarian cancer. Multistate Cancer Council 

Application. 2005: $202,484; 2006: $200,984; 2007: $130,106 (not fully funded). 

Ussher J, Butow P, Wain G, Batt G, Sundquist K. An evaluation of concerns, self-perceived 

needs, and supportive interventions, for informal cancer carers: A comparative study of female 

and male carers. ARC Linkage Grant LP0560448. 2005: $100,000; 2006: $100,000; 2007: 

$75,000. 

Butow P, Dunn S, Girgis A, Kelly B, King M, Mason C, Meiser B, Solomon M, Stockler M, 

Tattersall M. NSW Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group. Cancer Institute NSW 

Research Infrastructure Grant. 2006: $90,000; 2007: $90,000. 

Butow P, Ussher J, Price M, Wain G, Batt G, Sundquist K, Charles M. Supporting the 

supporters; A randomized controlled trial of interventions to support leaders of cancer support 

groups. ARC Linkage Grant. LP0562095. 2006: $111,721; 2007: $109,823; 2008: $64,284. 

Butow P and Charles M. Predicting bereavement outcomes in caregivers of women with ovarian 

cancer. University of Sydney Cancer Research Fund. Requested funds 2006: $37,341; 2007: 

$49,882. 

Eisenbruch M, Butow P, Goldstein D, Iedema R, Knight R. Understanding barriers to effective 

cross-cultural communication about prognosis of metastatic breast cancer. National Breast 

Cancer Foundation. 2006: $112,812; 2007: $93,338. 

Butow P, Forbes J, Coates A, Boyle F, McCarthy N, Juraskova I. NBCF Project Grant. A 

randomised trial of a decision aid for women invited to participate in the prevention trial IBIS- 

2. 2005: $102,050; 2006: $83,540; 2007: $79,400 (grant relinquished in mid 2005, as funded by 

KOMEN foundation). (10%) 

Butow P, Webb P, Tennant C, Price M, Juraskova I, Lo SK. NSW Cancer Council and QLD 

Cancer Fund. Quality of life and psychosocial predictors of outcome in a population based 

study of ovarian cancer. 2005: $164,475; 2006: $162,975; 2007: $92,097. (10%) 

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Ussher J, Butow P, Wain G, Batt G, Sundquist K. ARC Linkage Grant LP0560448. An 

evaluation of concerns, self-perceived needs, and supportive interventions, for informal cancer 

carers: A comparative study of female and male carers. 2005: $100,000; 2006: $100,000; 2007: 

$75,000. (5%) 

Butow P, Forbes J, Coates A, Boyle F, McCarthy N, Juraskova I. Susan Komen Foundation 

Project Grant. A randomised trial of a decision aid for women invited to participate in the 

prevention trial IBIS-2. 2005: $US 102,050; 2006: $US 83,540; 2007: $US 79,400. (8%) 

Butow P, Dunn S, Girgis A, Kelly B, King M, Mason C, Meiser B, Solomon M, Stockler M, 

Tattersall M. Cancer Institute NSW Research Infrastructure Grant. NSW Psycho-Oncology Cooperative 

Research Group. 2006: $90,000; 2007: $90,000; 2008: $90,000; 2009: $90,000. (8%) 

Butow P, Ussher J, Batt G, Wain G, Sundquist K, Charles M. ARC Linkage Grant. LP0562095. 

Meeting the needs of cancer support group leaders. 2005: $45,000; 2006: $90,000; 2007: 

$70,000; 2008: $25,000. (5%) 

Butow P, Charles M, Price M, Lobb E, Kristjanson L, Clayton J. University of Sydney Cancer 

Research Fund. Predicting bereavement outcomes in caregivers of women with ovarian cancer. 

2006: $37,341; 2007: $49,882. (5%) 

Eisenbruch M, Butow P, Goldstein D, Iedema R, Knight R. National Breast Cancer Foundation. 

Understanding barriers to effective cross-cultural communication about prognosis of metastatic 

breast cancer. 2006: $112,812; 2007: $93,338. (5%) 

Eades S, Bailey S, Banks E, Butow P, Cass A, D’Este C, Jan S, Caldor J, Kippax S, Leask J, 

McIntyre P, Nutbeam D, Redman S, Sanson Fisher R, Thompson S. NHMRC Capacity 

Building Grant in Population Health Research 457279. Making a difference: Building research 

capacity for health interventions to improve Aboriginal health. 2007-2011. $2,317,125 over 5 

years. (5%) 

Butow P, Girgis A, Goldstein D, Eisenbruch M, Schofield P, Jefford M, King M. NHMRC 

Project Grant 457432. Psychological morbidity, unmet needs and patterns of care in culturally 

and linguistically diverse cancer patients in Australia. 2007: $203,654; 2008: $198,054. (10%) 

Butow P, Price M, Tennant C, Tucker K, Meiser B, Phillips K, Charles M. NHMRC Project 

Grant 457316. Psychosocial predictors of developing breast cancer in women from high risk 

breast cancer families. 2007: $257,500; 2008: $257,500; 2009: $252,500; 2010: $161,700; 

2011: $125,450. (8%) 

Butow P. NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship (level B) 457093. 2007-2011. $127,000 per 

year. (100%) 

Young J, Butow P, Solomon M, Salkeld G, White K. Cancer Institute NSW Health Service 

Research Grant. Improving the patient journey: Randomised controlled trial of centralised 

'remote access' cancer care coordination (CRACCC) to improve processes and outcomes of 

care. 2007-2009: $1,402,189. (5%) 

O’Connell D, Butow P, Armstrong B, Treloar C, Knight R, Dillon A, Newman C, Supramaniam 

R. NHMRC Health Services Research Round 3 – 440202. Patterns of cancer care for 

indigenous people in NSW. 2007: $232,271; 2008: $371,750; 2009: $350,687; 2010: $334,371; 

2011: $291,676. (2%) 

Mullan B, Butow P. University of Sydney Cancer Research Fund. Brain-body interaction: 

Randomised control trial of physical activity (Medical Qigong) for cancer patients. 2007: 

$49,397; 2008: $49,398. (5%) 

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Barratt A, Tattersall M, Trevena L, Del Mar C, Butow P, Carey-Hazell K, McGeechan K. 

Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, USA). (Grant #0097-1) A randomized 

controlled trial of consumers asking questions to prompt clinicians to discuss and apply 

evidence to their care. 2007-2008. $110,000 (5%) 

Publications 

Book 

Morrison, V., Bennett, P., Butow, P., Mullan, B. & White, K. (2007). Introduction to Health 

Psychology in Australia. Sydney: Pearson Education Australia. 

Book Chapters 

Rodriguez KL, Butow PN, Arnold RA. Cardiologist-Patient Communication About Heart 

Failure. In Decision Making in Medicine and Health Care. Ed. Patricia C. Tolana. Nova Science 

Publishers, Inc. 2007, pp31-51. ISBN 978-1-60021-870-5 

Journal Articles 

Brown RF, Butow P, Boyle F, et al. Seeking informed consent to cancer clinical trials: 

Evaluating the efficacy of communication skills training. Psycho-Oncology. 2007;16(6):507- 

516. IF=2.322. 

Choy ET, Chiu A, Butow P, et al. A pilot study to evaluate the impact of involving breast 

cancer patients in the multidisciplinary discussion of their disease and treatment plan. Breast. 

2007;16(2):178-189. IF=1.677. 

Clayton J, Hancock K, Butow P, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis 

and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their 

caregivers. Medical Journal of Australia. 2007;186(12):S77-S108. IF=2.582 

Clayton JM, Butow PN, Tattersall MHN, et al. Randomized controlled trial of a prompt list to 

help advanced cancer patients and their caregivers to ask questions about prognosis and end-oflife 

care. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2007;25(6):715-723. IF=13.598. 

Davey HM, Barratt AL, Butow PN, et al. A one-item question with a Likert or Visual Analog 

Scale adequately measured current anxiety. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2007;60(4):356- 

360. IF=2.440. 

Duric VM, Butow PN, Sharpe L, et al. Psychosocial factors and patients' preferences for 

adjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 2007;16(1):48-59. IF=2.322. 

Hodgkinson K, Butow P, Fuchs A, et al. Long-term survival from gynecologic cancer: 

Psychosocial outcomes, supportive care needs and positive outcomes. Gynecologic Oncology. 

2007;104(2):381-389. IF=2.319. 

Hodgkinson K, Butow P, Hunt G, et al. Breast cancer survivors’ supportive care needs 2–10 

years after diagnosis. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2007;15(5):515-523. IF=1.905. 

Hodgkinson K, Butow P, Hunt G, et al. Life after cancer: Couples’ and partners’ psychological 

adjustment and supportive care needs. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2007;15(4):405-415. 

IF=1.905. 

Juraskova I, Butow P, Lopez A, et al. Improving informed consent in clinical trials: Successful 

piloting of a decision aid [Letter]. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2007;25(11):1443-1444. 

IF=13.598. 

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Juraskova I, Butow P, Sharpe L, et al. "What does it mean?" Uncertainty, trust and 

communication following treatment for pre-cancerous cervical abnormalities. Psycho-Oncology. 

2007;16(6):525-533. IF=2.322. 

Kasparian NA, Meiser B, Butow PN, et al. Anticipated uptake of genetic testing for familial 

melanoma in an Australian sample: An exploratory study. Psycho-Oncology. 2007;16(1):69-78. 

IF=2.322. 

Koh T, Butow PN, Coory M, et al. Provision of taped conversations with neonatologists to 

mothers of babies in intensive care: Randomised controlled trial. British Medical Journal. 

2007;334(7583):28-31. IF=9.245. 

McCaffery K, Shepherd H, Trevena L, et al. Shared decision making in Australia. Zeitschrift fur 

Arztliche Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung [German Journal for Evidence and Quality in 

Health Care]. 2007;4(101):205-211. IF=N/A 

Rodriguez KL, Gambino FJ, Butow P, et al. Pushing up daisies: Implicit and explicit language 

in oncologist-patient communication about death. Supportive Care in Cancer. 2007;15(2):153- 

161. IF=1.905. 

Sponiar M, Sharpe L, Butow P, et al. Reproductive choices of women with multiple sclerosis. 

International Journal of MS Care. 2007;9(1):9-12. IF=N/A 

Shepherd H, Tattersall M, Butow P. The context influences doctors' support of shared decision 

making in cancer care. British Journal of Cancer. 2007; 97(1): 6-13. IF=4.459 

Saunders C, Crossing S, Girgis A, Butow P, Penman A. Operationalising a model framework 

for consumer and community participation in health and medical research. Australian &NZ 

Journal Health Policy. 2007 http://www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/4/1/13 

Rodriguez KL, Gambino FJ, Butow PN, Hagerty RG, Arnold RM. 'It's going to shorten your 

life': framing of oncologist-patient communication about prognosis. Psychooncology. 2007 June 

18; [Epub ahead of print]. IF=2.772 

Price MA, Butow PN, Lo SK, Wilson J, kConFab Psychosocial Group. Predictors of cancer 

worry in unaffected women from high-risk breast cancer families: Risk perception is not the 

primary issue. Journal of Genetic Counseling 2007. 16:635–644. 

Hancock K, Clayton JM, Parker S, Walder S, Butow P, Carrick S, Currow D, Ghersi D, Glare P, 

Hagerty R, Tattersall MHN. Truth-telling in discussing prognosis in advanced life limiting 

illnesses: a systematic review. Palliative Medicine 2007; 21 (6): 507–517 

Butow, P. N., Kirsten, L. T., Ussher, J. M., Wain, G. V., Sandoval, M., Hobbs, K., Hodgkinson, 

K., & Stenlake, A. (2007). What is the ideal support group? Views of Australian people with 

cancer and their carers. Psycho oncology, 16 (11), 1039-1045. 

Hodgkinson K, Butow P, Hobbs K, et al. After cancer: The unmet supportive care needs of 

survivors and their partners. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology. 2007; 25: 89-104. IF=0.333. 

Butow P, Harrison J, Choy E, Young J, Spillane A, Evans A. Health Professional and Consumer 

views on involving breast cancer patients in the multidisciplinary discussion of their disease and 

treatment plan. Cancer 2007; 10: 1937-1944. 

Hancock K. Clayton JM. Parker SM. Walder S. Butow PN. Carrick S. Currow D. Ghersi D. 

Glare P. Hagerty R. Tattersall MH. Discrepant perceptions about end-of-life communication: a 

systematic review. J of Pain & Symptom Management. 34(2):190-200, 2007 

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Hodgkinson K. Butow P. Hunt GE. Wyse R. Hobbs KM. Wain G. Life after cancer: couples' 

and partners' psychological adjustment and supportive care needs. [Journal Article. Research 

Support, Non-U.S. Gov't] Supportive Care in Cancer. 15(4):405-15, 2007 

Kinnersley P. Edwards A. Hood K. Cadbury N. Ryan R. Prout H. Owen D. Macbeth F. Butow 

P. Butler C. Interventions before consultations for helping patients address their information 

needs. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. (3):CD004565, 2007. 

Hancock K. Clayton JM. Parker SM. Walder S. Butow PN. Carrick S. Currow D. Ghersi D. 

Glare P. Hagerty R. Tattersall MH. Discrepant perceptions about end-of-life communication: a 

systematic review. Journal of Pain & Symptom Management. 34(2):190-200, 2007 

Hodgkinson K. Butow P. Hunt GE. Pendlebury S. Hobbs KM. Lo SK. Wain G. The 

development and evaluation of a measure to assess cancer survivors' unmet supportive care 

needs: the CaSUN (Cancer Survivors' Unmet Needs measure). Psycho-Oncology. 16(9):796- 

804, 2007 

Hodgkinson K. Butow P. Hobbs KM. Hunt GE. Lo SK. Wain G. Assessing unmet supportive 

care needs in partners of cancer survivors: the development and evaluation of the Cancer 

Survivors' Partners Unmet Needs measure (CaSPUN). Psycho-Oncology. 16(9):805-13, 2007 

Saunders C. Girgis A. Butow P. Crossing S. Penman A. Beyond scientific rigour: funding 

cancer research of public value. Health Policy. 84(2-3):234-42, 2007 

Price M. Cameron R. Butow P. Communicating risk information: the influence of graphical 

display format on quantitative information perception-Accuracy, comprehension and 

preferences. Patient Education & Counseling 2007; 69(1-3):121-8. 


International 

Zordan, R.D, Juraskova, I, Butow, P.N et al. “Challenges, Rewards, and Psychological wellbeing 

of Cancer Support Group Leaders: Does gender matter?” 9th World Congress of Psycho- 

Oncology. London. Sept 2007 

Butow P. Breaking Bad News. European Cancer Conference 14. Barcelona 23-25 September 

2007. 

Australian 

White K, Herz H, Butow P and Kiernan M. Letter on future care: development of a diseasespecific 

future care plan for MND Presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the MND 

Research Institute of Australia (MNDRIA) 31/10-/07. 


Ben Colagiuri PhD Placebo and nocebo effects 

Haryana Dhillon 

A strategy for improving informed consent 

Elisabetta Panzironi MSc The relationship between terminally ill cancer 

patients and their carers 

Martine Sponiar PhD A decision tool for women with multiple sclerosis 

re having children 

Rachel Zordan PhD A randomised controlled trial to evaluate minimal 

versus intense interventions to support leaders of 

cancer support groups 

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Patient Education and Counselling 

Psycho-Oncology 


Patient Education and Counselling (5) 

Psycho-Oncology (3) 

JCO (3) 

Soc Sci Med (2) 


NHMRC Project grants (4) 


University of Sydney – PhD (2) 


Member of Research Advisory Committee: Cancer Australia (2006-) 

Member: Information Advisory Group, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (2005-) 

Chair: Communication Skills Working Group, National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre (2000 -) 

Member of Research Committee: Cancer Council NSW (2001-2007) 

Member: Scientific Advisory Group, Pam Maclean Communication Skills Training Centre, 

Royal North Shore Hospital (2000-) 

Member of NHMRC Project Grant Review Panel 2007 

Chair Psychosocial Working Group: Kathleen Cunningham Consortium for Research into 

Familial Breast Cancer Cancer (KConFab) 

Member: Patient Support Working Group, Cancer Institute NSW/ CCNSW 

Member of Board: International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) 

Chair: Psycho-Oncology Research Co-operative Group (2005-) 


Invited Plenaries International 

Butow P. ECCO (European CanCer Organisation Conference, 23-25 September Barcelona 

Spain. Discussing Prognosis 

Butow P. International Shared Decision Making Conference, Frieburg Germany, 2007. 

Attitudes to shared decision making in cancer care: Lessons for Decision Aids. 

Invited Address in Australia 

University of Sydney Dean of Science Lecture: Shared Decision-Making 

ANZBCTG Annual Conference: Informed Consent 

Dept of Health and Aging Ethics Committee training: Informed Consent 

Workshops Delivered 

National Breast Cancer Centre: Communication skills train the trainer 

National Breast Cancer Centre: Communication skills training for Oncology health 

professionals (3) 

Cancer Institute Basic Sciences in Oncology Course: Informed consent 

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Professor Iain S. McGregor 


I have broad research interests in the areas of neuroscience and psychopharmacology. I am 

particularly interested in assessing the long-term effects of addictive drugs and alcohol on 

behaviour and brain function. I am also interested in the development of animal models of 

anxiety disorders and depression and in the pharmacological treatment of these disorders. The 

sense of smell (olfaction) and the behavioral and neural effects of pheromones are other major 

research interests. 

Grants 

2006-2008 Learning about threats: the neural and behavioural response to 

predator-related cues in rodents. ARC discovery grant. ($149,000) 

2006-2008 Cannabis re-intoxication: the causes and consequences of THC release 

from fat stores into blood. NH&MRC project grant (with Dr Jonathon 

Arnold) ($255,000) 

2005-2007 Age-dependent effects of cannabinoids on emotion, cognition and 

vulnerablity to addiction. Australian Research Council grant (with Dr 

Paul Mallet) ($225,000) 

2005-2007 Ecstasy, methamphetamine and their combination: assessment of 

adverse effects. National Health and Medical Research Council grant 

(with Dr Glenn Hunt) ($379,000) 

2007-2008 Evaluation of sigma receptor polycyclic molecules in treating brain 

disease. University of Sydney Sydnovate Seeding Grant (with A/Prof 

Michael Kassiou and Prof Maxwell Bennett) ($50,000) 

Publications 

Boucher, A.A., Hunt, G.E., Karl, T., Micheau, J., McGregor, I.S. & Arnold, J.C. (2007) 

Heterozygous neuregulin 1 mice display greater baseline and Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinolinduced 

c-Fos expression. Neuroscience 149, 861-870. 

McGregor, I.S. & Arnold, J.C. (2007) Cannabis reward: biased towards the fairer sex? British 

Journal of Pharmacology 152, 562-564. 

Hargreaves, G.A. & McGregor, I.S. (2007) Topiramate moderately reduces the motivation to 

consume alcohol and has a marked antidepressant effect in rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and 

Experimental Research 31, 1900-1907. 

Quinn H.R., Matsumoto I, Callaghan P.D., Long L.E., Arnold J.C., Gunasekaran N, Thompson 

M.R., Dawson B., Mallet P.E., Kashem M.A., Matsuda-Matsumoto H, Iwazaki T & McGregor 

I.S. (2007). Adolescent rats find repeated delta(9)-THC less aversive than adult rats but display 

greater residual cognitive deficits and changes in hippocampal protein expression following 

exposure. Neuropsychopharmacology. 

Hargreaves, G.A., Hunt, G.E., Cornish, J.L. & McGregor, I.S (2007) High ambient temperature 

increases 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "Ecstasy")-induced Fos expression in 

a region-specific manner. Neuroscience 145, 764-774. 

Iwazaki, T., McGregor, I.S. & Matsumoto, I (2007) Protein expression profile in the striatum of 

rats with methamphetamine-induced behavioral sensitization. Proteomics 7, 1131-1139. 

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Sokolic, L, and McGregor I.S (2007) Benzodiazepines impair the acquisition and reversal of 

olfactory go/no-go discriminations in rats. Behavioral Neuroscience 121: 527-534. 

Thompson, M.R., Callaghan, P.D., Hunt, G.E., Cornish, J.L. & McGregor, I.S (2007) A role for 

oxytocin and 5-HT(1A) receptors in the prosocial effects of 3,4 

methylenedioxymethamphetamine ("ecstasy"). Neuroscience 146, 509-514. 

Parrott, A.C., McGregor, I.S., Lee, T.M., Scholey, A.B. & Morgan, M.J (2007) International 

Conference on Memory (ICOM-4), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 16-21 

July 2006 Ecstasy/MDMA and Memory Symposium. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 21, 895- 

897. 

Chan-Ling, T., Hughes, S., Baxter, L., Rosinova, E., McGregor, I.S. Morcos, Y., van 

Nieuwenhuyzen, P. & Hu, P. (2007) Inflammation and breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier 

during physiological aging in the rat retina: A model for CNS aging. Microcirculation, 14, 63- 

76. 

Sokolic, L., Laing, D.G. & McGregor, I.S. (2007) Asymmetric suppression of aliphatic 

aldehydes in binary mixtures: Behavioural studies in the laboratory rat. Chemical Senses, 32, 

191-199. 

Clemens, K.J., Cornish, J.L., Hunt, G.E. & McGregor, I.S. (2007) Repeated weekly exposure to 

MDMA, methamphetamine or their combination: Long-term behavioural and neurochemical 

effects in rats. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 86, 183-190. 

Clemens, K.J, McGregor, I.S., Hunt, G.E. & Cornish, J.L. (2007) MDMA, methamphetamine 

and their combination: possible lessons for party drug users from recent preclinical research. 

Drug & Alcohol Review, 26, 9-15. 

Conference Presentations/Abstracts 

Reintoxication: liberation of THC from fat stores during food deprivation and stress. Invited 

talk given to ASCEPT conference, Adelaide, December 2007. 

Oxytocin involvement in the acute and long-terms of MDMA (Ecstasy): studies with laboratory 

rats. Invited presentation given to the World Congress on Neurohypophyseal Hormones 

(WCNH). Regensburg, Germany, September 2007. 

Cannabinoid Impairment Of Auditory Go/No-Go Discrimination Performance And The 

Reversal of Olfactory Go/No-Go Discriminations In Rats. Presentation given to the European 

Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS) meeting, Tubingen, Germany, September 2007. 

Rats discriminate individual cats by their odor. Invited talk given to International Ethological 

Congress (IEC), Halifax, Canada, August 2007. 

A role for brain oxytocin in the acute and long-term social effects of recreational drugs. Invited 

talk given to International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO) world congress, Melbourne, 

July 2007. 

The cat odour model of phobic anxiety in rats. Invited talk given to International Behavioural 

Neuroscience Society (IBNS) conference, Rio de Janeiro, June 2007. 

Party drugs and neuropharmacology. Invited talk given to Women’s Health Conference, Gold 

Coast, February 2007. 

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Silins, E., Copeland, J., Dillon, P., McGregor, I., & Caldicott, D. (2007). The development of 

materials on ecstasy and related drugs (ERDs) for health care practitioners. Sydney: National 

Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Technical report no.287. PDF can be downloaded from 

http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au/NDARCWeb.nsf/page/Reports. 


Lauren Staples PhD Cat odour-induced anxiety in rats 

Murray Thompson PhD Lasting effects of MDMA 

Garth Hargreaves PhD The beer model of excessive alcohol intake 

Ljiljana Sokolic PhD Olfactory discrimination and olfactory learning 

Petra van Nieuwenhuijzen PhD Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB): effects of 

brain and behaviour 

Nathan Gunasekaran 

(Pharmacology Dept) 

PhD 

Reintoxication effects with cannabis 



Alcohol and Alcoholism (1) 

Biological Psychiatry (3) 

Behavioural Neuroscience (1) 

Journal of Neuroscience (1) 

Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (2) 

Naunyn Schmiedeberg’s Archives of Pharmacology (1) 

Neuropsychopharmacology (3) 

Neuroscience (3) 

Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior (1) 

Physiology and Behavior (2) 

Proteomics (1) 

Psychopharmacology (2) 


NHMRC Project Grants (3) 


1 x DCP thesis (Monash University) 


Member: Australian Neuroscience Society 

Member: Society for Neuroscience (USA) 

Member: International Behavioural Neuroscience Society (USA) 

Member: European Behavioral Pharmacology Society 

Member: Addiction Neuroscience Network Australia 


• Recipient of inaugural NHMRC achievement award from Nicola Roxon, December 2007. 

• Best presentation prize, European Behavioural Pharmacology Society meeting, Germany 

2007. 

• Member of Australian Psychological Society (APS) working party: Prescription Privileges 

for Clinical Psychologists. 

• Organised and chaired a symposium at University of Sydney (20 th July 2007): “Party Drugs, 

Brain and Behaviour” featuring an array of top national and international speakers. 

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• Colloquium given at Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago: “Loved up lab rats: 

the role of oxytocin in the short and long-term effects of MDMA (Ecstasy)”. 

Media 

• New Scientist (July 2007): Adolescent rats enjoy cannabis more than their elders (a story 

about our recent research on the effects of THC on adolescent versus adult rats). 

• Stoned young rats fail memory tests (July 2007) (ABC News website take on the same 

story). 

• How cannabis turns young rats into dope-heads (July 2007) (Sydney Morning Herald). 

• New Scientist (April 2007): Ecstasy really does unleash the love hormone (a story about 

recent research on the role of Oxytocin in mediating the prosocial effects of MDMA). 

• Love rats reveal agony of ecstasy (April 2007) (Sydney Morning Herald take on the oxytocin 

story). 

• Comments on lethality of Ecstasy tablets (Feburary 2007) (Sun-Herald) 

• Marijuana: the myths and misconceptions (January 2007) (ABC radio "Big Ideas" debate on 

the hazards of cannabis, featuring Iain McGregor) 

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Professor Stephen Touyz 


My major research interests are in the areas of clinical psychology, psychiatry, neuropsychology 

and behavioural medicine. I have gained strong international recognition for studies reporting 

on body image disturbance in patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa as well as specific 

aspects relating to the treatment of these disorders. My pioneering work on operant 

conditioning programmes in the treatment of anorexia nervosa led to a change as to how such 

patients were treated worldwide. 

Grants 

Does inpatient weight restoration prior to outpatient family therapy improve outcomes in 

adolescent anorexia nervosa? National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant 

(2007 – 2010). $528,000 (with James Locke, Daniel Le Grange, Sloane Madden, Michael 

Kohn and Paul Rhodes). 

A randomised control trial of non-specific clinical management versus CBT in chronic anorexia 

nervosa. National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant (2007 – 2009). 

$505,562.50 (with Daniel Le Grange, Hubert Lacey and Phillipa Hay). 

Publications 

Chapter in Books & Articles in Scientific Journals 

Coelho, J., Thornton, C., Touyz, S.W., Lacey, J.H. & S. Corfe (2007). Eating disorders and 

drug and alcohol problems. In A Baker and R Velleman (Eds). Clinical handbook of coexisting 

mental health and drug and alcohol problems. Brunner, London. Routledge pp 290- 

308. 

Dean, H., Touyz, S.W., Rieger, E. and Thornton, C. (2007). Can motivational enhancement 

therapy improve a cognitively behaviourally based inpatient program for eating disorders? In 

Danielle A. Einstein (ED). Innovations and Advances in Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy. Bowen 

Hills. Australian Academic Press, 171-183. 

Hay, P. and Touyz, S.W. (2007) Eating Disorders. I S. Bloch and B. Singh (Eds). 

Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry, Third Edition. Melbourne University Press (pp 235-250). 

Hill, S. and Touyz, S.W. (2007) Maladaptive scheme and eating disorders: Therapeutic 

considerations. In Danielle A Einstein (ED). Innovations and Advances in Cognitive- 

Behaviour Therapy. Bowen Hills. Australian Academic Press, 207-213. 

Andrews, G. & the Tolkien II Team (2007) Tolkien II: a needs-based, costed stepped-care 

model for Mental Health Sciences. Sydney: World Health Organization Collaborating Centre 

for Classification in Mental Health. (Touyz, S.W. as member of Tolkien II Team). 

Carney, T., Tait, D. and Touyz, S.W. (2007). Coercion is coercion? Reflections on trends in 

the use of compulsion in treating anorexia nervosa. Australasian Psychiatry, 15, 5, 390-395. 

Hollis, J., Grayson, D., Forrester, L., Brodaty, H., Touyz, S.W. and Cumming, R. (2007). 

Antipsychotic medication dispensing and risk of death in veterans and war widows 65 years and 

older. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11: 932-941. 

Hollis, J., Grayson, D., Forrester, L., Brodaty, H., Touyz, S.W. and Cumming, R. (2007). Risk 

of death associated with antipsychotic drug dispensing in residential aged care facilities. 

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41: 751-758. 

Soh, N., Surgenor, L., Touyz, S., Walter, G. (2007). Eating Disorders across two cultures. 

Does the expression of psychological control vary? Australian and New Zealand Journal of 

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Psychiatry, 41: 351-358. 

Soh, N.L., Touyz, S.W., Dobbins, T., Surgenor, L., Clarke, S., Kohn, M., Lee, E.E., Leow, V., 

Rieger, E., Ung, K. & Walter, G. (2007). Restraint and eating concern in North European and 

East Asian women with and without eating disorders in Australia and Singapore. Australian 

and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 41:6, 536-545. 

Surgenor, L.J., Maguire, S., Russell, J. and Touyz, S.W. (2007). Self-liking and selfcompetence: 

relationship to symptoms of anorexia nervosa. European Eating Disorders 

Review 15,139-145. 

Swinbourne, J.M. and Touyz, S. W. (2007) The co-morbidity of eating disorders and anxiety 

disorders: A review. European Eating Disorders Review, 15, 253-274. 

Thornton, C., Touyz, S. and Birmingham, C.L. (2007). Eating disorders: Management in 

general practice. Modern Medicine of South Africa. February, 31-36. 


Taranis, L., Meyer, C. and Touyz, S.W. Excessive exercise in the eating disorders: current 

management and future treatment. Proceedings of the 8 th London International Conference on 

Eating Disorders. Imperial Colleage, London March 2007. 

Touyz, S.W., Hay, P. and Madden, S. Breaking new frontiers in research into eating disorders. 

Exciting new data from the antipodes. Proceedings of the 8 th London International Conference 

on Eating Disorders. Imperial College, London. March 2007. 

Swinbourne, J., Touyz, S.W., Hunt, C., Abbott, M., St Clare, T. and Russell, J. (2007). The 

prevalence of co-morbid eating disorders and anxiety disorders: Do individuals with co-morbid 

diagnoses display more severe symptoms? Proceedings from Cell2 Soul, the 2007 Congress of 

the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, April-May, Gold Coast, 

Australia. 

Swinbourne, J., Touyz, S.W., Hunt, C., Abbott, M., St. Clare, T. and Russell, J. (2007). The 

co-morbidity between eating disorders and anxiety disorders. Proceedings of the 13 th annual 

conference of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Pittsburgh, USA October 2007. 

Touyz, S.W., Maguire, S., Le Grange, D. & Surgenor, L., Lacey, H., Marks, P. and Crossby, R. 

(2007). Why DSM V needs to consider a staging model for anorexia nervosa. Proceedings of 

the 13 th Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society, Pittsburgh October 2007. 

Touyz, S.W. (2007). Gaps in our current empirical knowledge. Proceedings of the Exercise 

and the Eating Disorders Conference, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United 

Kingdom October 2007. 


Sloane Madden PhD Does inpatient weight restoration prior to 

outpatient family therapy improve outcomes in 

adolescent anorexia nervosa. 

Sarah Maguire PhD Staging Anorexia Nervosa. 

Jessica Swinbourne PhD The co-morbidity between eating disorders and 

anxiety disorders. 

Natalie Crino PhD Metacognition and eating disorders 

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Patricia Kieszak PhD Sociocultural influence on body image and eating 

disorders in Polish, Polish Australian and 

Australian women. 

Robyn Vines PhD Clinical Psychology in the rural general practice 

Christine Wearne 

(ST is the Associate 

Supervisor) 

PhD 

An investigation of the interpersonal basis of 

anorexia nervosa, and the development of a scale 

to measure anorexic perfectionism and autonomy 

Jonathan Osbourne MSc Does a prior history of PTSD contribute to 

dementia symptomatology in World War II and 

Korean War Veterans? 

Jane Miskovic MSc Does hospital based weight restoration prior to 

outpatient family therapy improve outcome for 

young people treated for anorexia nervosa. 

Alex Withers MSc Anorexia in the family: a sibling’s perspective 

Natalie Costin MSc An investigation of the relationship between 

emotional awareness and eating disorder illness 

severity over 18 weeks of treatment. 

Amy Willinge MSc Day patient treatment for eating disorders: An 

evaluation of its effectiveness and predictors of 

outcome and dropout. 

Renee Van Steenis MSc A comparison study in the presentation of 

anorexia nervosa in acute and chronic patients 



European Eating Disorders Review 


Fellow of the Academy of Eating Disorders (American) 

Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society 

Member: College of Clinical Psychologists of APS 

Member: Australian Association for Cognitive & Behaviour Therapy 

Member: Australian Society for Psychiatric Research 

International Affiliate: The American Psychological Society 

Member: Easting Disorders Research Society (USA) 

Member: American Psychological Association, International Affiliate 

Member: European Council on Eating Disorders 

Inaugural Member: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders (Hon. Treasurer) 


1. Executive Member: Eating Disorders Foundation (carer organization) 

2. Co-Director Peter Beumont centre for Eating Disorders 

3. Consultant Clinical Psychologist to the Eating Disorders Programme at Westmead Hospital 

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Media 

1. The bad seeds. Essential Health. The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 th August, 2007 

2. She ain’t heavy – she’s my daughter. The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday, 1 st 

November 2007. 

3. The bad seed; the ideological justifications for turning vegetarian can disguise a serious 

psychiatric condition. The Sydney Morning Herald, August 9 th 2007. 

Community 

1. Psychological aspects of eating disorders. The Science of Eating. Youth Forum 2007. 

Eating Disorder Foundation. Garvan Institute. 21 st August 2007. 

2. Clinical update on anorexia nervosa: Its effect on the brain and its impact on capacity to 

make personal decisions. Guardianship Tribunal of New South Wales. Special Seminar. 

Wednesday 5 th September 2007. 

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Associate Professor Colin Clifford 


The primary research focus of my laboratory is vision. A combination of behavioural 

experiments and functional brain imaging are used to understand how we perceive colour, form 

and motion, how context affects our perception, and how our visual awareness might be related 

to the underlying neural processing. 

Grants 

2006-08 

Recipient. 

Project Title: 

Funding Body: 

2007-11 

Recipient. 


Funding Body: 

Harris, J.A. & Clifford, C.W.G. 

Interactions between vision and touch 

Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 

Clifford, C.W.G. 

Visual coding of motion and form 

Australian Research Council Discovery Grant 

Publications 

Clifford, C.W.G., Webster M.A., Stanley, G.B., Stocker, A.A., Kohn, A., Sharpee, T.O. & 

Schwartz, O. (2007) Visual adaptation: neural, psychological and computational aspects, Vision 

Research, 47, 3125-3131. 

Durant, S., Clifford, C.W.G., Crowder, N.A., Price, N.S.C. & Ibbotson, M.R. (2007) 

Characterizing contrast adaptation in a population of cat primary visual cortical neurons using 

Fisher information, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 24, 1529-1537. 

Harris, J.A., Arabzadeh, E., Moore, C.A. & Clifford, C.W.G. (2007) Non-informative vision 

causes adaptive changes in tactile sensitivity, Journal of Neuroscience, 27, 7136-7140. 

Rhodes, G., Jeffery, L., Clifford, C.W.G. & Leopold, D.A. (2007) The timecourse of higherlevel 

face aftereffects, Vision Research, 47, 2291-2296. 


Alais, D., Cass, J., Spehar, B. & Clifford, C.W.G. (2007). “Temporal masking within and 

between chromatic and achromatic axes”, Journal of Vision. 

Arabzadeh, E., Clifford, C.W.G. & Harris, J. (2007) “The pedestal effect of vision on touch”, 

8th Annual Meeting of the International Multisensory Research Forum, Sydney 4-9 July. 

Arabzadeh, E., Clifford, C. & Harris, J. (2007). “Pedestal effects on tactile perception”, Aust. J. 

Psychol. 59 (2007 Supplement), 15-16. 

Clifford, C. (2007). “Coding multiple motions in a recurrent network”, Aust. J. Psychol. 59 

(2007 Supplement), 25. 

Curran, W., Clifford, C. & Benton, C.P. (2007). “When repulsion follows adaptation: tapping 

into the motion processing hierarchy”, Aust. J. Psychol. 59 (2007 Supplement), 28-29. 

Gohar, N., Latimer, C. & Clifford, C. (2007). “Diagnostic colours of emotions”, Aust. J. 

Psychol. 59 (2007 Supplement), 32-33. 

Pearson, J., Clifford, C.W.G. & Tong, F. (2007). “Perceptual and mnemonic contents of mental 

imagery revealed by binocular rivalry”, Journal of Vision. 

Pearson, J., Clifford, C.W.G. & Tong, F. (2007). “The functional impact of mental imagery on 

conscious perception”, 11 th Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, 

Las Vegas 22-25 June. 

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Rhodes, G., Jeffery, L., Clifford, C. & Leopold, D. (2007). “The timecourse of higher-level face 

aftereffects”, Aust. J. Psychol. 59 (2007 Supplement), 55. 

Seymour, K., McDonald, J.S. & Clifford, C. (2007). “The cost of visual feature binding”, Aust. 

J. Psychol. 59 (2007 Supplement), 57. 

Spehar, B., Iglesias, M., Mourzina, A. & Clifford, C. (2007). “Lightness assimilation in 

complex configurations: does it depend on contrast-contrast”, Aust. J. Psychol. 59 (2007 

Supplement), 57. 

Weston, E., Clifford, C.W.G. & Solomon, S.G. (2007). “Simultaneous tilt illusion with complex 

visual stimuli”, Aust. J. Psychol. 59 (2007 Supplement), 63. 


Navit Gohar PhD Diagnostic colours of emotions 

Kiley Seymour PhD Visual Feature Binding 

Karen Whittingham PhD Synaesthesia 

Erin Goddard PhD Colour Vision 

Damien Mannion PhD Visual Processing of Complex Patterns of Motion & Form 



Cognition (1) 

Current Biology (4) 


JOSA A (1) 

Journal of Vision (4) 

Nature Reviews Neuroscience (1) 

Neuroscience (1) 


Vision Research (5) 

Visual Cognition (1) 



City University of New York Small Grants Program (1) 

French National Agency for Research (1) 

Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (1) 


UNSW PhD 


Member: Australian Neuroscience Society 


• Invited Speaker at The Rank Prize Funds Mini-Symposium on Self-Calibrating Systems, 

Windermere, UK, 19-22 February 2007. 

• Queen’s University, Belfast, International Fellowship, Dec 2006- Feb 2007. 

• Psychology Department Seminar, Queens University Belfast, 12 January 2007. 

• Member of Review Board for AIESEC Student Exchange Program 

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Associate Professor Ann Louise Sharpe 


My research interests are in Health Psychology, including the psychological impact of disease, 

psychological adjustment to disease, development of innovative psychological interventions to 

facilitate adjustment to illness and evaluation of interventions to prevent physical and 

psychological morbidity in patients with ill health. I currently have three specific areas of 

interest: 

(1) Understanding the process of adjustment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 

other illnesses. 

(2) The efficacy of cognitive and/or behavioural treatments (CBT) in the management of 

chronic pain (CP) and RA. 

(3) The role of hypervigilance in the development, maintenance, prevention and treatment 

of chronic pain. 

Grants 

National Health and Medical Research Council. The relationship between cytokines, 

psychosocial factors, nutrition and survival in advanced cancer patients. Paul Glare, Stephen 

Clarke, Louise Sharpe and Katy Clark. 

National Health and Medical Research Council. Hypervigilance in the development of chronic 

pain. Louise Sharpe, Michael Nicholas and Kathryn Refshauge 

Australian Research Council. The role of attention re-training in pain tolerance. Dr Louise 

Sharpe, Prof KM Refshauge and A/Prof MK Nicholas. 

Publications 

Duric VM. Butow PN. Sharpe L. Boyle F. Beith J. Wilcken NR. Heritier S. Coates AS. John 

Simes R. Stockler MR. Psychosocial factors and patients' preferences for adjuvant 

chemotherapy in early breast cancer. Psycho-Oncology. 16(1):48-59, 2007 

Juraskova, I., Phyllis Butow, Louise Sharpe and Michael Campion (2007). "What does it 

mean?" Uncertainty, trust and communication following treatment for pre-cancerous cervical 

abnormalities. Psycho-Oncology, 16: 525-533. 

Monaghan, S., Sharpe, L., Denton, F., Schrieber, L., Levy, J. & Sensky, T. (2007) The 

relationship between body image concerns and distress in patients with rheumatological 

disorders. Arthritis Care & Research, 57, 303-309. 

Phillips, J., Sharpe, L. & Matthey S. (2007). Rates of depressive and anxiety disorders in a 

residential mother-infant unit for unsettled infants. Australian and New Zealand Journal of 

Psychiatry, 41, 836-842. 

Sponiar, M., Sharpe, L., Butow, P. and Fulcher, G. (2007) Reproductive choices of women with 

multiple sclerosis. International Journal of MS Care, 9, 9-12. 


Deepa Chauhan PhD Screening for Psychological Distress amongst 

Cancer Patients 

Nicole Livermore PhD The efficacy of cognitive behaviour therapy in 

preventing the development of worsening of anxiety 

symptoms in patients with COPD identified as 

vulnerable to panic anxiety 

Rhea Stein PhD Patients in palliative care 

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Jane Phillips PhD An exploration of sub-types of mood disturbance in 

a sample of postnatal women admitted to a 

residential parent-craft unit 

Martine Sponiar PhD The Motherhood Decision in MS 

Sonia Haggman PhD Hypervigilance in the development of chronic pain 

Blake Dear PhD An investigation of the psychometric properties of 

the dot-probe pradigm in the study of chronic pain 

Monica Miskovic MSc The role of selective attention to pain-related stimuli 

in solicitous and hostile spouses of people with 

chronic pain 

Melanie Dangas MSc Children's Conceptions of Obesity: Causes, 

Prognosis and Effect on Self and Others 

Kathleen Wallbank MSc Evaluation of a Patient Education Program for 

People Undergoing Haematopoietic Stem Cell 

Transplants and their Carers 

Jessica Gray MSc Testing the validity of an algorithm to assess 

depression in palliative care patients 

Melissa Mondello MSc The effect of attentional re-training on the efficacy 

of cognitive-behavioural therapy for chronic pain 

patients 

Clinton Moore MSc The psychoeducational needs of children and their 

families after treatment of childhood cancer 

Stephanie Saulnier MSc The psychosocial impact of Allo-HSCT on 

recipients and their carers 



Australian Psychologist 


Addiction 

The Lancet 

Patient Education and Counseling 

Clinical Psychologist 

Arthritis Care Research 

Behaviour Research and Therapy 

Cognitive Therapy Research 

Arthritis Rheumatism 

The Journal of Pain 

European Journal of Pain 

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 

Journal of Economic Psychology 

Gambling Research 

Journal of Traumatic Stress 

Journal of Psychosomatic Research 

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ARC 

NHMRC 

Arthritis Foundation UK 

Israel Health Research Council 

Diabetes Australia 


Chair: NSW Section of The College of Clinical Psychologists (APS) 

Executive Committee Member: National College of Clinical Psychologists (APS) 


Member: British Psychological Society – Division of Clinical Psychology 

Member: Australian Association of Cognitive & Behavioural Therapy 

Member: British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies 


Awarded the Ian M Campbell Memorial Prize at the 2007 Australian Psychology Society 

Conference. The prize, from the APS College of Clinical Psychologists, seeks to promote and 

encourage excellence in clinical psychology and to reward and encourage psychologists as 

'scientist-practitioners', for their contribution in research, therapy and/or social applicability. 

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Associate Professor Michael Walker 


Measuring the effectiveness of therapies to help individuals cease gambling excessively. 

Different explanations for excessive gambling assume widely different processes. The therapies 

that follow from these explanations include behavioural, cognitive and humanistic approaches. 

I am conducting a controlled trial of four therapies: imaginal desensitisation, cognitive 

restructuring, solution focused therapy and mulrimodal counselling. The trial is scheduled to 

run from 2006-2008 with approximately 300 participants. Follow-up evaluations will continue 

to 2011 in order to report on the long term effectiveness of the therapies. 

Grants 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Michael Walker 

A controlled trial of gambling treatments 

Responsible Gambling Fund, NSW. 

Michael Walker 

Treatment effectiveness in RGF treatment services 

Responsible Gambling Fund, NSW. 

Publications 

Svetieva, E. and Walker, M. (2007). The CPGI and the national definition of problem 

gambling . In Coman, G., Proceedings of the 17 th Annual National Association for Gambling 

Stuies Conference, Cairns, November. 


Wu Yi Zheng PhD Aspects of Mah Jong play in the Chinese community 

of Sydney 

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Dr David Alais 


I conduct research into unisensory perception, either auditory or visual. Auditory research is 

done in close collaboration with Assoc. Professor Carlile’s Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory 

in the School of Medical Sciences, allowing access to sophisticated auditory stimuli and signal 

processing, and to sophisticated virtual auditory space (VAS) technology. Other research in the 

lab focuses purely on visual processes. A major visual interest focuses on how the brain 

resolves visual conflict between the eyes, as when the eyes receive different images, giving rise 

to 'binocular rivalry' in which the brain's conscious state alternates between perceiving the 

image in one eye and perceiving the image in the other eye. An overview of the state of this 

burgeoning field can be found in a recent book by David Alais and Randolph Blake: "Binocular 

Rivalry", MIT Press (2005). 

Grants 

2003-2007 

Recipient: Alais, D. 

Project Title: DP0345797: Audio-visual interactions in human perception 

Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery Project 

2007-2011 

Recipient: Alais, D. & Carlile, S. 

Project Title: DP0770299: Audiovisual interactions in human perception: exploring 

the 

temporal dimension and the role of attention 

Funding Body: Australian Research Council Discovery Project 

Publications 

A Parker, D Alais (2007). A bias for looming to predominate in binocular rivalry. Vision 

Research 47, 2661-74. 

D Alais, D Melcher (2007) Strength and coherence of binocular rivalry depends on shared 

stimulus complexity. Vision Research, 47, 269-79. 


D Alais, S Carlile, D Burr (2007) Audio-visual interactions in the perception of space and time. 

19 th International Congress on Acoustics, Madrid, Spain. 

D Alais, J Cass (2007) Temporal order judgments across sensory modalities reveal multiple 

timing processes: A perceptual learning study. Australian Journal of Psychology (supp) 59, 14. 

D Apthorp, D Alais, P Wenderoth (2007) “Motion streaks” play a role in direction 

discrimination, but not detection. Australian Journal of Psychology (supp) 59, 15. 

R Bhardwaj, R O’Shea, D Alais, A Parker (2007) Probing visual conscriousness: rivalry between 

eyes and images. Australian Journal of Psychology (supp) 59, 19. 

D Alais, J Cass (2007) Temporal masking within and between chromatic and achromatic axes. 

Journal of Vision 5, VSS abstract #478. 

D Apthorp, D Alais, P Wenderoth (2007) “Motion streaks” improve fine direction 

discrimination. Journal of Vision 5, VSS abstract #133. 

backwards in time predicted by the maximum likelihood model. 8 th International Multisensory 

Research Forum, Sydney, Australia, abstract #58. 

A Bentvelzen, D Alais (2007) Maximum likelihood integration of audiovisual speed signals. 8 th 

International Multisensory Research Forum, Sydney, Australia, abstract #21. 

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M Ballesteros, D Alais (2007) Audiovisual interactions in detection of motion-in-depth. 8 th 

International Multisensory Research Forum, Sydney, Australia, abstract #17. 

D Apthorp, D Alais (2007) A tilt aftereffect caused by motion: evidence for ‘motion streaks’. 

Perception (supp) 36, #57b. 

R van Ee, A Parker, J van Boxtel, D Alais (2007) Voluntary control over visual rivalry can be 

enhanced by sound that is consistent with scene interpretation. Perception (supp) 36, #57a. 

D Alais, A Parker, J van Boxtel, C Paffen, R van Ee (2007) Attending to auditory signals slows 

binocular rivalry. Perception (supp) 36, #56. 

R O’Shea, R Bhardwaj, D Alais, A Parker (2007) Weak suppression during image rivalry. 

Perception (supp) 36, #55. 

A Parker, D Alais (2007) Unexpected auditory and visual events speed up binocular rivalry. 

Perception (supp) 36, #70. 


Parker, Amanda PhD Auditory influences on binocular rivalry 

Apthorp, Deborah PhD Role of ‘motion streaks’ in human motion 

perception 



Cognition (1) 

Consciousness & Cognition (1) 

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Performance & Perception (1) 

Journal of Neurophysiology (1) 


Nature Reviews Neuroscience (1) 

Neuron (1) 

Neuroscience Letters (1) 

Perception (1) 


Transactions in Applied Perception (1) 

Vision Research (3) 


Australian Research Council (4 Discovery Projcts reviewed) 

Dutch Social Sciences Council (2 VICI grants reviewed) 


University of Sydney, MSc 


Vision Sciences Society 

Other contributions 

Invited colloquia: 

1. University of Melbourne, Department of Optometry & Vision Sciences, May 2007 

2. International Conference on Acoustics, Madrid, Spain, September 2007 

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Dr Bruce Burns 


Overall, my work aims to understand how knowledge is represented and used. Towards this 

aim, I have worked on a number of issues in higher-order cognition. These include: Decision 

making and streaks; Goal specificity in problem solving; Reasoning and causality (Monty Hall 

dilemma); Chess skill; Competition as problem solving; Analogical reasoning; Motivation and 

problem solving. 

Grants 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Bruce Burns 

Decision making based on streaks of events 

University of Sydney, research grant 

Bruce Burns 

How streaks of events bias people's decisions 

University of Sydney Research grant 


Harold Willaby PhD Belief in luck in decision-making 



Associate Editor for Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 


Association for Psychological Science 

Cognitive Science Society 

Psychonomic Society 

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Dr Margaret Charles 


Dr Margaret Charles’ research interests are diverse, ranging from applied aspects of health 

psychology, relationships between social capital and psychological wellbeing, to factors 

affecting psychology students learning of statistics. Health-related research has been 

predominantly in the area of palliative care and psychosocial aspects related to cancer and other 

life-limiting illnesses. The interest in education has also been applied to the evaluation of 

educational workshops for health care workers in the field of palliative care. Teaching and 

learning of statistics has been an on-going interest, particularly with the adoption of eLearning 

and extended availability of diverse online learning resources. 

Grants 

2007-11 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

2005-08 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Butow P, Price M, Tennant C, Tucker K, Meiser B, Philips K-A, 

Charles M. 

Psychosocial predictors of developing breast cancer in women from 

high risk breast cancer families 

NHMRC 

Butow PN, Ussher JM, Batt GM, Wain GC, Sundquist KJ, Charles MA. 

Meeting the needs of cancer support group leaders 

Australian Research Council 

2005-08 

Recipient: Butow P, Charles M. 

Project Title: Predicting bereavement outcomes in caregivers of women with ovarian 

cancer 

Funding Body: University of Sydney Cancer Research Fund 


Reymond, L., Israel, F., Charles, M. Relief of incident dyspnoea in palliative cancer patients: A 

randomised controlled trial comparing nebulised hydromorphone, systemic hydromorphone 

and nebulised saline. 9th Australian Palliative Care Conference, August 2007. Melbourne. 


Lisa Karlov PhD Depression and negative life events 

Agi O’Hara PhD Mentor characteristics and the mentoring relationship 

Brad Dolph MSc Competing tasks as predictors of job performance 

Molly Schafer MSc Emotion Processing Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease 



James Cook University, MSc 


Australian Psychological Society (member) 


• Associate Dean (Faculty of Science, Liberal Studies Program Co-ordinator) 

• Invited presentation on Statistical Power Analysis at PoCoG Protocol Development 

Workshop, October 2007. 

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Dr Alan E. Craddock 


Dr. Craddock’s current research interests include: 

• Perfectionism, family of origin issues, self-esteem and spiritual orientation. 

• Couple personality patterns and relationship satisfaction 

• Counselling as involving development of insight into attitudes-towards-the-self. 

• Gordon Allport’s views of personality: Implications for counselling psychology. 



Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy (1) 



Registered Psychologist NSW Psychologists Registration Board 


National Coordinator, Prepare-Enrich, Australia 

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Dr Irina Harris 


My main research interests are in the areas of visual cognition and selective attention, which I 

study using a variety of techniques including cognitive experiments, cognitive neuroscience 

investigations (brain imaging, transcranial magnetic stimulation) and cognitive 

neuropsychological investigations of patients. 

Grants 

2007 University of Sydney International Visiting Fellowship (Prof. Michael Corballis) – 

“Perception and recognition of rotated shapes” - $12,600. 

2005-2009 ARC Discovery Grant and Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship – “Recognition of rotated 

objects: paying attention to orientation” (I.M. Harris & M.C. Corballis) - $600,000. 

Publications 

Dux, P.E. & Harris, I.M. (2007) On the failure of distractor inhibition in the attentional blink. 

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14(4), 723-728. 

Dux, P.E. & Harris, I. M. (2007). Viewpoint costs occur during consolidation: Evidence from 

the attentional blink. Cognition, 104, 47-58. 

Corballis, M.C., Milivojevic. B., & Harris IM. (2007) Pigs in space: How we recognise rotated 

objects. In F.W. Mast and L. Jäncke (Eds) Spatial Processing in Navigation, Imagery and 

Perception (pp.163-181). New York: Springer. 


Hayward WG, Zhou G, Man WF, Harris IM. Repetition blindness for rotated objects: 

Viewpoint-dependence and viewpoint-invariance. Abstracts of the Psychonomic Society 

Meeting, 50. (talk delivered at the Psychonomic Society Meeting, Long Beach, 15-18 November, 

2007). 

Harris IM, Benito CT, Dux PE. Representing object orientation in the absence of attention. 

Perception, 36(Suppl.), 100. (poster presented at the European Conference of Visual 

Perception, Arezzo, Italy, 27-31 August 2007). 

Terpening Z, Harris IM, Watson JDG. Decoupling implicit and explicit processes in the 

recognition of objects from unusual viewpoints: does a failure to name necessarily imply failed 

recognition? Perception, 36(Suppl.), 103. (poster presented at the European Conference of 

Visual Perception, Arezzo, Italy, 27-31 August 2007). 

Benito CT, Harris IM. Temporal attention in face and object recognition: holistic and featurebased 

processes. Perception, 36(Suppl.), 124. (poster presented at the European Conference of 

Visual Perception, Arezzo, Italy, 27-31 August 2007). 

Harris IM, Dux PE. Failure of distractor inhibition in the Attentional Blink. Journal of Vision, 

7(9),652 (poster presented at the Vision Sciences Society Meeting, Sarasota, 11-16 May 2007) 


Claire Benito PhD Interactions between spatial and temporal attention 

Zoe Terpening DCN/MSc Decoupling implicit and explicit processes in object 

recognition: the role of the right parietal lobe. 

Michael Little MSc Semantic priming in the attentional blink 

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ORBIT: The Sydney University Undergraduate Research Journal 


Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (2) 


Neuropsychologia (1) 

Memory & Cognition (1) 


ARC (2) 


Vision Sciences Society 

Australasian Experimental Psychology Society 

NSW Psychologists Registration Board 


• 5 th Borsellino College “From Spike Trains to Action: Brain Basis of Behavior”, hosted by 

the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 3-14 September 2007 (invited 

faculty – 2 lectures) 

• MACCS, Macquarie University, Research Seminar 10 July 2007. 

• Department of Psychology, University of Hong Kong, Staff Colloquium 13 February 2007. 

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Dr Justin Harris 


My research is broadly concerned with the mechanisms underlying learning, memory, and 

perception. There are two major strands to this research: simple associative learning (Pavlovian 

conditioning) in laboratory animals (rats) and people; and studying the nature of neural coding 

in the somatosensory (tactile) system, and how vision affects touch perception. 

Grants 

2007 - 2009 

Recipient. 


Funding Body: 

2007 - 2009 

Recipient. 


Funding Body: 

2006 - 2010 

Recipient. 


Funding Body: 

2006 - 2008 

Recipient. 


Funding Body: 

J.A. Harris & R.F. Westbrook. 

Stimulus Representation in Associative Learning 

ARC Discovery Grant. 

R.F. Westbrook & J.A. Harris. 

The Extinction of conditioned fear and its implications for cue exposure therapy 

NH&MRC Project Grant. 

MJ Breakspear, JW Morley, JA Harris, CA Sammut, GJ Goodhill, G 

Paxinos, NH Lovell, SA Knock, J Lagopoulos, GS Malhi, V 

Macefield. 

Optimizing autonomous system control with brain-like hierarchical 

control systems 

ARC/NH&MRC Thinking Systems Special Initiative Grant. 

J.A. Harris & C.W.G. Clifford. 

Interactions between vision and touch 

ARC Discovery Grant. 

Publications 

Boakes, R. A., Albertella, L., & Harris, J. A. (2007) Expression of flavor preference depends on 

type of test and on recent drinking history. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal 

Behavior Processes, 33, 327-338. 

Harris, J.A., Arabzadeh, E., Moore, C. A. and Clifford, C.W.G. (2007). Noninformative vision 

causes adaptive changes in tactile sensitivity. The Journal of Neuroscience, 27(27): 7136 -7140. 


Arabzadeh, E., Clifford, C. W. G., & Harris, J. A. (2007). The interaction between vision and 

touch. 35 th Conference of the Australasian Experimental Psychology Society. 

Arabzadeh, E., Clifford, C. W. G., & Harris, J. A. (2007). The pedestal effect of vision on 

touch. The International Multisensory Research Forum. 

Harris, J. A., Arabzadeh, E., Moore, C. J., & Clifford, C. W. G. (2007). “Non-informative” 

vision causes adaptive changes in tactile sensitivity. The International Multisensory Research 

Forum. 

Arabzadeh, E., Clifford, C. W. G., & Harris, J. A. (2007). The interaction between vision and 

touch. The Human Frontiers Science Program. 

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Harris, J. A., Clifford, C. W. G., & Miniussi, C. (2007). Using noise to uncover the effect of 

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) on perceptual processing. 30 th European Conference 

on Visual Perception. Abstract published in Perception. 


Thida Thein PhD Pavlovian conditioning 

Nathan Holmes PhD Latent inhibition of Pavlovian conditiong 

Lucy Albertella MSc Flavour conditioning 



Academic Editor of PLoS ONE. 


PLoS ONE (5) 

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes (2) 



European Journal of Neuroscience (1) 

Behavioral research Methods (1) 

Learning & Behavior (1) 


ARC Oz Reader. Reviewed 16 grants. 


UNSW (PhD) 

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Dr Fiona Hibberd 

Research interests 

• History and Philosophy of Psychology 

• Psychoanalysis 

• Conceptual issues in Statistics and Psychometrics 

Publications 

Hibberd, F. J. (2007). The philosophical underpinnings of psychology - critical or situational 

realism. In M. Moussa & G. Brown (Eds.), Engaging Realism: Proceedings of the 

International Association for Critical Realism (pp. 1-8). Universities of Wollongong & 

Sydney. ISBN 1-74108-130-1 


2007: Hibberd, F. J. & Lubek, I. From Sydney to Siem Reap: Where realist meta-theory meets 

HIV/AIDS practice. Paper presented by 2 nd author at the 12th biennial conference of the 

International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Toronto, Canada – June 19. 


Fran Lubotzky PhD The Australian 'Political Psyche' 

Paul Phillips PhD Theory of Self 



Member of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology 

Member of the European Society for the History of the Human Sciences. 

‘Foreign affiliate’ member of the History & Philosophy of Psychology section of The British 

Psychological Society. 

Currently registered with the NSW Psychologists Registration Board (No. PS0044762). 


• Hibberd, F. J. (2007). Australian realism, critical realism and the concept of power. Paper 

presented at the Australasian Association for Critical Realism series of seminars, University 

of Sydney, October 4. 

• Invited member of the History of Psychology Advisory Panel for Oxford University Press, 

New York. 

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Dr Alex O. Holcombe 


Primarily, I do experiments to determine how the brain processes visual information. I focus on 

temporal aspects. 

Grants 

2007 - 2009 

Recipient: Holcombe, A. O. 

Project Title: Mobile computation in human perception and feature binding 


Publications 

Holcombe, A.O. & Judson, J. (2007). Visual binding of English and Chinese word parts is 

limited to low temporal frequencies. Perception, 36(1):49-74. 


Holcombe, A.O., Over, H.J., & Altschuler, E.L. (2007). Old roots of a theory of synesthesia in 

Rousseau's Emile and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, 

California. 

Cavanagh, P. & Holcombe, A.O. (2007). Non-retinotopic crowding. Vision Sciences Society, 

Sarasota, Florida. 

Ancient history of sexual arousal and alcohol. Holcombe, A.O. (2007). World Congress for 

Sexual Health, Sydney, Australia. 


Alex White MSc Perception and interaction with moving objects 



I am a member of the advisory board of the PLoS ONE journal of the Public Library of Science 


PLoS ONE (2) 


Perception (1) 

Nature Neuroscience (1) 

Acta Psychologica, (1) 

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance (1) 


Member, Vision Sciences Society 


Aug 2007 Invited to speak at European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Marseille, France 

temporal binding symposium (declined due to scheduling conflicts) 

Nov 2007 

Sep 2007 

“Surprisingly slow stages of seeing”, University of California Department of Psychology 

cognitive lunch seminar 

“Surprisingly slow stages of seeing”, University of Western Australia School of 

Psychology colloquium series 

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Dr Pauline Howie 


My research focus is on aspects of metacognitive and social influences on children's event 

memory reports, with application to children's eyewitness testimony. I am currently conducting 

a research program on social influences on children’s responses to repeated questions, with 

funding from an ARC Discovery grant in 2007. I am also conducting collaborative research 

with Prof. Claudia Roebers at the University of Bern, Switzerland, on the development of 

accurate confidence judgments in event memory. I supervise postgraduate and honours research 

in these areas, as well as in the area of individual differences in predictors of suggestibility. 

interest in these phenomena lies in the theoretical implications for understanding social and 

cognitive influences on memory development, as well as the practical implications for 

determining appropriate ways to question children in forensic and other contexts. I also 

supervise doctoral projects in related forensic areas such as bullying, juvenile offenders, and 

children and divorce. 

Grants 

ARC Discovery grant 2005-2007 "Optimising recall in children's testimony: The challenge of 

repeated questions" $175,000 

Publications 

Howie. P. & Roebers, C. (2007) Developmental progression in the confidence-accuracy 

relationship in event recall: New insights provided by a calibration perspective. Applied 

Cognitive Psychology, 21(7), 871-893 

Roebers, C.,von der Linden, N. & Howie, P. (2007). Favourable and unfavourable conditions 

for 

children’s confidence judgements. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25, 109-134. 

Roebers, C.M., Howie, P., & Beuscher, E. (2007). Can private reports enhance children’s event 

recall, lower their suggestibility and foster their metacognitive monitoring compared to face-toface 

interviews? Computers in Human Behavior, 23 (1), 749-769. 

Roebers, C.M., von der Linden, N., Schneider, W. and Howie, P. (2007) Children's 

metamemorial judgments in an event recall task. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 97, 

117-137. 

Conference Abstracts / Presentations 

Howie, P., Nash, L., & Kurukulasuriya, N. (2007).Why do adults ask twice? The effect of 

perceived adult knowledge and pressure on children’s interpretations of repeated event recall 

questions. Presented at the 7 th Biennial meeting of the Society for Applied Research in 

Memory and Cognition, Lewiston, U.S.A, July, 2007. 

Rowe, P., & Howie, P. (2007). When can we trust eyewitness confidence judgments? Effects 

of confirmatory and disconfirmatory feedback and its invalidation on adults and children. 

Presented at the 13 th European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Jena, Germany, 

August, 2007. 

Howie, P. (2007). Resolving the inconsistencies: Why do children shift to repeated questions? 

Presented at the 15 th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association, 

Sydney, July, 2007. 

Nash, L, Kurukulasuriya, N., & Howie P. (2007). Inconsistency in children’s event memory 

reports: Testing competing explanations. Presented at the 15 th Biennial Conference of the 

Australasian Human Development Association, Sydney, July, 2007. 

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Certoma. S., & Howie, P. (2007). Preschoolers’ event memory: The effect of 

photographic cues and training. Presented at the 15 th Biennial Conference of the Australasian 

Human Development Association, Sydney, July, 2007. 


Kristina Fritz PhD Metacognitive correlates of suggestibility across 

child development 

Sandy Vickerstaff PhD Depression in high functioning autistic 

adolescents 

Susan Daniel PhD Bullying in home, school and university 

environments 

Mark Toh (Faculty of 

Health Sciences) 

PhD 

Video games and self esteem (Associate 

supervisor) 



Applied Cognitive Psychology (1) 

Developmental Psychology (1) 


Member: European Society for Developmental Psychology 

Member: Australasian Human Development Association 

Member: Cognitive Development Society 

Member: Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 


Invited address 

Howie, P. (2007). Metamemorial development from early childhood: Developmental 

progression in the influence of questioning style and feedback. Invited Address, School of 

Psychology, University of Lund, Sweden, September, 2007. 

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Dr Caroline Hunt 


While my primary research interest was for a number of years adult anxiety disorders, I have 

recently shifted the focus of my research from child disorders. In 1999 I initiated a NH&MRC 

funded trial of the prevention and treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders in early to 

middle adolescence. This randomised controlled trial spanning 5 years has recently been 

completed across 20 secondary schools in Sydney. This study evaluates whether an intervention 

conducted wholly within the school sector, using school staff, will prevent children who are at 

risk from developing anxiety or depressive disorders. Research into the nature and treatment of 

comorbidity between childhood anxiety disorders and aggression has been another recent 

research development. In collaboration with Dr Sandra Heriot and Dr Karyn Levy, I recently 

completed a funded pilot study of the effectiveness of a treatment program for these children. 

Additional projects in this area include investigations into neuropsychological, personality and 

psychophysiological features of children with comorbid disorders compared to children with 

anxiety disorders alone. Lastly, I have developed a significant program of research with a focus 

on school bullying, using a clinical psychology perspective. My projects include (1) a funded 

randomised controlled trial that evaluated an educational intervention to change attitudes 

towards bullying and discourage bullying behaviour, (2) an investigation of the role of ethnic 

minority identification in school-based bullying; (3) the investigation of specific risk factors of 

being bullied in a sample of children seeking treatment for an anxiety disorder; (4) an evaluation 

of the effect of anxiety management and self-concept enhancement on the experience of being 

bullied in anxious children; and (5) a funded project to develop a self-report questionnaire of the 

experience of school-based bullying. The latter two projects have been undertaken in 

collaboration with Professor Ron Rapee and Dr Lorna Peters of Macquarie University. 

Publications 

Books 

Andrews, G., Creamer, M., Crino, R., Hunt, C. Lampe, L., & Page, A. (2007). Psihoterapia 

Tulburarilsor Anxioase. Ghid Practic Pentru Terapeuti si Pacienti. Bucharest: Editura Polirom. 


Hunt, C. (2007). The effect of an education program on attitudes and beliefs about bullying and 

bullying behaviour in junior secondary school students. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 

12, 21-26. 

Levy K, Hunt C, Heriot S. (2007). Treating comorbid anxiety and aggression in children. 

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 1111-1118. 

Rooney, K., Hunt, C., Humphreys, L., Harding, D., Mullen, M. and Kearney, J. (2007). 

Prediction of outcome for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder using constructs from the 

transtheoretical model of behaviour change. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 

41:590 - 597. 


Kate Arculi MSc Why do children bully? Social-cognitive information 

processing of children who bully. 

Sarah Hughes MSc Characteristics of young people living with a sibling 

with an anxiety disorder. 

Kirsten Rose MSc Increasing resilience against depression in adolescents. 

Amanda Symboluk MSc The relationship between a child’s bullying experience 

at school and the family factors of attachment, 

parenting and family cohesion. 

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Tracy Rhodes PhD An investigation into neurocognitive processes 

underlying co-occurring anxiety and aggression in 

childhood 

Ileana Hatton PhD Worry in generalised anxiety disorder: An inhibitory 

deficit? 



Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (2) 

Journal of Adolescent Health (1) 

Australian Psychologist (1) 




Board Member: NSW Psychologists Registration Board 

Member: College of Clinical Psychologists, APS 

Member: Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy 

Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors 


• Hunt, C. Treatment of anxiety through pregnancy and the postpartum. Invited presentation 

for the Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Unit, Liverpool Hospital. 22 nd October, 2007. 

• Hunt, C. Advances in the treatment of anxiety disorders. Invited presentation for the 

SESIAHS Psychologist’s Professional Development Day. 23 rd November, 2007. 

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Dr David James Livesey 


Dr David Livesey’s research focused on three aspects of early child development with studies 

examining executive skills development, motor development, and the development and 

treatment of comorbid internalising and externalizing behaviour problems. The studies of 

executive function included Doctoral research (Rouse) into the link between response 

inhibition, fluid intelligence, theory of mind and moral reasoning and an Honours project 

(Ructtinger) that investigated the efficacy of different training procedures for improving 

inhibitory control in preschool aged children. The motor development studies included the work 

of three Honours students (Toshack, Lum, Zhen) who investigated the link between motor 

ability and peer relations in 9- to 12-year-old children. A DCP/MSc student (Hennessey) 

investigated the factors associated with the development of comorbid internalizing (anxiety) and 

externalizing problems in 7- to 14-year-old children and their response to CBT treatment. The 

association between early executive skills development and motor ability was also investigated 

through ongoing collaborative research with Prof Piek (Curtin University). This work is 

examining the link between response control and early motor development in children with and 

without Developmental Coordination Disorder. 

Publications 

Livesey, D., Coleman, R. and Piek, J. (2007) Performance on the Movement Assessment 

Battery for Children by Australian 3- to 5-year-old children. Child: Care, Health and 

Development, 33 (6), 713-719. 


Pasalich, D. & Livesey, D. (2007). Measuring inhibitory control in 4- and 5-year-old children: 

Performance on Stroop-like assessments. Abstracts of the 15 th Australasian Human 

Development Association Conference, Australian Journal of Psychology, 59,Sup. P191 

Pasalich, D. & Livesey, D. (2007) The development of the link between inhibitory control and 

theory of mind in children. Abstracts of the 15 th Australasian Human Development Association 

Conference, Australian Journal of Psychology, 59,Sup. P191 

Rouse, J., Livesey, D. & White, F. (2007). The role of higher order cognitive functions on moral 

development. Abstracts of the 15 th Australasian Human Development Association Conference, 

Australian Journal of Psychology, 59,Sup. P197. 

Irwin, M., Langmore, S. & Livesey, D. (2007) Training preschool children in haptic 

exploration. 8 th Motor Control & Human Skill Conference Workshop. Curtin University 


Jane Rouse 

PhD 

The relationship between executive functions, 

theory of mind, fluid intelligence and moral 

judgements in preschool children. 

Deborah Hennessey 

DCP/MSc 

Comorbid internalising and externalising 

problems in children: Risk factors and treatment. 



Child: Care, Health and Development (2) 

Human Movement Science (1) 

Developmental Psychology (1) 

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University of Tasmania – DPsych, 


Convenor, 15 th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development Association 

(Sydney, 2007). 

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Dr Fiona White 


My research interests fall into the area of applied Social and Developmental Psychology, with a 

specific focus on understanding the nature of controlled versus automatic processes in prejudice 

formation; optimal ways to measure implicit and explicit forms of racial prejudice; prejudice 

reduction techniques such as cooperative contact and predictors of complex attitudes such as 

morality. Most recently I have investigated persuasive argument strategies to increase support 

for affirmative action in higher education. 

More recently, I have integrated my research and teaching interests together to focus on the 

scholarship of teaching of psychology. Within this domain I have examined students' feelings 

and attitudes towards group work and its assessment; I have evaluated modes of lecture 

delivery and their effects on student satisfaction and performance and measured the educational 

and navigational aspects of elearning techniques such as WebCT. Most recently my colleagues 

and I have developed constructive feedback strategies to effectively reduce student plagiarism. 

Grants 

2007 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

White 

Using a constructive feedback approach to effectively reduce student 

plagiarism and improve scientific writing 

Faculty of Science ($10,000) Teaching Improvement and Equipment 

grant 

Publications 

Book Chapters 

White, F. A., Lloyd, H., & Goldfried, J. (2007). Evaluating student perceptions of group work 

and group assessment. In A. Brew and J. Sachs (Eds.,). Transforming a University: The 

scholarship of teaching and learning in practice (pp. 71-80). Australia: Sydney University 

Press. 


Marx, B.R., Job, R. F. S., White, F.A. and Wilson, J.C. (2007) Moral comprehension and what 

it might tell us about moral reasoning and political orientation. Journal of Moral Education, 

36(2), 199-219. 

McGrane, J.A. and White, F.A. (2007) Differences in Anglo and Asian Australians' explicit and 

implicit prejudice and the attenuation of their implicit in-group bias. Asian Journal of Social 

Psychology, 10, 204-210. 


Curtis, G. J., White, F. A. Church, A. T., Anderson-Harumi, C. A., del Prado, A. M., Tanaka- 

Matsuma, J., Valdez Medina. J. L., Mastor, K. A., Miramontes, L. G., &, Katigbak, M. S. 

(2007). Cross-role consistency of traits, and psychological adjustment in Australia and five 

other cultures: Comparing trait and cultural psychology perspectives. Paper Presented to the 

Australian Conference on Personality and Individual Differences, Sydney, Australia. 

Tadros, M., White, F. A., Ciarrochi, J., & Blackledge, J.T. (August, 2007). The impact of 

cognitive defusion on prejudiced thoughts and behaviour. The International Conference on 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and Contextual 

Behavioral Science. University of Wollongong. 

White, F. A., & Weitzel, C. (July, 2007). An experimental comparison of the efficacy of 

intergroup bias reduction models: Group size matters. The Xth European Congress of 

Psychology, Prague. 

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Rouse, J., Livesey, D., & White, F. A. (July, 2007). The role of higher order cognitive functions 

on moral development. The 15 th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development 

Association, Sydney. 

Rouse, J., Livesey, D., & White, F. A. (July, 2007). The role of higher order cognitive functions 

on moral development. The 15th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Human Development 

Association, Sydney. 

Anderson-Harumi, C. A., Church, A. T., del Prado, A. M., Curtis, G., Tanaka-Matsumi, J., 

Valdez-Medina, J. L., Mastor, K. A., White, F. A., Miramontes, L. A., Katigbak, M. S. (July, 

2007). Cross-role trait consistency and adjustment: A six-culture study. Contribution to the 

symposium Trait and cultural psychology perspectives in cross-cultural personality research. A. 

T. Church (Chair), the IV Latin American Regional Congress of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 

Mexico City. 


Joshua McGrane PhD The significance of attitudinal ambivalence to 

attitude theory and measurement 

Michelle Tadros PhD An evaluation of Acceptance Commitment 

Therapy (ACT) as a prejudice reduction 

intervention 

Jane Rouse PhD Moral development and executive functioning 



Journal of Child and Family Studies (1) 


ARC Discovery Project Grant 


Registered Psychologist with the New South Wales Psychologists Registration 

Member of the Australian Psychological Society 

Member of the Australasian Human Development Association (AHDA) 

Member of the Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) 

Member of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) 


Invited speaker at the SUN/SUPRA ‘Women In Academia’ Seminar. 

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Dr Maree Abbott 


My research interests primarily focus on the nature and treatment of anxiety disorders and on 

furthering the understanding of ruminative thought processes. In addition I am involved in a 

range of experimental studies aimed at further understanding the factors maintaining a range of 

disorders and behaviours including social phobia, generalized anxiety, perfectionism and 

procrastination and binge eating disorder. I am also involved in a number of studies that look to 

enhance treatment effectiveness and delivery for social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder, 

child anxiety disorders and victims of school bullying. 

Publications 

Abbott, M.J. (2007).Enhancing outcomes in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In 

D. Einstein (Ed). Innovations and Advances in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. Australian 

Academic Press. 

Rapee, R.M., & Abbott, M.J. (2007). Modelling relationships between cognitive variables 

during and following public speaking in participants with social phobia. Behaviour Research 

and Therapy, 45, 2977-2989. 

Rapee, R.M., Abbott, M.J., Baillie, A., & Gaston, J.E. (2007). Treatment of social phobia 

through pure self help and therapist-augmented self help. British Journal of Psychiatry, 191, 

246-252. 

Lyneham, H.J., Abbott, M.J., & Rapee, R.M. (2007). Inter-rater Reliability of the Anxiety 

Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-IV: Child and Parent Version. Journal of the American 

Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 46, 731-736. 

Conference and Seminar Presentations 

Abbott, M.J., Stapinski, L.A., & Rapee, R.M. (2007). Treating generalized Anxiety Disorder: A 

randomized control trial comparing mindfulness training with CBT. Presented at the World 

Psychiatric Association International Congress, Melbourne, November. 

Stapinski, L.A., Abbott, M.J., & Rapee, R.M. (2007). A randomized control trial comparing 

mindfulness training and CBT in the treatment of generalized Anxiety Disorder. Presented at 

the World Congress for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Barcelona, July. 

Stapinski, L.A., Abbott, M.J., & Rapee, R.M. (2007). Worry in Generalised Anxiety Disorder: 

Avoidance of more distressing cognitions? Presented at the World Congress for Behavioral and 

Cognitive Therapies, Barcelona, July. 


Michelle McElduff DCP/MSc Discrepency, uncertainty and rumination in social phobia 

Chien Gooi DCP/MSc Mindfulness and generalized anxiety disorder 

Judy Zou DCP/MSc Interpersonal feedback and rumination in social phobia 

Tanya Gruenweld DCP/MSc Cognitive factors in panic disorder 

Diana Grivas DCP/MSc Responses to worry in generalized anxiety disorder 

Clare Rankin DCP/MSc Self-discrepency in procrastination 

Angela Dangas DCP/MSc Cognitive factors maintaining procrastination 

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Laura Nilon DCP/MSc Parent factors in childhood obesity 

Juliet Donald DCP/MSc Treatments for social phobia 

Lexine Stapinski PhD Cognitive processes in generalized anxiety disorder 

Stephanie Groves D.Psych Cognitive factors in binge eating disorder 



Executive Committee Member, APS College of Clinical Psychologists 


Behaviour Research and Therapy (2) 

Clinical Psychologist (1) 


PhD – Curtin University 

M.Clin. Psych. – University of Canberra 

D.Psych. – Macquarie University 


Registered Psychologist in NSW (PS0071894). 

The Australian Association of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Member 

The Australian Psychological Society, Clinical College, Member 

The Anxiety Practitioners Network, Member 

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Dr Damian Birney 


My research investigates human reasoning, learning, problem solving, and expertise broadly 

defined, with a focus on cognitive individual differences and the philosophy of measurement. 

Current projects span: Investigations of working memory and fluid intelligence from the 

perspective of relational complexity theory; Dynamic assessment, which incorporates various 

types of structured learning opportunities within a test so that one can quantify learning 

potential in addition to the assessment of already developed skills (which are typically the focus 

of traditional assessments); and Flexible Expertise, where we are investigating the role of 

various cognitive processes and contextual determinants (such as information feedback and task 

complexity) in the development of flexible expertise in senior managers. The approach adopted 

throughout is one that integrates individual differences and cognitive-experimental 

methodologies. 

Grants 

2006-11 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Prof RE Wood; Dr JF Beckmann; Dr DP Birney; Dr S Gary 

Flexible Expertise in Senior Executives 

ARC Linkage Project 

Publications 

Halford, G.S, Phillips, S., Wilson, W.H., McCredden, J, Baker, R., Andrews, G., Birney, D. P., 

& Bain, J. (2007). Relational Processing is Fundamental to the Central Executive and it is 

Limited to Four Variables. In N. Osaka, R. H. Logie & M. D'Esposito (Eds.), The Cognitive 

Neuroscience of working memory: Behavioural and neural correlates (pp. 261-280). Oxford 

University Press. 

Jeltova, I., Birney, D. P., Fredine, N., Jarvin, L., Sternberg, R. J., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2007). 

Dynamic assessment as a process-oriented assessment in educational settings. Advances in 

Speech-Language Pathology, 1-13. 


Bongers, S., & Birney, D. P. (2007, October 8-12). Complexity in the design of psychomotor 

tests. Paper presented at the International Military Testing Association, Gold Coast, Australia. 

Bui, M., & Birney, D. P. (2007, July 22-27). Gf: reasoning, learning or combating proactive 

interference? It depends on task format and ability. Paper presented at the 13th Biennial 

Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID), Gissen, 

Germany. 

Birney, D. P. (2007, Sept. 27). Cognitive modifiability?! Invited paper for the Future of 

Intelligence Testing Forum at the 42 nd Meeting of the Australian Psychological Society, 

Brisbane, Australia. 


Myvan Bui PhD Fluid intelligence, reasoning and learning 

Leonardo Gabales PhD Visual-Spatial Working Memory 

Jing-lam Ko MSc Executive Functioning in Schizophrenia 

Stanton Bongers PhD (Graduated October) Psychomotor assessment in pilot selection 

Andrew Howe PhD Associate Supervisor Cognitive Flexibility 

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Natassia Goode PhD Associate Supervisor Complex Problem Solving 

Harold Willaby PhD Associate Supervisor Decision Making 



Learning and Individual Differences (2) 


British Journal of Educational Psychology (1) 


ARC Linkage International (1) 

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Dr Michael J Cavanagh 


As an executive coach his areas of special interest include: 

• Communication skills 

• Leadership and Emotional competency 

• Solution focussed approaches to goal achievement and problem solving. 

• Coaching in complex systems 

Grants 

2007 

Recipient: Cavanagh, M., Atkins P., Grant, A. & Spence, G. 

Project Title: Developing leadership for high stress workplaces: Improving wellbeing, 

engagement, productivity and staff retention. 

Funding Body: Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant 

Publications 

Grant, Anthony M; Cavanagh, Michael J. (2007) The Goal-Focused Coaching Skills 

Questionnaire: Preliminary findings. Social Behavior and Personality. Vol 35(6) 751-760. 

Grant, Anthony M; Cavanagh, Michael J. (2007) Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or 

languishing? Australian Psychologist. Vol 42(4) 239-254. 


Cavanagh, M. (2007) Building High Performance Cultures through Coaching: Perspective 

taking and Personality in Leaders. Inaugural Czech Association for Coaching (CAKO) 

Conference, Prague, September, 2007 

Cavanagh, M. (2007) Understanding leadership and coaching: the leader as coach or the coach 

as leader? Liquid Learning Melbourne 

Cavanagh, M. (2007) Perspectives on Coaching Research: The role of research in supporting 

coaching as a profession and professional coaches International Coach Federation Australasia, 

Melbourne August 2007 

Cavanagh, M. (2007) How well are we doing and how well might we do?: Envisaging a future 

for coaching Third Australian Evidence Based Coaching Conference University of Sydney, July, 

2007 

Cavanagh, M. & Hann, M. (2007) Facilitating collective change in coaching: 

Farming in the field of unfolding possibilities Third Australian Evidence Based Coaching 

Conference University of Sydney, July, 2007 


Despina Sfakinos PhD Self-awareness 



International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring 

International Coaching Psychology Review. 



Registered Psychologist NSW Psychologists Registration Board 

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Dr Karen Croot 


I am interested in how people are able to produce fluent speech, and in acquired disorders of 

speech production. My research focuses on the processes of phonological encoding and 

articulation described by cognitive theories of spoken word production. I primarily study these 

processes by investigating the speech and language impairments that can result from dementia, 

stroke, or traumatic brain injury, although some of my research also involves unimpaired 

speakers producing tongue twisters or learning to produce foreign language sounds. I am also 

studying the nature of the disorder in acquired apraxia of speech, foreign accent syndrome and 

primary progressive aphasia and speech pathology interventions for these disorders. 


Croot, K. & Nickels, L (2007) Interventions in semantic dementia and progressive aphasia: 

Clinical and theoretical issues. British Aphasiology Society 2007 Biennial Conference, 

Edinburgh, 10-12 September 2007. 



Aphasiology 2 


ARC discovery grants (2) 

ASSTA Research Event Grant (1) 

Professional Affiliation 

Member: Australian Speech Science and Technology Association 

Member: British Aphasiology Society 

Member: Academy of Aphasia 


Invited colloquia/seminars: 

Croot, K (2007) What have we learned about speech motor control from studies of Foreign 

Accent Syndrome? Institute for Phonetic Sciences, Ludwig Maximillians Universitaet, Munich, 

28 November 2007 

Croot, K. Au, C & Harper, A (2007) How the quick-witted cricket critic is articulate: A tongue 

twister study of prosodic and segmental encoding in speech production. Research Seminar, 

EKN (Entwicklungsgruppe Klinische Neuropsychologie - Clinical Neuropsychology Research 

Group), Clinic for Neuropsychology, Klinikum Bogenhausen, City Hospital Munich GmbH. 12 

November 2007. 

Croot, K. Au, C & Harper, A(2007) How the quick witted cricket critic is articulate: A tongue 

twister study of prosodic and segmental encoding in speech production. Research Seminar, 

Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, Macquarie University, Sydney. 31 July 2007. 

Croot, K. (2007) Speech pathology interventions in semantic dementia and progressive aphasia. 

Acquired Neurogenic Communication Interest Group Meeting, Royal Rehabilitation Centre 

Sydney, 19 June 2007. 

Croot, K. (2007) Clinical differentiation between aphasia and dementia. Sydney West Area 

Health Service Seminar, Westmead Hospital Sydney, 16 May 2007. 

Guest lectures 

Croot, K (2008) Apraxia of speech. Guest lecture, Macquarie University Master in Speech 

Language Pathology, May 2007 

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Dr Marc de Rosnay 


I study the development of children's emotional competence and their emotion understanding. 

From infancy to school entry, children make remarkable advances in their capacity to negotiate 

emotionally challenging situations, share their emotional experiences and understand other 

people as emotional agents. Whilst development brings increasing emotional autonomy, 

children remain deeply dependent on the structures that support them, and each family affords 

different opportunities to explore and integrate emotional experiences. 

The majority of my research centres on variation in the emotional competencies and emotion 

understanding of children. Some aspects of this variation undoubtedly originate in constitutional 

differences between children (e.g., temperament), whereas other aspects have a social origin. By 

studying variation between children and the worlds in which they find themselves, it is my 

belief that we can open a window onto the mechanisms underlying emotional resilience and 

emotional disturbance. 

To equip children for the emotional challenges they will face is one of the greatest 

responsibilities of parents and those caring for children. How children will meet these 

challenges is ultimately in their own hands. 

Grants 

2007-2010 

Recipient: M de Rosnay 

Project Title: Acquiring social fears in infancy 

Funding Body: ARC (DP) 

2007 

Recipient: M de Rosnay 

Project Title: Children’s socio-cognitive understanding in action and context 

Funding Body: University of Sydney Research & Development Grant Scheme 

2005-2008 

Recipient: E Meins, C Fernyhough, M de Rosnay, B Arnott, & L Vittorini 

Project Title: Internal working models and young children’s social-emotional development 

Funding Body: Economic and Social Research Council, UK 

Publications 

Pons, F., de Rosnay, M., Doudin, P.-A., Harris, P., & De Stasio, S. (2007). Comprensione 

sociale ed emotiva nei bambini. In M. Pinelli (Ed.) Metacognizione, emozioni, teoria della 

mente: Relazioni e strumenti di misure (pp. 25-28). Parma: Uni.Nova. 


de Rosnay, M., Lecce, S., Pagnin, A. & Caputi, M. (2007, August). What can the Test of 

Emotion Comprehension (TEC) tell us about children’s social competence? Paper. 13 th 

European Conference on Developmental Psychology, Jena, Germany. 

de Rosnay, M. & Lecce, S. (2007, July). What can tests of emotion understanding tell us about 

children’s social competence? Paper. 15 th Bienniel Conference of the Australasian Human 

Development Association (AHDA), Sydney, Australia. 


Elian Fink PhD The relation between affect modulation and social 

competence in young children 

Tamara Kezelman MSc Emotional regulation 

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Dr Anthony M Grant 


The impact of executive, workplace and personal/life coaching on goal attainment, well-being, 

meta-cognition and mental health; Socio-psychological perspectives on the coaching and 

personal development industry; Design and implementation of workplace coaching programs at 

line management, middle management and executive level in commercial, health and 

educational settings; Well-being and performance in the workplace; Application of cognitivebehavioural 

theory and positive psychology to coaching; Application of positive psychology 

and mindfulness to the workplace, coaching and leadership. Issues related to powerlessness, 

acceptance and vulnerability as precursors to growth. 

Grants 

2007 

Recipient: Cavanagh, M., Atkins P., Grant, A. & Spence, G. 

Project Title: Developing leadership for high stress workplaces: Improving wellbeing, 

engagement, productivity and staff retention. 

Funding Body: Australian Research Council Linkage Project Grant 

Publications 

Books 

Grant, A. M., Cavanagh, M. , & Kemp, T. (2007). Evidence-based coaching: Cross-disciplinary 

Perspectives [CDROM](Vol. 2). Bowen Hills QLD: Australian Academic Press. 

Book Chapters 

Grant, A.M. (2007) Past, present and future: The evolution of professional coaching and 

coaching psychology. In Palmer, S. & Whybrow, A (Eds.) The Handbook of Coaching 

Psychology. London, Brunner-Routledge (pp.23-39) 


Grant, A. M. (2007). A model of goal striving and mental health for coaching populations. 

International Coaching Psychology Review, 2(3), 248-262. 

Grant, A. M., & Cavanagh, M. (2007). Evidence-based coaching: Flourishing or languishing? 

Australian Psychologist, 42(4), 239-254. 

Grant, A. M., & Cavanagh, M. (2007). The goal-focused coaching skill questionnaire: 

Preliminarily findings. Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal, 35(6), 751- 

760. 

Grant, A. M., & Franklin, J. (2007). The transtheoretical model and study skills. Behaviour 

Change, 24(2), 99-113. 

Grant, A. M. (2007). Enhancing coaching skills and emotional intelligence through training. 

Industrial & Commercial Training, 39(5257-266). 

Green, S., Grant, A. M., & Rynsaardt, J. (2007). Evidence-based life coaching for senior high 

school students: Building hardiness and hope. International Coaching Psychology Review, 2(1), 

24-32. 

Spence, G. B., & Grant, A. M. (2007). Professional and peer life coaching and the enhancement 

of goal striving and well-being: An exploratory study Journal of Positive Psychology, 2(3), 185- 

194. 

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Published Conference Proceedings 

Baker, E., Kan, M., Teo, S., Onyx, J., Grant, A.M.,Zowghi, D. (2007) Managing sustainable 

non-profit network organizations Annual Conference Proceedings, Administrative Sciences 

Association of Canada, Ontario June 2-5, 2007; 118-128 

Conference Presentations 

Grant A.M. (2007) Coaching: Science or pseudoscience: Languishing or flourishing? Keynote 

paper, British Psychological Society Coaching Psychology Conference, City University, 

London, Dec 2007 


Grant, A. M., & Cavanagh, M. J. (2007). Coaching psychology: How did we get here and where 

are we going? InPsych, June, 6-9. 

Palmer, S., Grant, A. M., & O'Connell, B. (2007). Lost and found. Coaching at Work, 2(4), 22- 

29. 


Fiona Ghiglione PhD Mindfulness and coaching 

Despina Sfakinos PhD Self-awareness 

John McGill PhD Expatriate coaching in China 


Membership of Editorial Boards: 

Co-editor and Editorial Board member of International Coaching Psychology Review 

Editorial Board member of International Journal of Evidence-based Coaching and Mentoring 

Editorial Board member of The Coaching Psychologist 

Founder Executive Committee member Interest Group in Coaching Psychology 

Editorial Board member The Coaching Psychologist 

Editorial Board member Coaching: An International Journal of Theory Research and Practice 

International Advisory Board member Coaching and Mentoring Program Oxford Brookes 

University UK 

International Advisory Board member Centre for Applied Positive Psychology 


International Coaching Psychology Review (8) 

Journal of Positive Psychology (1) 

Australian Psychologist (6) 

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory Research and Practice (1) 

Social Behaviour and Personality (1) 

International Journal of Evidence-based Coaching and Mentoring (1) 


Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada 



Chartered Member: British Psychological Society 

Member: American Psychological Society 


Various interviews in local Australian media 

Invited panel discussant at 2007 Happiness and It’s Causes Conference Sydney 2007 

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Dr David Hawes 


My areas of research relate to the developmental psychopathology of antisocial behaviour, and 

innovations in treatment approaches. I am interested in how parenting practices and child 

vulnerabilities interact, and how evidence of such processes can be used to inform the treatment 

and prevention of behavioural problems. I am currently conducting intervention research into 

behavioural parent-training, childhood psychopathy (callous-unemotional traits), and the 

neurobiology of antisocial behaviour. 

Grants 

2007 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Dadds, MR., Hawes, DJ., Brennan, J., Falcov, A., Heriot, S., Sprague, 

T. & Urwin, R. 

Improving Identification and Treatment of Early-Onset Behaviour 

Disorders in Children. 

National Health and Medical Research Council. Project grant (‘A 

Healthy Start to Life for All Australians Strategic Award’), $472,043 

2006-2009 

Recipient: 

Dadds, MR., & Hawes, DJ. 

Project Title: Emotion processing deficits in childhood: Risk for psychopathology 

and indications for clinical intervention. 

Funding Body: Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant, $300,000 

2007-2009 

Recipient: Dadds, MR., Hawes, DJ., Brennan, J., Hay, D., & Urwin, R. 

Project Title: Relating genetic, biological, and behavioural markers of early 

vulnerability in conduct problem children. 

Funding Body: National Health and Medical Research Council. Project grant, $421,875 

Publications 

Hawes, D. J. & Dadds, M. R. (2007). Stability and malleability of callous-unemotional traits 

during treatment for childhood conduct problems. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent 

Psychology, 35(3), 347-355. 


Salmon, K., Wareham, P., Dadds, MR., Allen, J., & Hawes, DJ. (2007) Training parents of 

young children in emotion-rich discussion of shared past experiences: Implications for clinical 

interventions. British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology Annual 

Conference, London, UK, December 13. 

Hawes, DJ., & Dadds, MR. (2007). Parent training and callous-unemotional traits: How does 

one affect the other in the treatment of young oppositional boys? 5th World Congress of 

Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain. 

Allen, JL., Salmon, K., Dadds, MR., & Hawes, DJ. (2007) .Training parents of oppositional 

children in emotion talk about shared past events: Evaluation of an innovative language-based 

early intervention as an adjunct to parent training. 5th World Congress of Behavioural and 

Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain. 

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Merz, S., Dadds, MR., & Hawes, DJ. (2007) . Developmental changes in emotion recognition 

ability of children and adolescents low in empathy. 5th World Congress of Behavioural and 

Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain. 

Dadds, MR., Perry, Y., Hawes, DJ., Merz, S., Salmon, K., & Leist, T. (2007). Look at the eyes! 

Attentional problems in how children read emotions are related to psychopathology. 5th World 

Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (WCBCT), Barcelona, Spain. 

Allen, J. L., Salmon, K., Dadds, M. R., & Hawes, D. J. (2007). (Poster) Training parents of 

oppositional children in emotion talk about shared past events. International Research Meeting: 

Temperament and Developmental Pathways to Psychopathology, Leuven, Belgium, June 2007. 


Hawes, D. J. (2007). In Defence of child’s play [Review of the book Play = Learning: How Play 

Movitates and Enhances Children’s Cogntiive and Social-Emotional Growth]. 

PsycCRITIQUES-Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 52 (19). 


Membership of Editorial Boards: 

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 


Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (6) 

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (2) 

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry (2) 

Clinical Psychology Review (1) 

Australian Journal of Psychology (1) 


Australian Psychological Society 

International Society for Research in Child & Adolescent Psychopathology 

Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth 

New South Wales Psychologists Registration Board 

Karitane, Sydney South West Area Health Service (Honorary Research & Teaching Fellow) 


Delivery of workshops in parenting interventions for clinicians in community-based services 

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Dr Ian Johnston 


"Behavioural neuroscience (i.e., animal models of psychological function) focusing on: 

1. Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) - the impact of immune activity on behaviour, cognition or 

mood focusing on glial hyperactivity in the brain, chronic pain, opiate use and dependency, and 

treatment with chemotherapy; 

2. Neurochemistry of complex cognition - the neurobiology of goal-directed behaviour, habit 

formation and executive processes in the rat." 

Grants 

I. N. Johnston, Central nervous system cytokines and morphine analgesia, Australian Research 

Council. 

Publications 

Shavit, Y., Johnston, I. N., Wolf ,, G., Westbrook, R. F., Watkins, L. R., and Yirmiya, R. (2007) 

Proinflammatory cytokines modulate neuropathic pain, opioid analgesia, and opioid tolerance. 

In Immune and Glial Regulation of Pain. DeLeo, J. A., Sorkin, L. S., and Watkins, L. R. (Eds) 

Seattle: IASP press. 



Australian Learning Group 


• An oral paper presented to the Associative Learning Symposium, University of Cardiff, UK, 

“Goal-directed nature of route and place navigation strategies.” 

• A seminar at the Autism Awareness Expo, Macquarie University, “Theory and practice of 

behaviour management”. 

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Dr Sabina Kleitman 


My primary research interests include individual differences in metacognitive processes, 

decision-making, cognitive styles and self-concept measures. I also have interests in 

developmental psychology, especially in developmental trends of metacognitive processes. In 

my research I primarily use multivariate techniques, including SEM. 

Grants 

2007 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Kleitman, S 

Metacognition, its implication for quality of life in pregnancy and its 

possible biological markers. 

University of Sydney Research and Development Grant 

Publications 

Kleitman, S., & Stankov, L. (2007). Self-confidence and Metacognitive Processes. Learning 

and Individual Differences, 17, 161-173. 

Stankov, L., & Kleitman, S. (2007). Processes on the Borderline Between Cognitive Abilities 

and Personality: Confidence and Its Realism. Suvremena Psihologija, 10, 109-129. 


Kleitman, S. (2007). How broad are the Self-Confidence and the Under/Over-Confidence bias 

factors really? Proceedings of the Annual International Society for the Study of Individual 

Differences Conference, Germany , the University of Giessen, 22-27 July. 



Pers Indiv Differ (1) 

J Res Adolescence (1) 

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Dr Suncica Sunny Lah 


My main clinical and research interests are in the area of Neuropsychology. They include 

investigations of the nature and mechanisms of cognitive and behavioural disorders arising from 

brain insults as well as rehabilitation of these disorders in adults and children. In adults, I have 

been investigating disorders of episodic (autobiographical) and semantic memory in patients 

with neurological disorders, such as epilepsy, stroke or encephalitis. Of late I have developed an 

interest in the relationship between autobiographical memory, emotions and pro-social 

behaviour. 

In children, impact of epilepsy, epilepsy surgery and head injury on everyday memory and 

development of new learning/retention skills have been focus of my research. In the past, I have 

carried out studies investigating cognitive fatigue, executive functions and social/moral 

reasoning in children who were born premature and in children who sustained head injury 

respectively. 

In addition, I have had an ongoing interest in neuropsychological rehabilitation, such as memory 

rehabilitation and impact of neurological insults on psychosocial functioning of patients and 

their families. My research is clinically based and has been carried out in collaboration with 

colleagues from a number of different hospital, including: Sydney Children’s Hospital 

(Randwick), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Prince of Wales 

Hospital, Westmead Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Liverpool Hospital and John Hunter 

Children’s Hospital. 

Conference abstracts/presentations 

Smith, M., Reitsma, T., Lah, S. (2007). Semantic memory in children with temporal lobe 

epilepsy. Epilepsia, 46, S6, 385. 

Ho, J., Lah, S., Epps, A., Parry, L., Poole, M. (2007). Self-instruction memory remediation for 

paediatric brain injury. Brain Impairment, 8, 203. 

Lah, S., Levick, W., Epps, A., Parry, L., Azizi, L. (2007). Implicit memory in children who 

have sustained severe traumatic brain injury: Preliminary findings. International 

Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year Meeting, Spain. 

Richardson, K., Say, M., Thayer, Z., Lah, S., Miller, L. (2007). Memory training for epilepsy 

patients: A preliminary investigation. International Neuropsychological Society Mid-Year 

Meeting, Spain 


Kylie Richardson PhD Everyday memory training in a group of 

neurological patients. 

Jennifer Rathjen MSc Characterisation of the reasoning deficits in frontal 

variant fronto-temporal dementia and Parkinson’s 

Joanna Ho MSc Self-instruction memory remediation for 

paediatric brain injury 

Eleanor Frow MSc The emotional content of autobiographical 

memories in patients with frontal lobe lesions 

Keri Diamond MSc Predictors of everyday memory problems in 

patients with epilepsy 

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Melissa Sambuco MSc Sibling adjustment to child traumatic brain injury 

Melissa Saxon MSc Interpersonal behaviour after traumatic brain 

injury: The role of emotion recognition, empathy 

and executive function. 



Brain (1) 

Child Neuropsychology (1) 


ARC – Discovery 


Macquarie University – DPsych 

University of Newcastle - MSc 


The Australian Psychological Society (full member). 

The APS College of Clinical Neuropsychology (full member). 

Registered Psychologist in NSW 

The Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment. 

Epilepsy Society of Australia. 

International Society for Behavioral Neuroscience 


Lah, S., Miller, L. (2007). Impact of temporal lobectomy on retrograde memory. Invited to 

present and the International Society for Behavioural Neuroscience meeting, Greece. 

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Dr Barbara Mullan 


My research interests include social cognition models in health psychology, the role of gender 

in health, gender issues in nursing and allied health professionals, sexuality and ill health, sex 

education and communication skills training. 

Grants 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

Mullan, B 

Brain-body interaction: Randomised control trial of physical activity 

(medical qigong) for cancer patients 

University of Sydney Cancer Research Fund 

Publications 

Morrison, V., Bennett, P., Butow, P., Mullan, B. & White, K. (2007). Introduction to Health 

Psychology in Australia. Sydney: Pearson Education Australia. 

Mullan, B. & Badger, F. (2007) Aggression and violence towards staff working with older 

patients. Nursing Standard, 21(27), 35-38. 

Westwood, J. & Mullan, BA. (2007) Knowledge and attitudes of secondary school teachers 

regarding sexual health education. Sex Education, 7(2), 143 – 159 


I am associate supervisor for the following: 

Byeongsang Oh PhD Randomised control trial of physical activity 

(medical qigong) for cancer patients 

Melanie Babooram MSc Children's conceptions of obesity: Causes, 

prognosis and effect on self and others 

Malcolm Choat MSc Psychosocial aspects of renal transplant 

Yasmeen El Masry MSc A qualitative study of caregivers, stroke survivors 

and health professionals 

Alex Withers MSc Coping with Anorexia Nervosa in the family: a 

sibling's perspective 



International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare (2) 


Chartered Psychologist British Psychological Society 

Chartered Health Psychologist British Psychological Society 

Member of the Higher Education Academy (formerly the Institute of Learning and Teaching in 

Higher Education) 

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Dr Caleb Owens 


Attentional capture, Inattentional blindness, False memory, Reasoning and gullibility 

Grants 

White, F., Owens, C., & Harris, E. ($10K, Awarded December 2007) TIES grant scheme, 

Preventing Plagiarism. 

Publications 

Owens, C., & Spehar, B. (2007). Unique temporal change does not account for attentional 

capture by sudden-onsets. Visual Cognition, Special Edition. 


Owens, C. & Spehar, B. (2007). Methods of inferring attentional capture. Paper presented at the 

34 th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Canberra, Australia. Australian Journal 

of Psychology(Supplement) 


James Heathers MSc The placebo effect 



Visual Cognition (1) 

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Dr Paul Rhodes 


Family-based treatment of anorexia nervosa, systemic approaches to challenging behaviour in 

developmental disabilities, generic family therapy, research on teaching and supervision 

practices in family therapy 

Grants 

Does inpatient weight restoration prior to outpatient family therapy improve outcomes in 

adolescent anorexia nervosa? National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant 

(2007 – 2010). $528,000 (with James Locke, Daniel Le Grange, Sloane Madden, Michael 

Kohn and Paul Rhodes). 

Publications 

Guest Editor (2007), Special Research Edition, Australian and New Zealand Journal of 

Family Therapy 28 4 

Rhodes, P. (2007) Editorial: Research, Finding a Home in Family Therapy. Australian and 

New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 

Wallis, A., Rhodes, P., Kohn, M. & Madden, S. (2007) Five-Years of Family-Based Treatment 

for Anorexia Nervosa: The Maudsley model at the Children’s Hospital, Westmead. 

International Journal of Adolescent Medical Health; 19 (3): 277-83 


Life-threatening eating disorders in two nine-year old girls: Rethinking the Maudsley model. 

Australia and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference, 2007 


Chai Ng Msc The effect of family therapy internships on the 

personal life of the student 

Rani Ellison Msc Mediators and Moderators in the Family-Based 

Treatment of Anorexia nervosa 



Secretary Australian and New Zealand Journal of family Therapy 


Australian and new Zealand Journal of Family Therapy 


Registered Psychologist, NSW 

Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth 


A Systemic Consultation Model for group homes for clients with developmental disability and 

challenging behaviour. Current research in association with Statewide Behavioural Intervention 

Service, Department of Ageing, Disability and Homecare. 

A multi-site randomised control trial of first-order and second-order family therapy reflecting 

teams. Current Research in Collaboration with Department of Social Work, Sydney University, 

Bower Place, Adelaide and The Systemic Consultation Practice, Perth 

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Does Hospital-Based Weight Restoration Prior to Outpatient Family Therapy Improve 

Outcomes for Child and Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa? A Retrospective Investigation of 

Current Treatment Outcomes Prior to a Proposed Randomised Control Trial. Current Research 

with Children’s Hospital Westmead 

Adapting Andersen’s Reflecting Team to Rural Mental Health Teleconference Supervision. 

Current Research with the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Outreach Service, Department of 

Psychological Medicine, Children’s Hopsital, Westmead 

A host of seminars and workshops conducted in Victoria, Queensland, NSW on The Maudsley 

Model of family-Based treatment for Anorexia nervosa and Systemic Family Therapy 

Consultation and supervision in Department of Ageing Disability and Homecare 

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Dr Elizabeth Rieger 


My main research interests are in the areas of eating disorders and obesity, particularly 

regarding the motivational and interpersonal aspects of these conditions. In recent studies I have 

focused on the effectiveness of motivational enhancement interventions for the prevention and 

treatment of eating disorders and obesity. My research program also focuses on investigating 

the interaction between interpersonal and cognitive factors in triggering eating disorder 

symptomatology. 

Publications 

Dean, H. Y., Touyz, S. W., Rieger, E., & Thornton, C. E. (2007). Can motivational 

enhancement therapy improve a cognitive behaviourally based inpatient program for eating 

disorders? In D. Einstein (Ed.), Innovations and advances in cognitive-behaviour therapy (pp. 

171-183). Sydney: Australian Academic Press. 

Connolly, A., Rieger, E., & Caterson, I. (2007). Binge eating tendencies and anger coping: 

Investigating the confound of trait neuroticism in a non-clinical sample. European Eating 

Disorders Review, 15 (6), 479-486. 

Martinez, E., Castro, J., Bigorra, A., Morer, A., Toro, J., & Rieger, E. (2007). Assessing 

motivation to change in bulimia nervosa: The Bulimia Nervosa Stages of Change Questionnaire. 

European Eating Disorders Review, 15 (1), 13-23. 

Soh, N., Touyz, S., Dobbins, T. A., Surgenor, L. J., Clarke, S., Kohn, M. R., Lee, E. L., Leow, 

V., Rieger, E., Ung, K. E. K., & Walter, G. (2007). Restraint and eating concern in North 

European and East Asian women with and without eating disorders in Australia and Singapore. 

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 41 (6), 536-545. 


Anne Connolly 

PhD 

Anger suppression and binge eating 

Stuart Murray 

Samira Sidhwani 

Christine Wearne 

Evelyn Smith 

MSc 

MSc 

PhD 

PhD 

Muscle dysmorphia and anorexia nervosa in males 

Eating disorder symptomatology in Australian and 

Indian women 

Interpersonal aspects of perfectionism in anorexia 

nervosa 

Attentional biases and eating disorder 

symptomatology 



International Journal of Eating Disorders (1) 


Member of the Eating Disorders Research Society 


Worksop on interpersonal psychotherapy at Macquarie University 

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Dr Marianna Szabó 


Depression and anxiety disorders in adults. The development of anxiety disorders and 

pathological worrying in childhood. The assessment of negative affective states in children and 

adolescents. The association between negative emotion and Binge Eating Disorder, ‘emotional 

eating’ and obesity. 

Publications 

Szabó, M. (2007). Do children differentiate worry from fear? Behaviour Change, 24, 195–204. 


Brigitte Lane DCP/MSc Psychological factors associated with Binge 

Eating Disorder symptomatology. 



Anxiety Stress and Coping (2) 

British Journal of Educational Psychology (1) 

Journal of Abnormal Psychology (1) 


Australian Psychological Society – full member 

NSW Psychologists Registration Board -- Registered Psychologist 

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Dr Niko Tiliopoulos 


Personality (the traits approach) & personality disorders (Cluster A); Adult attachment; 

Psychology & psychopathology of religion & spirituality; Cross-cultural psychological 

elements of faith; Advanced quantitative research methods; Psychometrics & latent construct 

structural modelling. 

Publications 

Book Chapters 

Tiliopoulos, N. & McVittie , C. D. (2007). MMR, immunisation & parental decisions: A 

systematic review of parental predictors. In F., Anagnostopoulos & E. Karademas (Eds), Special 

Issues in Health Psychology (pp.3-22). Athens, Greece: Livani Publishing. 

Referred Journal Articles 

McVittie, C. D., & Tiliopoulos, N. (2007). When 2 - 3 % really matters: The (un)importance of 

religiosity in psychotherapy. Mental Health, Religion& Culture, 10, 515-526. 

Tiliopoulos, N., & Crawford, G. (2007). Three-factor model of schizotypal personality in 

British Christians. Mental Health, Religion &Culture, 10, 563-569. 

Tiliopoulos, N., Bikker, A.P., Coxon, A.M., & Hawkins, P.K. (2007). The means & ends of 

religiosity: A fresh look at Gordon Allport's religious orientation dimensions. Personality & 

Individual Differences, 42, 1609-1620. 

Johnston, J. & Tiliopoulos, N. (2008). Exploring the relationship between schizotypal 

personality traits & religious attitude in an international Muslim sample. Archives for the 

Psychology of Religion, 30, 241-253. 



Archives for the Psychology or Religion 

British Journal of Psychology 

International Journal of Psychology 

Journal of Public Health 

Personality and Individual Differences 


American Psychological Association (APA) – International Affiliate 

APA, Psychology of Religion (Division 36) – Member 

Association for Psychological Science (APS) – Member 

British Psychological Society (BPS) – Member 

Social Science Data (SSDR) & Census Registration Service (CRS) UK – East Scotland 

Representative (2000-2007) 

The Royal Statistical Society (RSS), UK – Member (1999-2007) 

The UK Research Council – Chartered Scientist (CSci) 


“Assessing financial personality elements in adolescents”, consultancy and report submitted to 

the Commonwealth Bank Foundation, Australia. 

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Dr Lisa Zadro 


My primary research interest lies in investigating the nature of ostracism (i.e., being excluded 

and ignored). To date, my research has focused on examining the psychological, behavioural, 

and health-related consequences of ostracism in adults, however I have recently begun to 

investigate the effects of ostracism in children. 

Grants 

ARC Discovery Grant (co-investigator with Michelle Moulds; 2006-2008): Developing 

strategies to ameliorate the aversive effects of ostracism, $200,000 


Zadro, L., Arriaga, X., & Williams, K. D. (2007, March). Relational ostracism. Presented at the 

Sydney Symposium of Social Psychology. Sydney. 

Fink, E., & Zadro, L. (July, 2007). Ostracism and Children: Investigating the Psychological 

and Cognitive Consequences of Exclusion. Presented at the 15 th Biennial conference of the 

Australian Human Development Association, Sydney, AU. 

Paparo, J., & Zadro, L., (December, 2007). The effects of ostracism on memory recall, 

suggestibility, and conformity in jurors. Presented at the 2007 Jury Research and Practice 

conference, sponsored by the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, 

Psychology, and Law. Sydney, AU. 



Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (3) 

Journal of Clinical and Social Psychology (1) 


Society of Australasian Social Psychologists (SASP) 

Society of Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) 

International Association for Relationship Research 


Zadro, L. (2007, November). Ostracism: From the real-world to the lab. University of Sydney 

Science Faculty Forum. 

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Dr Hisham Abu-Rayya 


* Cross-cultural transitions/Acculturation and adjustment . 

* Inter-group and inter-personal relations and dynamics. 

* Faith/religious (particularly Islamic) identity of adolescents and adults. 

* Psychology of religion/Religiosity and mental health. 

* Mixed-ethnic marriages. 

* Marriage happiness. 

* Ageing. 

* Statistics, methodology, and data theory. 

Grants 

Aug 2007 – Aug 2010: University of Sydney Post-doc Research Fellowship. 

Publications 

Abu-Rayya, H. M. (2007). Acculturation, Christian religiosity, and psychological and marital 

well-being among the European wives of Arabs in Israel. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 

10, 171-190. 



Mental Health, Religion & Culture (2) 

International Journal of Psychology (2) 


Community of Science (COS). 

Muslims in Britain Research Network. 

Australian Centre on Quality of Life (ACQOL). 

Grandparenthood and Intergenerational Relationships in Aging European Populations Network. 

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Dr Ehsan Arabzadeh 


My general interests include: Systems Neuroscience; Sensory coding; Multi-sensory integration; 

Information transmission in neural systems 

I am currently a HFSP long term fellow working with Associate Professors Justin Harris and 

Colin Clifford. My research is focused on multi-sensory integration. How does the brain 

combine different senses to produce a coherent, unified percept of the world? 

Grants 

The Human Frontier Science Program long term fellowship (2007-2009) 

Publications 

von Heimendahl M, Itskov PM, Arabzadeh E, Diamond ME. Neuronal Activity in Rat Barrel 

Cortex Underlying Texture Discrimination. PLoS Biology 2007 Nov; 5(11):e305 

Lak A, Arabzadeh E, Diamond ME. Retuning of Neuronal Response to Stimuli Containing 

Temporal Noise in Rat Barrel Cortex. Cerebral Cortex, 2007 Aug; doi:10.1093/cercor/bhm144 

Harris JA, Arabzadeh E, Moore CA, Clifford CWG. Noninformative vision causes adaptive 

changes in tactile sensitivity. J Neuroscience 2007 Jul; 27(28) 

Maravall M, Petersen RS, Fairhall AL, Arabzadeh E, Diamond ME. Shifts in coding properties 

and maintenance of information transmission during adaptation in barrel cortex PLoS Biology 

2007 Jan; 5(2):e19 


Arabzadeh E, Clifford CWG, Harris J. The interaction between vision and touch. 7 th Human 

Frontier Science Program Awardees Meeting, Australia, July 18-21, 2007 

Arabzadeh E, Clifford CWG, Harris J. The pedestal effect of vision on touch. 8 th International 

Multisensory Research Forum, University of Sydney, July 5-7, 2007 

Arabzadeh E, Clifford CWG, Harris J. Pedestal effects on tactile perception. 34 th Experimental 

Psychology Conference, Canberra, Australia, April 13-15, 2007 



The Proceedings of the Royal Society (1) 

Experimental Brain Research (2) 

Neuroscience Letters (1) 

PLoS One (1) 


NH&MRC Research Grant 


• Invited Lecturer at the 5 th Borsellino College on Neurophysics: Spike trains to actions: Brain 

basis of behaviour International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy 

September 3-14, 2007 

• Colloquium: School of Psychology, University of NSW. 25 July, 2007 

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Dr Ann M. Burgess 


The vestibular system; testing otolith function with bone-conducted vibration; Listing's plane; 

optokinetic torsion; applying the mathematics of 3d rotations to the vestibular system and to eye 

rotations. 

Publications 

Iwasaki, S., McGarvie, L.A., Halmagyi, G.M., Burgess, A.M., Kim, J., Colebatch, J.G. and 

Curthoys, I.S. (2007) Head taps evoke a crossed vestibulo-ocular reflex. Neurology, 68, 1227- 

1229. 


Cornell ED, Burgess AM, MacDougall HG, Weber K, McGarvie LA, Halmagyi GM, Curthoys 

IS (2007) Bone Conducted Head Vibration Causes Eye Movements and Oscillopsia. 

Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 45: E-Abstract 895 

Curthoys IS, Burgess AM, MacDougall HG, Mezey LE, Cornell E, McGarvie LA, Weber KP, 

Iwasaki S, Smulders YE, Halmagyi GM (2007) A new indicator of human utricular function. 

Poster 720.13 presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, San Diego, November 2007. 

Curthoys IS, Burgess AM, McPhedran SK, MacDougall HG, McGarvie L, Halmagyi GM, 

Smulders YE, Iwasaki S (2007) New evidence concerning the use of bone conducted vibration 

at the midline of the forehead (Fz) to test vestibular function. Presented at the 17 th annual 

Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the Neuro-otology Society of Australia, Alfred Hospital, 

Melbourne, 1 December 2007. 

Yvette E. Smulders, Ian S. Curthoys, Ann M. Burgess, Miriam S. Welgampola, G. Michael 

Halmagyi (2007) Why is the early negative component (n10) in ocular vestibular evoked 

myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) different from the early blink reflex R1? Presented at the 17 th 

annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the Neuro-otology Society of Australia, Alfred 

Hospital, Melbourne, 1 December 2007. 


Contributed to organising the 17 th annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the Neuro-otology 

Society of Australia, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 1 December 2007. 

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Dr John Cass 


The major theme of my research is the investigation of perceptual and sensory dynamics. This 

involves psychophysical investigation into how visual processes evolve over time as well as the 

perceptual mechanisms of visual and auditory temporal resolution. Other work is concerned 

with understanding the perceptual effects of context on various visual properties. This work 

includes examination of centre-surround interactions, visual crowding and contour integration 

and segmentation. 

Grants 

Recipient: 


Funding Body: 

John Cass 

Filters reveal what flicker conceals 


Conference Abstracts/ Presentations 

Cass J, Bex PJ, Watt R, Dakin SC (2007) Equivalent noise reveals that visual crowding is not an 

attentional effect. Vision Sciences Society 

Anderson BL, Cass J, O’Vari J (2007) Non-Bayesian mechanisms of contour synthesis. Vision 

Sciences Society 

Bex PJ, Langley K, Cass J (2007) A cortical locus for post-adaptation facilitation in spatiotemporal 

vision. Vision Sciences Society 

Alais D, Cass J, Clifford CWG, Spehar B (2007) Temporal masking within and between 

chromatic and achromatic axes. Vision Sciences Society 

Cass J, Bex PJ, Dakin SD (2007) Redundancy reduction processes revealed by centre-surround 

interactions. Perception, 36, (Suppl.). 

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Dr Ilona Juraskova 


Over the past 8 years, I have pursued my clinical and research interest in the field of 

Psycho-Oncology. My specific areas of interest include: doctor-patient 

communication, medical decision-making and risk communication, exploration and 

evaluation of quality of life and psycho-sexual adjustment of adults with cancer, and 

evaluation of cancer support services. 

Grants 

2007 Cancer Institute NSW Early Career Development Fellowship. Improving treatment 

decision making in ovarian cancer: The role of decision aids. Juraskova I ($592,733) 

2007 Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group (PoCoG) Travel Grant. Improving 

informed consent to clinical trials: A randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for women 

invited to participate in the breast cancer prevention trial (IBIS-II). Juraskova I ($1,716) 

2007-2008 Sydney Cancer Centre Foundation Research Grant. Improving communication and 

decision making about treatment options for asymptomatic ovarian cancer patients with rising 

CA-125: The development and pilot of a Decision Aid. Carter J, Juraskova I, Nattress K, 

Harrison J, Dalrymple C, Pather S, Beale P ($50,000) 

2006-2007 The Susan G KOMEN Breast Cancer Foundation (USA) OVERcome (Olive oil, 

Vaginal Exercise and Replens): An intervention study to improve sexual function in women 

with breast cancer. Friedlander M, Jarvis S, Meiser B, Juraskova I ($155,789) 

2005-2007 The Susan G KOMEN Breast Cancer Foundation (USA). Improving informed 

consent: A randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for women invited to participate in 

IBIS-II. Butow P, Forbes J, Coates A, Boyle F, McCarthy N, Juraskova I ($264,990) 

2005-2007 National Breast Cancer Foundation Project Grant Improving informed consent: A 

randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for women invited to participate in IBIS-II. Butow 

P, Forbes J, Coates A, Boyle F, McCarthy N, Juraskova I ($264,990 - grant relinquished in mid 

2005, as funded by the KOMEN Foundation) 

2005-2007 Australian Research Council (Project-Linkage Grant) Meeting the needs of cancer 

support group leaders. Butow P, Ussher J, Batt G, Wain G, Sundquist K, Charles M. – 

Juraskova (AI) ($261,406) 

2005–2007 The Cancer Council Multi-state Research Grant. Quality of life and psychosocial 

predictors of outcome in a population based study of ovarian cancer. NSW: Butow P, Tennant 

C, Price M, Juraskova I, Lo S; Qld: Webb P; Vic: Gertig D. ($533,574) 

Publications 

Juraskova I, Butow P, Sharpe L, Campion M. (2007) "What does it mean?" Uncertainty, trust 

and communication following treatment for pre-cancerous cervical abnormalities. Psycho- 

Oncology, 16:525-533. 

Juraskova I, Butow P, Lopez A, Seccombe M, Boyle F, McCarthy N, Forbes JF. (2007) 

Improving informed consent to clinical trials: Successful piloting of a decision aid [letter]. 

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 25(11):1443-1444. 

McCaffery KJ, Shepherd HL, Trevena L, Juraskova I, Barratt A, Butow PN, Hazell KC, 

Tattersall MHN. (2007) Shared decision making in Australia. Zeitschrift fur Arztliche 

Fortbildung und Qualitatssicherung [German Journal for Evidence and Quality in Health 

Care], 4(101):205-211. 

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Zordan R, Juraskova I, Butow P, Kirsten L, Sedgwick C, Chapman J, Jolan A, Batt G, 

Sundquist K, Ussher J. (2007) Challenges, Rewards, and Psychological well-being of Cancer 

Support Group Leaders: Does gender matter? Psycho-Oncology 16(S2): S130. 

I Juraskova, P Butow, A Lopez, M Seccombe, B Smith, A Coates, F Boyle, N McCarthy, L 

Reaby & JF Forbes. Improving informed consent to clinical trials: A randomised controlled 

trial of a decision aid for women invited to participate in the breast cancer prevention trial 

(IBIS-II). The 30th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, San Antonio, Texas USA, 

December 2007 (Poster) 

I Juraskova, P Butow, C Miguel, S Henry, B Smith, A Lopez. Sharing decisions or managing 

emotions - which influence patient outcomes the most? The 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of 

the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA): "Prevention, Palliation and Cure: 

progress through clinical trials”, Adelaide, November 2007 (Poster) 

I Juraskova, P Butow, S Henry, A Lopez. Coding oncology consultations; A comparison of 

shared decision making (SDM) coding systems. The 34 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the 

Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA): "Prevention, Palliation and Cure: progress 

through clinical trials”, Adelaide, November 2007 (Abstract submitted), Adelaide, November 

2007 (Poster) 

K Mok, I Juraskova, S Mireskandari , S Jarvis, B Meiser, M Peate, M Friedlander. OVER (Olive 

oil Vaginal Exercises and Replens) come: An intervention study to improve sexual function in 

women with breast cancer. The 34 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Clinical Oncological 

Society of Australia (COSA): "Prevention, Palliation and Cure: progress through clinical 

trials”, Adelaide, November 2007 (Abstract submitted), Adelaide, November 2007 (Paper) 

A Lopez, I Juraskova, P Butow, B Smith, M Seccombe, A Coates, F Boyle, N McCarthy, L 

Reaby, JF Forbes. Improving informed consent to clinical trials: Overview of a randomised 

controlled trial of a decision aid for women invited to participate in a breast cancer prevention 

trial (IBIS-II). The 34 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Clinical Oncological Society of 

Australia (COSA): "Prevention, Palliation and Cure: progress through clinical trials”, 

Adelaide, November 2007 (Poster – short listed for the Best of the Best Poster Award) 

R Zordan, I Juraskova, P Butow, N Bovopoulos, L Kirsten, G Batt, K Sundquist, J Ussher. 

Challenges, Challenges, Rewards, Unmet Support and Training Needs and Psychological Wellbeing 

of Cancer Support Group Leaders: Does gender matter? The 34 th Annual Scientific 

Meeting of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA): "Prevention, Palliation and 

Cure: progress through clinical trials”, Adelaide, November 2007 (Paper) 

I Juraskova (invited speaker). Novel recruitment strategies to improve informed consent to 

clinical trials: The role of decision aids. The 3 rd International Clinical Trials Symposium: 

“Improving Health Care in the New Millennium”, Sydney, September 2007 (Paper) 

R Zordan, I Juraskova, P Butow, L Kirsten, C Sedgwick, J Chapman, A Jolan, G Batt, K 

Sundquist, J Ussher. Challenges, Rewards, and Psychological well-being of Cancer Support 

Group Leaders: Does gender matter? The 9 th World Congress of the International Psycho- 

Oncological Society (IPOS), London, September 2007 (Poster) 

I Juraskova, P Butow, J Forbes, A Coates, F Boyle, N McCarthy. Improving informed consent 

to clinical trials: A randomised controlled trial of a decision aid for women invited to participate 

in the breast cancer prevention trial (IBIS-II). The 29 th Annual Scientific Meeting of the 

Australian New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group (ANZ BCTG), Alice Springs, NSW 

Australia, July 2007 (Paper) 

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I Juraskova, P Butow, L Sharpe, R Robertson. “Five years later…” Psychosexual adjustment 

following treatment for various gynaecological conditions. The 18th World Congress of Sexual 

Health, Sydney, April 2007 (Paper) 


Fran Lubotzky 

(primary supervisor) 

PhD 

(Psychology) 

Improving communication and decision making 

about rehabilitation options following 

radiotherapy for pelvic cancer 

Anna-Lena Lopez 

(primary supervisor) 

Kelly Mok (associate 

supervisor) 

Rachel Zordan 

PhD 


PhD (Medicine) 

PhD 


Unmet needs of young women with 

gynaecological cancer 

OVERcome (Olive oil Vaginal Exercise and 

Replens): An intervention study to improve sexual 

function in women with breast cancer. 

A randomised controlled trial to evaluate minimal 

versus intense interventions to support leaders of 

cancer support groups 

Nataly D’Abrew PhD (Nursing) The male perspective on the impact of breast 

cancer on their partner's sexuality and body image 

and their relationship. 

Narelle Hanly 

MSc (Biomedical 

Sciences) 

Development of a model of sexual function and 

self-perception following prostate cancer 



Health Expectations (1) 

Psycho-Oncology (1) 


The University of Melbourne - Doctor of Psychology (Health) 

Title: “Adjustment to cancer and the information needs and seeking of lung cancer patients” 


1999 – present NSW Psychologists Registration Board 

2001 – present Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA) 

2003 – present International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS) 

2006 – present Australian New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group (ANZ BCTG) 

Other Memberships 

2000 – present Psychologists in Oncology Group 

2002 – present Psycho-Oncology Palliative Care research group (POPC) 

2005 – present Psycho-oncology Co-operative Group (PoCoG) 

2005 – present Qualitative Health Research Collaboration (QHeRC) 


Interview with an editor of the US Institutional Review Board (IRB), Suzanne Koziatek, 

published in the IRB Advisor, October 2007. Title: “The role of decision aids in improving 

informed consent to clinical trials” 

Basic Sciences in Oncology Course (BSOC), Cancer Institute NSW Seminar: “Cancer 

Survivorship” 

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Year 2 Graduate Diploma in Medicine Lecture Series: Oncology Block; Faculty of Medicine, 

University of Sydney Guest lecturer (x2): “Patient Expectations and Outcomes” and 

“Patient Needs and Satisfaction” 

Research in Oncology and Medical Psychology seminar series, University of Sydney 

Title: “Sex and cancer: What are we up to?": Promoting sexual well-being following cancer 

treatment" 

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Dr Evan Livesey 


My research is broadly concerned with learning and its relation to stimulus 

representation, attention and visual cognition. This includes specific interests in: 

• Discrimination learning and stimulus generalization 

• Stimulus representation in associative learning 

• The relationship between learning and attention 

• Implicit learning and automaticity 

• Associations and reasoning in causal judgements 

Publications 

Livesey, E. J. & McLaren, I. P. L. (2007). Elemental Associability Changes in Human 

Discrimination Learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior 

Processes, 33, 148-159. 

Mitchell, C. J., Livesey, E. J., & Lovibond, P. (2007). A dissociation between causal 

judgement and the ease with which a cause is categorised with its effect. Quarterly 

Journal of Experimental Psychology, 60, 400-417. 

Conference and Seminar Presentations 

Livesey, EJ, Pincham, H, Harris, JA (2007, November). Associative learning in a 

speeded response task: the roles of awareness and selection for short-term memory. 

Australian Learning Group Christmas workshop, UNSW. 

Livesey, EJ (2007, October). Attentional changes during associative learning in a 

speeded response task: New evidence using the attentional blink. Australian Learning 

Group seminar, University of Sydney, Australia. 



Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes (1) 

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Dr Hamish G. MacDougall 


Head-eye coordination during vehicle operation 

We are interested in the combination of head and eye movements required to stabilize gaze for 

clear vision in complex inertial environment such as those generated by vehicles. We assess the 

head and eye movements of expert and novice vehicle operators in: commercial flight 

simulators, the NASA space shuttle simulator, driving simulators and in real cars. Analysing a 

subject’s ‘Point of Regard’ (or where they are looking) can reveal what they are attending to (or 

thinking about) while performing complex behaviours. This information will help us understand 

the strategies and skills of expert operators and to help teach these skills to novices. 

Balance posture and locomotion 

We use computerized dynamic postureography, tests of dynamic visual acuity, and motion 

capture technology to try to understand normal balance, posture and locomotion. 

We also assess the impact of inappropriate balance function in patients with vestibular 

dysfunction, astronauts with space adaptation syndrome, and normal subjects undergoing 

galvanic vestibular stimulation in order to develop diagnostic tests and rehabilitation methods. 

Grants 

04-08 Head-eye coordination during simulated Orbiter landing - NNJ04HF51G NASA 6/1/04- 

5/31/09. CoI. 

04-09 Pilot study of artificial gravity as a multi-system countermeasure to bed rest deconditioning 

- NNJ04HD66G NASA 4/1/04-3/30/07. CoI. 

05-07 Galvanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) augmented training for exploration class missions - 

SM00801 NASA/NSBRI. 10/1/05-9/30/06. CoPI. 

06-10 Validation of centrifugation as a countermeasure for otolith deconditioning during 

spaceflight (SPIN) and validation of a specific drug against g-level transition induced spatial 

disorientation and orthostatic intolerance (SPIN-D). Life Sciences Research, ESA, CoI. 

06-09 Functional Assessment of Head-eye Coordination during Driving - DP0665402 

Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. 03/31/06-02/28/09. APD 

Publications 

Moore ST, MacDougall HG, Ondo WG. Ambulatory monitoring of freezing of gait in 

Parkinson’s disease Journal of Neuroscience Methods. Volume 167, Issue 2, 30 January 2008, 

Pages 340-348 (Received 12 July 2007; revised 27 August 2007; accepted 28 August 2007; 

Published online 2 September 2007. 

Steven T Moore, PhD; Hamish G MacDougall, PhD; Jean-Michel Gracies, MD. Locomotor 

response to levodopa in fluctuating Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders. Experimental 

Brain Research 2007 (Received: 27 March 2007; Accepted: 16 August 2007; Published online: 

8 September 2007). 

Steven T Moore, PhD; Hamish G MacDougall, PhD; Jean-Michel Gracies, MD, PhD; Helen S 

Cohen, DEd; William G Ondo, MD. Long-term monitoring of gait in Parkinson's disease. Gait 

and Posture, Volume 26, Issue 2, July 2007, Pages 200-207 (Received 4 May 2006; revised 21 

July 2006; accepted 8 September 2006; Published online 13 October 2006). 

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Dr Scott McDonald 


I am interested in understanding how the images that fall on the retinas, are processed by the 

human brain. At the moment I chiefly use the new technique of functional magnetic resonance 

imaging (fMRI) supplemented with visual psychophysics as tools to investigate this processing. 

The stimuli I use are mostly derived from linear systems analysis although, where possible, they 

are designed to imitate the structure native to natural scenes. Because I am interested in the 

initial basic processing of visual input, I am able to use a Region Of Interest (ROI) based 

approach for the fMRI analysis because the early areas of the visual system are relatively well 

characterized. 


ECVP, European Conference on Visual Perception. Presented: Orientation-specific contextual 

modulation in human visual cortex. McDonald, Seymour and Clifford. 


Colloquia at UNSW, entitled “Perceived contrast in natural scenes”. 

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Dr Melanie Price 


My primary area of research is psychosocial aspects of cancer, including psychosocial risk 

factors for developing cancer, the impact of being at high genetic risk of developing cancer, and 

the psychosocial factors that affect the course and outcome of cancer for patients and their 

carers. Current research projects include collaborations with the Kathleen Cuningham 

Consortium for Research into Familial breast cancer (kConFab) and the Australian Ovarian 

Cancer Study (AOCS). My primary collaborators include Professor Phyllis Butow, Dr Penny 

Webb, A/Professor Bettina Meiser, Dr Kathy Tucker, Dr Elizabeth Hovey. 

Grants 

Hovey E, Barton M, Koh, E-S, Price M, Moylan E. Cancer Institute NSW Health Services 

Innovation Grant. Neuro-oncology Clinical Care Coordinator (NOCC) for Sydney South West 

Area Health Service (SSWAHS), Western Zone. 2007-2008: $97,000. 

Butow P, Price M, Tennant C, Tucker K, Meiser B, Phillips K, Charles M. NHMRC. 

Psychosocial predictors of developing breast cancer in women from high risk breast cancer 

families. 2007-2011: $1,054,650. 

Butow P, Webb P, Tennant C, Price M, Juraskova I, Gertig D, Lo SK. The Cancer Council 

NSW and Queensland Cancer Fund - Multi-state Research Grant-in-Aid. Quality of life and 

psychosocial predictors of outcome in a population based study of ovarian cancer: 2005-2007: 

$164,475; 2006: $162,975; 2007: $92,097. 

Price M, Bailie A, Foley D. The NSW Cancer Institute Psycho-Oncology Clinical Fellow. 

Mindfulness Training for Individuals with a Diagnosis of Cancer. 2006-2007: $125,000. 

Butow P, Charles M, Price M, Lobb E, Kristjanson L, Clayton J. University of Sydney Cancer 

Research Fund. Predicting bereavement outcomes in caregivers of women with ovarian cancer. 

2006: $37,341. 2007: $49,882. 

Publications 

Price MA, Cameron R, Butow PN. (2007) Communicating risk information: the influence of 

graphical display format on quantitative information perception - accuracy, comprehension and 

preferences. Patient Education and Counseling, 69, 121-128. 

Price MA, Butow PN, Lo SK, Wilson J, kConFab Psychosocial Group. Predictors of cancer 

worry in unaffected women from high-risk breast cancer families: Risk perception is not the 

primary issue. Journal of Genetic Counseling 2007. 

Aldridge LJ, Price MA, Butow PN, Webb PM. Psychological distress, unmet needs and support 

service use in rural versus urban women with ovarian cancer and their caregivers. Asia-Pacific 

Journal of Oncology, 2007:16S:A108. 

Sundquist K, Robotin M, Butow P, Lobb E, Price M. Who cares for the cancer health 

professional? An intervention to reduce stress and burnout. Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology, 

2007:16S:A74. 


Price MA. The psychosocial impact of breast cancer. Invited plenary speaker. 2007 Tasmanian 

Branch of Australian Institute of Radiography Annual Meeting. Launceston, May 2007. 

Foley D, Baillie A, Huxter M, Deveney C, Price M. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for 

individuals whose lives have been affected by cancer: A randomised controlled trial. World 

Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies. July 2007, Barcelona, Spain. 

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Price M. Invited. Coping with being at high genetic risk of cancer. RPAH 150 th Anniversary 

Clinical Week. September 2007, Camperdown. 

Sundquist K, Butow P, Lobb EA, Price M. Resilience in the workplace: An evaluation of pilot 

workshops for cancer and palliative care nurses. Cancer Nurses. M.O.G. August, 2007. 

Aldridge LJ, Price MA, Butow PN, Webb PM. Psychological distress, unmet needs and support 

service use in rural versus urban women with ovarian cancer and their caregivers. Clinical 

Oncological Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting. November 2007, Adelaide. 

Sundquist K, Robotin M, Butow P, Lobb E, Price M. Who cares for the cancer health 

professional? An intervention to reduce stress and burnout. Clinical Oncological Society of 

Australia Annual Scientific Meeting. November 2007, Adelaide. 



Social Science and Medicine (2) 

Supportive Care in Cancer (2) 


International Psycho-Oncology Society (Member) 

International Society for Quality of Life Research (Member) 

Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (Member) 

Australian Psychological Society (Associate Member) 

Kathleen Cuningham Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer Executive 

Committee (Member) 

Human Research Ethics Committee, University of Sydney (Member) 

Familial Cancer: Research and Practice 2007 (conference organising committee) 

University of Sydney Cancer Research Network (Sydney Cancer Conference 2008 working 

group) 


Media: Interviewed by Claire Buckis for Readers Digest “Health Smart” article titled “Think 

Act, Feel Better - How far can you use your mind to heal your body. Summer 2007 p 128-131. 

Workshop Facilitator: Communication skills training for Graduate Medical Program students. 

2007. The University of Sydney. The Pam MacLean Cancer Communication Centre. 

Consultancy: Lobb E, Butow P, Price M, et al. Communication skills module for ductal 

carcinoma in situ. 2007. National Breast Cancer Centre Report. 

Consultancy: Butow P, Price M, Lobb E. Evaluation of ongoing workshops on resilience in the 

workplace for cancer health professionals report. 2007. The Cancer Council New South Wales. 

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Emeritus Professor Robert .A. Boakes 


My major interest is in the psychology of learning, ranging from research involving animals to 

aspects of human learning, including the application of laboratory-based principles to real-life 

problems. Current projects listed below include some which involve collaboration with other 

researchers in the Sydney region or with postgraduate students under my supervision. 

• Changing perception of odours and flavours. 

• Aversion learning and extinction in rats. 

• The relationships between activity, food intake and body weight in rats. 

• Learning across long delays in humans and rats. 

• Perceptual learning and wine expertise. 

• Placebo effects. 

• Autoshaping and instrumental learning. 

Grants 

Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (2005-2007): Resistance to extinction of learned 

flavour preferences. Total: $180,000 

Publications 

Books 

McGreevy, P. & Boakes, R.A. (2007). Carrots and sticks: Principles of animal training. 

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Refereed Journal Articles 

Boakes, R. A., Albertella, L., & Harris, J. A. (2007) Expression of flavor preference depends on 

type of test and on recent drinking history. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal 

Behavior Processes, 33, 327-338. 

Boakes, R.A. (2007) Self-starvation in the rat: Running versus eating. The Spanish Journal of 

Psychology, 10(2), 251-257. 

Costa, D.S.J. & Boakes, R.A. (2007) Maintenance of responding when reinforcement becomes 

delayed. Learning & Behavior, 35(2), 95-105. 

Karazinov, D.M. & Boakes, R.A. (2007). Second order conditioning in human predictive 

judgements when there is little time to think. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 

60, 448-460. 


Boakes, R.A. & Hughes, S. C. Activity-based flavour preference learning. Presentation at the 

Associative Learning Symposium, Gregynog, Wales, UK, March, 2007. 

Boakes, R.A. The unusual properties of acquired flavour preferences in rats. Presentation at the 

Meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society, Cardiff, UK, April, 2007. 

Boakes, R.A. & Costa, D. Consequences of delaying reinforcement and how to explain them. 

Presentation at Australian Learning Group Xmas Workshop, UNSW, December, 2007. 


Vicki de Prazer Ph.D, Sports performance under pressure 

Daniel Costa PhD Persistence of performance despite delayed 

reinforcement 

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Ben Colagiuri PhD Placebo and nocebo effects 

Alex Russell MSc Perceptual learning involving wine 



Editorial board, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes. 


Australian Journal of Grape and Wine (1) 

Learning & Behavior (2) 

Experimental Gerontology (1) 


ARC Discovery applications (3) 


Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences of Australia 

Convenor: Australian Learning Group 

Member: Experimental Psychology Society (UK) 

Member: Psychonomic Society 

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Emeritus Professor Ian Curthoys 


Balance function and dysfunction – the vestibular system of the inner ear – its normal operation 

and the development of clinical tests of balance function and providing the physiological basis 

for those tests. The anatomy and the physiology of this system and the oculomotor responses 

and the perceptual responses caused by vestibular stimulation. 

Grants 

Garnett Passe and Rodney Williams Memorial Foundation Project Grant. Clinical testing of 

vestibular function using bone conducted vibration. 2007 $85910; 2008 $84950; 2009 $84950. 

Australian Research Council Discovery Project. Functional assessment of head-eye 

coordination during driving. Curthoys IS, MacDougall HG. 2006 $90,000; 2007 $85,000; 2008 

$80,000. 

National Health and Medical Research Council Project Grant. The neural basis of clinical 

vestibular testing by bone conducted sound. Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM. 2007 $83,750; 

2008 $83,750; 2009 $83,750. 

Publications 

Chapters in Books 

Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM (2007) Vestibular compensation: clinical changes in vestibular 

function with time after unilateral vestibular loss. In: Herdman S (ed) Vestibular Rehabilitation 

(3rd edition). Philadelphia: FA Davis, 76-97 

Halmagyi GM, Curthoys IS (2007) Otolith function tests. In: Herdman S (ed) Vestibular 

Rehabilitation (3rd edition). Philadelphia: FA Davis, 144-161 


Iwasaki, S., McGarvie, L.A., Halmagyi, G.M., Burgess, A.M., Kim, J., Colebatch, J.G. and 

Curthoys, I.S. (2007) Head taps evoke a crossed vestibulo-ocular reflex. Neurology, 68, 1227- 

1229. 

Uzun-Coruhlu H, Curthoys IS, Jones AS (2007) Attachment of the utricular and saccular 

maculae to the temporal bone. Hearing Research, 233 (1-2): 77-85. 

Uzun H., Curthoys, I.S. and Jones, A. S. (2007) A new approach to visualizing the membranous 

structures of the inner ear - high resolution X-ray micro-tomography. Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 

127, 568-573. 


Cornell ED, Burgess AM, MacDougall HG, Weber K, McGarvie LA, Halmagyi GM, Curthoys 

IS (2007) Bone Conducted Head Vibration Causes Eye Movements and Oscillopsia. 

Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science 45: E-Abstract 895 

Curthoys IS, Burgess AM, MacDougall HG, Mezey LE, Cornell E, McGarvie LA, Weber KP, 

Iwasaki S, Smulders YE, Halmagyi GM (2007) A new indicator of human utricular function. 

Poster 720.13 presented at the Society for Neuroscience meeting, San Diego, November 2007. 

Curthoys IS, Burgess AM, McPhedran SK, MacDougall HG, McGarvie L, Halmagyi GM, 

Smulders YE, Iwasaki S (2007) New evidence concerning the use of bone conducted vibration 

at the midline of the forehead (Fz) to test vestibular function. Presented at the 17 th annual 


Melbourne, 30 November-1 December 2007. 

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Yvette E. Smulders, Ian S. Curthoys, Ann M. Burgess, Miriam S. Welgampola, G. Michael 

Halmagyi (2007) Why is the early negative component (n10) in ocular vestibular evoked 

myogenic potentials (oVEMPs) different from the early blink reflex R1? Oral presentation at 

the 17 th annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the Neuro-otology Society of Australia, 

Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 30 November-1 December 2007. 

Uzun-Coruhlu H, Curthoys IS, Jones AS (2007) Visualizing membranous labyrinth structures 

using high-resolution Xray microtomography (micro-CT). Oral presentation at the 17 th annual 



Weber KP, Aw ST, Todd MJ, McGarvie LA, Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM (2007) Why is the 

bedside head impulse test sometimes false negative? Oral presentation at the 17 th annual 



Bradshaw AP, Todd MJ, Magnussen J, Curthoys IS, Halmagyi GM (2007) Co-registration of 

clinical and micro CT of the human temporal bone. Oral presentation at the 17 th annual Clinical 

and Scientific Meeting of the Neuro-otology Society of Australia, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 

30 November-1 December 2007. 


Samanthi 

Goonetilleke 

PhD 

Human ocular torsion and perception of line 

orientation 

Hilal Uzun 1 PhD Visualizing the vestibular and cochlear receptor 

structures of the inner ear 

1) Student at the Electron Microscope Unit, main supervisor Dr Allan Jones. Ian is the 

associate supervisor. 



Experimental Brain Research 

Brain Research Bulletin 


Experimental Brain Research (4) 

Journal of Neurohysiology (3) 

Acta Otolaryngologica (2) 

Hippocampus (1) 

Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology (1) 

Audiology and Neurotology (1) 




Member: Barany Society for Vestibular Research 

Member: AAAS 

Member: Society for Neuroscience 

Member: Neuro-otological Society of Australia 


Curthoys, I.S., Diagnosing otolith loss. University of Tokyo Medical School. Invited lecture, 

May 2007 

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Curthoys, I.S., Micro-CT of membranous labyrinth. Nippon Medical School.Tokyo, Japan. 

Invited lecture, May 2007 

Curthoys, I.S., Neural responses to bone-conducted vibration. Tokyo Medical and Dental 

University.Tokyo, Japan. Invited lecture, May 2007 

Curthoys, I. S. Bone-conducted vibration as a test of otolith function in human subjects. 

Informal seminar, Department of Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 26 September 2007. 

Curthoys, I. S. A new indicator of human utricular function. Informal seminar, Department of 

Neurology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 24 October 2007. 

Curthoys, I. S. “Balance: basic vestibular function and clinical application.” Set of lectures 

presented at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, 29 November 2007, as part of the one-day 

Teaching Session on vestibular physiology and vestibular rehabilitation held by Ian Curthoys 

and Margie Sharpe preliminary to the 17 th annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting of the Neurootology 

Society of Australia. 

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Honorary Professor Rod McDonald 


Psychometric Theory, including specifically Structural Equation Models, Factor Models, and 

Item Response Models 


Lisa Karlov PhD Depression and negative life events 



Psychological Methods (2) 

Psychological Medicine (1) 

Psychological Assessment (1) 


Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia 

Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. 

Psychometric Society 

Society for Multivariate Experimental Psychology. 

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Honorary Associate Professor Cyril Latimer 


The Scientific Status of Psychological Theory 

Explanation in Psychology 

Wholes and Parts 

Instrumentalism and Realism in Psychological Theory 

The Ontological Status of Theoretical Entities 



Behavior Research Methods (2) 


Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), United Kingdom (1) 


Macquarie University. Invited talk on SuperLab 

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Honorary Associate Professor Joel Michell 


History & philosophy of quantitative methods in psychology 

Publications 

Michell, J. (2007). Representational theory of measurement. In M. Boumans (ed.), 

Measurement in Economics: A Handbook (pp.19-39. Amsterdam: Elsevier. 

Michell, J. (2007). Measurement. In S. P. Turner & M. W. Risjord (eds.), Handbook of the 

Philosophy of Science. Philosophy of Anthropology and Sociology (pp.71-119). New York: 

Elsevier. 


Michell, J. (2007). Bergson’s and Bradley’s versions of the psychometricians’ fallacy 

argument. Paper presented at the First Joint Meeting of the European Society for the History of 

the Human Sciences (26 th annual meeting) and the International Society for the History of the 

Behavioral and Social Sciences (39 th annual meeting), University College Dublin, Ireland, 25- 

29 June. 


Joshua McGrane PhD Unfolding the conceptualisation and measurement 

of ambivalent attitudes 



Psychometrika (1) 


Member of the European Society for the History of the Human Sciences 

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Postgraduate Research 

Degree Completions 

Doctor of Philosophy 

Tony Bertoia 

Thesis Title: Source of stereotype bias. 

Supervisors: Ros Markham and Alan 

Craddock 

Stanton Bongers 

Thesis Title: Individual differences in 

performance of complex psychomotor 

tasks. 

Supervisor: Damian Birney 

David Bowman 

Thesis Title: Cognitive complexity. 

Supervisors: Damian Birney and Jens 

Beckmann 

Neeru Chadda 

Thesis Title: Cross-cultural differences 

in the development of disgust and the 

negative self. 

Supervisors: Ros Markham and Michael 

Walker 

Samanthi Goonetilleke 

Thesis Title: Torsional eye movements 

and perception.. 

Supervisor: Ian Curthoys 

Mary Ellen Harrod 

Thesis Title: Psychophysiology of 

individual differences. 

Supervisors: Margaret Charles and 

Helen Beh 

Kristan Kang 

Thesis Title: EEG synchrony in taskrelated 

cognition. 

Supervisors: Lea Williams and Evian 

Gordon 

Nadine Kasparian 

Thesis Title: Psychological 

consequences of genetic testing. 

Supervisors: Phyllis Butow, Paul 

Meiser and Bettina Mann 

Andrew McGrath 

Thesis Title: The court process and 

recidivism. 

Supervisors: Pauline Howie and Don 

Weatherburn 

Samara McPhredran 

Thesis Title: Differential vestibular 

stimulation and hippocampal theta 

frequency. 

Supervisors: Ian Curthoys, David Grayson 

and Michael Halmagyi. 

Joel Pearson 

Thesis Title: Dynamics of visual awareness 

Supervisors: Colin Clifford and David Alais 

Michelle Pritchard 

Thesis Title: Treatment adherence in 

paediatric cancer patients. 

Supervisors: Phyllis Butow and Louise 

Sharpe 

Katherine Ryan 

Thesis Title: Cognitive abilities and 

simulated business environments. 

Supervisors: Alan Craddock and Damian 

Birney 

Gordon Spence 

Thesis Title: Mindfulness and evidencebased 

coaching practices. 

Supervisors: Anthony Grant and Michael 

Cavanagh 

Murray Thompson 

Thesis Title: The behavioural and 

biochemical effects of MDMA. 

Supervisors: Iain McGregor and Mac 

Christie 

Tamara Watson 

Thesis Title: Dynamic object recognition 

Supervisors: Colin Clifford and Branka 

Sephar 

Thomas Whitford 

Thesis Title: Brain tissue volume and 

symptom profiles in schizophrenia 

Supervisors: Lea Williams, Anthony Harris 

and Tom Farrow 

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Master of Science 

Lucy Albertella 

Thesis Title: Resistance to Extinction of 

Conditioned preferences. 

Supervisors: Justin Harris and Bob 

Boakes 

Master of Psychology / Doctor of 

Philosophy 

Michelle Maitz 

Thesis Title: Characterisation of the 

mechanisms of frontal & temporal lobe 

amnesia 

Supervisors: Michael Perdices and Ros 

Markham 

Doctor of Clinical Psychology / 

Doctor of Philosophy 

Michelle Wong 

Thesis Title: Parental hope and despair 

for their children’s future.. 

Supervisors: Sandra Heriot and Louise 

Sharpe 

Helen Dean 

Thesis Title: A study of Motivational 

Enhancement Therapy for inpatient eating 

disorder sufferers. 

Supervisors: Stephen Touyz, Elizabeth 

Rieger and Christopher Thornton 

Helga Hemberger 

Thesis Title: The cognitive correlates of 

obsessive-compulsive symptomatology 

Supervisor: Diana Caine 

Sally-Anne Ramke 

Thesis Title: CBT for chronic pain patients 

and their partners. 

Supervisors: Louise Sharpe and Toby 

Newton-John 

Daniella Toscano 

Thesis Title: Learning deficit in first-episode 

and chronic psychosis: Implications for 

cognitive remediation therapy. 

Supervisors: Diana Caine and Anthony 

Harris 

Doctor of Clinical Psychology / 

Master of Science 

Lisa Azizi 

Thesis Title The characterisation and 

neuropsychology of visual 

hallucinations in Lewy Body Dementia 

and Parkinson's Disease with Dementia 

Supervisors: Diana Caine and Nicholas 

Cordato 

Leah Curran 

Thesis Title: Development of a new 

questionnaire to measure patients’ 

preference for involvement in medical 

decision making. 

Supervisors: Phyllis Butow and Lousie 

Sharpe 

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Postgraduate Prizes and Scholarships 2007 

Jessica Kingsford: The GDP Prize: Awarded to the student with the best performance in the Graduate 

Diploma in Psychology. 

Fleur Harrison: Martin & Elizabeth Jane Simmat Prize: Awarded to the student with the best 

performance in the Graduate Diploma in Science (Psychology). 

Nicky Abitz: A.H. Martin Prize: Awarded to the student who shows greatest proficiency in Part I of 

Doctor of Clinical Psychology. 

Amy Willinge: Martin & Elizabeth Jane Simmat Prize: Awarded to the student with the best 

performance in Part II of the Doctor of Clinical Neuropsychology. 

Sally Monaghan and Zoe Terpening: School Prize: Awarded to the student with the best performance 

in Part III of the Doctor of Clinical Psychology / Clinical Neuropsychology. 

Samanthi Goonetilleke: H Tasman Lovell Memorial Medallion: Awarded to the student with the best 

PhD thesis awarded in the calendar year. 

School Postgraduate Publication Prize 

• Garth Hargreaves • Sally Monaghan • Ljiliana Sokolic • Thomas Whitford • 

School Postgraduate Conference Presentation Prize 

• Leonardo Gabales • Ainslie Hatch • Juliet Donald • Harold Willaby • 

Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) 

Deborah Apthorp Leo Gabales Amanda Parker 

Myvan Bui Natassia Goode Kristi Paul 

Ben Colagiuri Vanessa Loh Kiley Seymour 

Blake Dear Damien Mannion Erin Weston 

Elian Fink Joshua McGrane Harold Willaby 

Kristina Fritz 

Other Postgraduate Scholarships/Grants/Prizes 

Ben Colagiuri 

Kiley Seymour 

Deepa Chauhan 

Garth Hargreaves 

Evelyn Smith 

Zoe Terpening 

Lisa Karlov 

Ljiljana Sokolic 

Thida Thein 

Rachel Zordan 

Fiona Pavlakis 

Despina Sfakinos 

Alex White 

Sally Monaghan 

Amy Willinge 

Haryana Dhillon 

Jane Phillips 

Sonia Haggman 

Sandy Vickerstaff 

Campbell Perry International Travel Scholarship 

Campbell Perry International Travel Scholarship 

Australian Rotary Health Research Fund Scholarship 

Australian Brewers Postgraduate Scholarship 

Lucy Firth Scholarship 

Winifred O’Neill Scholarship 

Margaret Stewart Scholarship 

ARC Postgraduate Scholarship 



University Postgraduate Scholarship 

University Postgraduate Scholarship 

Fullbright Scholarship 

Sir Robert Menzies Research Scholarship 

Best Poster Award at the 8th Annual National Center for Responsible 

Gaming Conference on Gambling and Addictions 

Medibank Private Safety and Clinical Improvement Incentive Pool 

Grant 

NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship 

Pfizer Neurosciences Award 

NHMRC Dora Lush PhD Scholarship 

NHMRC Dora Lush PhD Scholarship 

Faculty of Science Postgraduate Research Prize 

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Undergraduate Prizes and Scholarships 2007 

Claire Ainsworth: Lithgow Scholarship No. V for Psychology: Awarded to the student placed 

first in Psychology 1, tenurable for one year. 

Betty Luu: Frank Albert Prize for Psychology: Awarded to the student placed first in 

Psychology 2- tenurable for one year. Lithgow Scholarship No. VI for Psychology: Awarded to 

the student placed first in Psychology 2 tenurable for one year. 

Alice Norton: Blanka Buring Prize: Awarded to the highest ranked Arts III student enrolled in 

Psychology 3. 

Alice Norton: Lithgow Scholarship No. VII for Psychology: Awarded to the highest ranked 

student in Psychology 3, tenurable for one year. 

Hannah Pincham: Australian Psychological Society Prize for Honours: Awarded to the 

highest ranked student in Psychology 4 (Honours). 

Rani Goodacre and Josephine Paparo: Dick Thomson Prize for Psychology 4: Awarded for 

the best Empirical Thesis in Psychology 4 (Honours) in the area of social psychology. 

Vedran Vulovic: O’Neil Prize for Psychology 4: Awarded for the best Theoretical Theses in 

Psychology 4 (Honours). 

Hannah Pincham: Dick Champion Prize for Psychology 4: Awarded for the best Empirical 

Thesis in Psychology 4 (Honours) in the area of learning and/or motivation. 

Eugenie Batterby, Hannah Pincham and Fiona Walter (shared jointly): University Medal at 

Graduation: Awarded to the students whose performance in the Honours year was of 

outstanding merit. 

School Prize for the student with the highest mark in each Unit of Study 

P1001 Psychology 

P1002 Psychology 

P2011 Brain & Behaviour 

P2012 Statistics & Research Methods for Psychology 

P2013 Cognitive Processes & Social Psychology 

P2114 Personality & Differential Psychology 

P3010 Advanced Statistics for Psychology 

P3011 Learning & Behaviour 

P3012 Cognition, Language & Thought 

P3013 Perceptual Systems 

P3014 Behavioural & Cognitive Neuroscience 

P3015 Intelligence and Human Reasoning 

P3016 Developmental Psychology 

P3017 Social Psychology 

P3018 Abnormal Psychology 

P3019 Communication & Counselling 

Ruwan Goonetilleke 

Rhys Anderson 

Elizabeth Sadler 

Lin Tseng 

Monica Kent 

Jonathan Krygier 

Andrew Murphy 

Kate Spalding 

Yixin Jiang 

Betty Luu 

Wendy Garcia 

Dilhan Perera 

Emily Karanges 

Fiona Kerin 

Alice Norton 

Dilhan Perera 

Lioudmila Lucy Parakhina 

Emily Karanges 

Stephen Lloyd 

Gail Alvares 

Stephen Lloyd 

Tanya Vavilova 

Alice Norton 

Alice Norton 

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