Psych: News

Flora Gilbert wins the 2012 Chris Webster Award

Flora Gilbert, Research Fellow at the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science, has won the 2012 Chris Webster Award. This Young Scholar award presented by the International Association of Forensic Mental Health (IAFMH) was a wonderful recognition of her contributions and ability: she has previously been awarded the APS College of Clinical Psychologists student prize and a Postgraduate Publication Award. Flora completed her DPsych with a forensic specialisation, supervised by Michael Daffern and James Ogloff.

Parents cautioned over ‘common’ brain injury

Dr Audrey McKinlay has developed a paediatric concussion kit that will help parents identify crucial signs of traumatic brain injury (TBI), one of the leading causes of acquired disability and death in children. Read more: http://www.monash.edu.au/news/show/parents-cautioned-over-common-childhood-brain-injury

Research Seminar 25 May

Our next seminar this year will be on 25 May with Presenters: Nick Allen, Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences and the University of Melbourne, and is a principal research fellow at Orygen Youth Health Research Centre. The presentation will be on "The social neuroscience of family interactions: A window into adolescent depression". For more details please check the webpage: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psych/research/activities/seminars.html

College of Clinical Psychologists Student Prize Winner

Dpsych (Clinical) student Cassandra Dean is the recipient of the 2011 College of Clinical Psychologists Student Prize. The prize is awarded based on demonstrated excellence in the follow areas over the course of the clinical training program -    
(i) the application of a scientist-practitioner model in research, coursework and placements.

(ii) the development of a research project in the area of Clinical Psychology with a research question reflecting current areas of interest and need in clinical psychology.

(iii) the achievement of high level of clinical skills as judged by academic staff involved in teaching clinical interventions and also by peers. This may include consistently high marks on supervisor reports from placements.

(iv) the provision of support to fellow peers

Shift work caution

"After eight hours of exposure to a particular task during a shift ... the risk of an accident or an injury substantially increases," reports Associate Professor Shantha Rajaratnam... Read more.

New book by Professor Lenore Manderson

Professor Manderson has just published two new books: Flows of Faith: http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/archaeology+%26+anthropology/book/978-94-007-2931-5 and Technologies of Sexuality, Identity and Sexual Health http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415673297/

Dr Clare Anderson on sleep deprivation in Cosmos

Dr Clare Anderson’s research has found that drivers seeking distractions to keep themselves attentive is an early warning sign of drowsiness... Read more.

A Monash First: MyPsychLab@Monash

Introducing MyPsychLab@Monash: A personalised program of undergraduate teaching delivery combining the best of on-line innovations with research-led face to face teaching (“Masterclasses”).
Team: Dr Wendy McKenzie, Professor Kim Cornish, Eloise Perini, Associate Professor Shantha Rajaratnam in collaboration with the DVC (Education) Office – Professor Adam Shoemaker and Professor Gordon Sanson

Professor Jim Ogloff to receive the 2012 Donald Andrews Career Contribution Award

Professor Jim Ogloff has been selected to receive the 2012 Donald Andrews Career Contribution Award from the Canadian Psychological Association. The award was made "owing to Professor Ogloff's outstanding empirical, clinical and pedagogical contributions to criminal justice psychology over his career, in Canada and internationally." Professor Ogloff will be travelling to Canada in 2012 to receive the award and to provide a keynote address at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association.

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