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USYD Psychology is hosting a free panel discussion on 9 October as part of Mental Health month, about mental health in the digital era. Hosted by the Chaser Julian Morrow, featuring some of our brilliant academics. Please share! sydney.edu.au/science/news-a…

2 University of Sydney researchers secure $6M from Cooperative Research Australia (CRA)! ⭐️Cameron Kepert will develop advanced materials for efficient hydrogen storage. ⭐️Nick Everett will address the challenges of developing effective mental health treatments. Read more: tinyurl.com/k67nzae5


Prof Olivier Piguet has been elected as a Fellow of Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in recognition of his work in clinical neuropsychology and dementia 👏 He is an NHMRC Leadership Fellow and the Director of Frontier at Brain & Mind Centre based at Brain & Mind Centre Read more: lnkd.in/grdTyc3R USYD Psychology


Congratulations Professor Sally Gainsbury!

Congrats to Prof Fiona White on receiving Australian Research Council Linkage funding! Her project, in collaboration with The Trustee for The Cool Australia Trust, will develop & evaluate new RESPECT e-modules promoting anti-racism. Learn more: tinyurl.com/4t6axbz8 USYD Psychology


Congratulations to Kelly Dann for her 2024 APS Australian Psychological Society Award for Excellent PhD Thesis in Psychology, for her PhD thesis ‘Cognitive Flexibility and Everyday Function in Anorexia Nervosa'!

I'm looking for a #postdoc to work with me for 2+ years on an #EmotionRegulation #ARC grant (strategies + motives for making others' feel worse) at USYD Psychology University of Sydney. Involves #ESM/#EMA #DyadicAnalysis #CloseRelationships Applications close 6 Feb. usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNAL_…

Congratulations, Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA!

Congratulations to Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA who has been recognised in the 2025 Australia Day Honours list! Prof Naismith is honoured for significant service to neuropsychology, particularly dementia, through medical research and clinical practice University of Sydney USYD Psychology #LeadershipForGood


Congrats to Sharon Naismith, AM, FASSA appointed Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to neuropsychology, part. dementia, through medical research and clinical practice. Read -> bit.ly/USYDhonours #LeadershipForGood Sydney Science USYD Psychology Healthy Brain Ageing Program, University of Sydney


Interested in doing a PhD? on mental imagery in #pain? At the University of Sydney? We are recruiting! With project dream team @julieji.bsky.social, Louise Sharpe, Professor Emily Holmes USYD Psychology #PhDposition sydney.edu.au/scholarships/d…

Come do a PhD with us USYD Psychology Clinical Psychology Unit Sydney Science on this ARC-funded project looking at mental imagery and #pain.

I love my job allows me to advocate for our PhD students. My op-ed in the Australian, in my role as President Australian Council of Graduate Research Based on the Universities Australia report I co-authored: acgr.edu.au/wp-content/upl… #raisethestipend


Happy to see our newly published study of legal cannabis cultivation in the ACT being picked up by ABC News Allow adults to cultivate at home and nothing bad happens! Nice work Isobel Lavender Danielle McCartney Miguel Bedoya-Pérez Lambert Initiative abc.net.au/news/2025-02-0…

I did an English radio interview at 2SER 107.3 today about our novel #discriminationresearch in PNASNews! What do you reckon, would a coin flip influence your behaviour? 🪙 University of Sydney Sydney Science USYD Psychology 2ser.com/a-simple-coin-…



⭐️ PhD candidate Cosette Saunders wrote a great article for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand discussing the #nocebo effect and how it's relevant to you (e.g., it can be socially transmitted to you through the social media platform you're using right now)! 🤕USYD Psychology theconversation.com/you-can-catch-…

Building on her recent article, PhD Candidate Cosette Saunders just spoke to James O'Loghlin about the #nocebo effect on ABC Australia radio! USYD Psychology Listen to a snippet of it below! 📻 ✨

I’m so thrilled to be the new chair of the Sydney Dementia Network Brain & Mind Centre. Looking forward to working with this wonderful team ✨

Congratulations to University of Sydney clinical psychology researcher Prof David Hawes who has been awarded approx. $973,000 in Australian Department of Health and Aged Care Medical Research Future Fund (#MRFF) Childhood Mental Health Research grant funding to support his trauma research.
