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Dr Abner Weng Cheong Poon

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Counselling, wellbeing and community services, Social work, Social work not elsewhere classified
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Carer Health

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Families

Keywords:

mental health

social work

culture and mental health

caregiving

Abner Poon is Senior Lecturer of Social Work at the School of Social Sciences. Abner has experience as a social worker in mental health.

Dr Gloria Pignatta

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Architectural Science and Technology (incl. Acoustics, Lighting, Structure and Ecologically Sustainable Design), Built Environment and Design, Urban Analysis and Development, Environmental Monitoring, Landscape Planning, Building, Architecture and Urban Environment not elsewhere c, Other Architecture, Urban Environment and Building, Architectural Heritage and Conservation, Renewable Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Solar Cells)
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Residential Energy Conservation and Efficiency

Energy Conservation and Efficiency

Expanding Knowledge in Built Environment and Design

Construction Materials Performance and Processes

Environmental Lifecycle Assessment

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing

Stone, ceramics and clay materials

Materials performance and processes

Energy Conservation and Efficiency not elsewhere classified

Keywords:

cooling

building energy management

urban heat island

life cycle assessment

microclimate

challenges and mitigation strategies

thermal comfort

climate change

energy policy

urban and built environment research

I am Scientia Lecturer and City Futures Research Centre (CFRC) Fellow (2021-2024) in the School of Built Environment (BE) - Faculty of Arts, D

Professor Isabella Dobrescu

Faculty: Business
Fields of Research (FoR): Labour Economics, Health Economics, Econometrics
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Higher education

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Ageing and Older People

Keywords:

economics of education

economics of ageing

computational modelling

econometric

Isabella's interests are in labour, public finance, health and applied econometrics. She has primarily focused her structural work on topics related to consumption and sa

Associate Professor Justine Megan Gatt

Faculty: Science
Fields of Research (FoR): Biological psychology, Clinical and health psychology, Neurosciences, Mental Health, Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology), Genetics, Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis
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Mental Health

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Keywords:

cognitive neuropsychology

neuroscience

twins

e-health

A/Prof Gatt leads the Gatt Resilience Laboratory at Neuroscience Research Australia and the

Professor Kristy Muir

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Social Policy, Policy and Administration
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Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society

Public Services Policy Advice and Analysis

Ability and Disability

Mental Health

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Families and Family Services

Housing

Education and Training not elsewhere classified

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Professor Kristy Muir is the CEO of the Centre for Social Impact (CSI) and a Professor of Social Policy in the Business School at UNSW Sydney.

Professor Afaf Girgis

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Public Health and Health Services, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
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Behaviour and Health

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Carer Health

Cancer and Related Disorders

Keywords:

culturallly and linguistically diverse populations

behavioural medicine

psycho-oncology

patient-reported outcome measures

Professor Afaf Girgis AM, is an Honorary Professor with the South Western Sydney Clinical Campuses, UNSW Sydney

Dr Siyuan Chen

Faculty: Engineering
Fields of Research (FoR): Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
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Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Keywords:

human computer interaction

affective sensing

psychophysiology

Dr. Siyuan Chen obtained the PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from UNSW Sydney.

Dr Sheela Evangeline Kumaran

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Optometry and Ophthalmology, Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
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Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified

Evaluation of Health Outcomes

Keywords:

health psychometrics

psychometric evaluation

patient and health outcomes

health-related quality of life

measurement of quality of life

patient-reported outcome measures

Dr Sheela Kumaran is a postdoctoral research fellow at the S

Professor Frederik Anseel

Faculty: Business
Fields of Research (FoR): Organisational Behaviour, Entrepreneurship, Human Resources Management, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
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Management

Management and Productivity not elsewhere classified

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Mental Health

Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions

Technological and Organisational Innovation

Keywords:

management

leadership

entrepreneurship

organisational learning

feedback

reflection

organizational psychology

worker wellbeing

I'm a Professor of Management and Senior Deputy Dean (Research & Enterprise) at UNSW Business School, Sydney.

Dr Yuvisthi Sarashana Naidoo

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Policy and administration, Social policy, Public policy, Housing policy
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Ageing and Older People

Social Class and Inequalities

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Distribution of Income and Wealth

Keywords:

subjective well-being

affordable housing

poverty

Dr Yuvisthi Naidoo (BEc (Econometrics Hons); Master of Policy Studies; PhD) is a Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre.

Dr Jasim Anwar

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Community Child Health, Health and Community Services, Health Economics, Mortality, Population Trends and Policies, Applied Statistics, Other Education
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Public health not elsewhere classified

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Education and Training Systems Policies and Development

Keywords:

maternal health

perinatal mortality

maternal mortality

maternal neonatal and child health

postpartum pregnancy

sexual and reproductive health

health information systems

medical education

civil registration and vital statistics

neonatal mortality

Dr Eindra Aung

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Public Health and Health Services, Preventive Medicine, Health Promotion, Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance), Epidemiology
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Behaviour and Health

Health Protection and/or Disaster Response

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Preventive Medicine

Keywords:

health services research

health services and outcomes research

chronic disease management

patient self-management

provider self-management support

health belief and behaviour change (e.g. physical activity behaviour)

patient-centered care

assessment instrument

disaster relief

health information systems

epidemiology

At UNSW, Eindra is the Project Manager of a trial to evaluate the effectiveness of use of a mobile self-management app, designed for people with gout.

Associate Professor Margo Barr

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Public Health and Health Services, Epidemiology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Health and Community Services
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Ageing and Older People

Social Structure and Health

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Epidemiologist with interest and expertise in large scale cohort studies, behaviour risk factor and disease surveil

Dr Lauren Kelada

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Mental Health, Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Paediatrics, Health and Community Services, Community Child Health, Family Care, Family and Household Studies
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Mental Health

Child health

Families and Family Services

Children's/Youth Services and Childcare

Mental Health Services

Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Keywords:

family health

child and adolescent psychiatry

child health

chronic disease

adolescent psychology

Dr Lauren Kelada is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Behavioural Sciences Unit (BSU), School of Women’s and Children’s Health at UNSW Sydney and the Sydney Children’s Hospital.