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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

Emeritus Professor Afaf Girgis AM, is with the South Western Sydney Clinical Campuses, UNSW Sydney.

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

Dr Yue Huang

Faculty: Medicine & Health
Fields of Research (FoR): Developmental Psychology and Ageing, Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Central Nervous System, Pathology
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Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

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clinical genetics

parkinson's disease & related disorders

alzheimer disease

frontotemporal dementia

brain diseases

I obtained MBBS degree from Harbin Medical University, China i

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 is Lead Scientist of the Gatt Wellbeing & Resilience Group at Neuroscience Research Australia<

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

Professor Isabella Dobrescu

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

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 Gianfranco Giuntoli

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Applied Sociology, Program Evaluation and Social Impact Assessment, Mental Health, Social Theory, Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
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Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)

Dr Gianfranco Giuntoli is a Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre.

Dr Jennifer Skattebol

Faculty: Arts,Design & Architecture
Fields of Research (FoR): Social Policy, Sociology of Education, Social and Cultural Geography, Early Childhood Education (excl. Maori), Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
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Education and Training Systems Policies and Development

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

Keywords:

inequality

children and young people

families

early childhood education and care (ecec)

Overview

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 Peter A. Heslin

Faculty: Business
Fields of Research (FoR): Learning, motivation and emotion, Organisational behaviour, Leadership
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Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions

Workforce Transition and Employment

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

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

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Dr. Peter Heslin is a Professor of Management, Academic Fellow at Warrane College, and Scientia Education Fellow at UNSW Sydney.

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.