News from 2005

Congratulations to members of staff for recent promotions (posted 23/11/05)

• To Senior Lecturer: Adam Clarke, Lindsay Oades, Stephen Pamlisano
• To Associate Professor: Steven Roodenrys

Congratulations to members of staff for recent ARC Discovery Grant successes! (posted 9/11/05)

• Investigators: Robert Barry, Adam Clarke and Stuart Johnstone. $175,000 over three years. Project: Exploring the brain mechanisms underlying hyperactivity in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
• Investigators: Steve Roodenrys and C Hulme. $144,000 over three years. Project: Phonological neighbourhood effects in short-term memory and speech production: Towards a unified account.

Congratulations to members of staff for recent grant successes! (posted 31/08/05)

• Investigators: Stephen Palmisano and Simone Favelle. Amount: $18,808. Project: Visual Cues for Flare Timing and Control. Funded by: The Aviation Safety Research Grants Programme (Australian Transport Safety Bureau).

• Investigators: Joseph Ciarrochi and John T. Blackledge. Amount: $23,000. URC linkage grant with the NSW Cancer Counsel.

• Investigators: Brin Grenyer, John T. Blackledge and Area Health Service Staff. Amount : $22,200. Project: "Evaluation of an early intervention program for children and adolescents with developmental emotional dysregulation". Funded by: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service - Network (CAMS-NET), NSW Health.

• Investigators: Sandra Jones, Amy Chan, Darrell Collins and Don Iverson. Amount: $147,626. Project: "Communicating the importance of breast cancer screening via counterfactual thinking messages". Funded by: a National Breast Cancer Foundation Concept Award.

Congratulations to Peter Caputi who was recently awarded his PhD from the University of Melbourne (posted 31/08/05)