Research Activities
The Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences supports a range of innovative research targeted at understanding and improving human health in the context of the social and medical challenges of modern living.
Our research endeavours encompass studies of basic mechanisms underlying conditions such as cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, ADHD and schizophrenia, as well as interventions to determine the impacts of diet and physical activity on these health risks. In the area of psychology, key research themes include attention and inhibition; perception and memory; cognitive and affective processing; and models for the delivery of community mental health services.
These activities are underpinned by world-class research facilities, notably in the areas of biomechanics, exercise physiology, human metabolism, neuroscience, psychophysiology, thermal physiology, cognition and perception, and personality and social psychology. Our researchers are also involved in the analysis and assessment of policy and clinical practice in the health care community, particularly in the fields of mental health, dietetics, nursing and exercise science and rehabilitation.
Research activities are organised within centres of excellence and collaboration identified and supported by the University. Within this faculty these include the Smart Foods Centre, the Brain and Behaviour Research Institute, the Exercise Science and Rehabilitation, and the Illawarra Institute for Mental Health, and the Metabolic Research Centre. Further, a new research group in Evidence-based Practice is under development. A visit to their web pages will provide you with a more complete view of the breadth and depth of our research.
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