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Community Engagement

I believe it is our privilege and responsibility as researchers to reflect on how we communicate and translate science.

Science Communication

  • Research Impact Statement at the University of Melbourne

  • Organised a Frontier for Young Minds live review seminar at the Department of Psychiatry

  • ​Hosted a lab stall at the University of Melbourne Science Festival during National Science Week

  • Led the production of Tuning in to Teens' Brain Study newsletters

  • Invited to present at Parenting and Family Research Alliance (PAFRA) Seminar Series

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Outreach

  • Coordinated a Youth Advisory Group with young people with lived experience of mental ill-health

  • Supported the organisation of Australian Brain Bee State Championship events

  • Presented at the Merri-Bek Schools Wellbeing Network

  • Invited to present at the Tuning in to Kids/Teens Special Supervision Webinar

  • PhD Student Representative at Graduate Study Expo and University of Melbourne Open Day

Teaching and Mentoring

  • Teaching Assistant at Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne. Subjects include: Lifespan Social & Emotional Development (PSYC30016), Developmental Psychology (PSYC20008), Cognitive Psychology (PSYC20007), Mind, Brain, & Behaviour 1 & 2 (PSYC10003, PSYC10004)

  • Mentor, Ask Alumni Network, University of Melbourne  

  • Co-supervisor for a medical student who undertook a research subject at the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre

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Service on Committees

  • Trainee Committee, Flux Society 

  • EMCA Advisory Committee, Melbourne Medical School

  • Scientific Committee, International Association for Youth Mental Health

  • Committee Assistant, Policy and Social Impact Committee, at International Congress on Evidence-based Parenting Support

  • State Representative, Biological Psychiatry Australia Early Career Researcher Network

  • Seminar Organiser, PAFRA Seminars

  • Vice President, Students of Neuropsychiatric Research

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