Career Summary
Biography
Dr. Prince Atorkey holds a PhD (Behavioral Science In Relation to Medicine) from the University of Newcastle, Australia. His PhD thesis examined multiple health risk factors (smoking tobacco, fruit intake, vegetable intake, alcohol intake, physical activity, obesity/overweight. anxiety, and depression) among vocational education students. Prince has an interest in conducting researches that translates into the modification of individual, community, and organizational health risk behaviours.
Prior to commencing his PhD, Prince completed a Master of Philosophy degree in Clinical Psychology with the University of Ghana, Legon and a Bachelor of Science degree (Honours) in Psychology with the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast.
Teaching Expertise
Prince has taught first and final year undergraduate students Introduction to General Psychology and Criminal Psychology respectively at the Regent University College of Science and Technology. In his role as a graduate teaching and research assistant, he assisted in teaching courses such as Statistics for Psychologist, Psychology for everyday living, Social psychology, Applied Social Psychology, Biological psychology, Test and Measurement, Experimental psychology and Cognitive psychology.
Keywords
- Behavioural Science
- Clinical Psychology
- Epidemiology
- Health Psychology
- Medication adherence
- chronic conditions
- health promotion
- illness Perception
- implementation science
- mental health
- multiple health risk behaviours
- nutrition
- obesity
- physical activity
- public health
- risky alcohol consumption
- smoking
Languages
- English (Fluent)
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 420699 | Public health not elsewhere classified | 50 |
| 520302 | Clinical psychology | 25 |
| 520304 | Health psychology | 25 |
Professional Experience
Academic appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 18/5/2021 - | Research Assistant | College of Health, Medicine & Wellbeing - The University of Newcastle School of Medicine and Public Health Australia |
| 1/11/2016 - 6/11/2017 | Lecturer | Regent University College of Science and Technology Department of Psychology and Human Development Ghana |
| 1/8/2015 - 9/11/2017 | Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant | University of Ghana Department of Psychology Ghana |
Teaching appointment
| Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
|---|---|---|
| 4/3/2020 - | Tutor | School of Medicine & Public Health, Faculty of Health & Medicine, University of Newcastle | Australia Australia |
Awards
Research Award
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
2021 College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing Poster Prize Competition Highly Commended College of Health, Medicine & Wellbeing - The University of Newcastle |
| 2020 |
Best Paper Award The University of Newcastle, Centre For African Research, Engagement and Partnerships |
| 2020 |
HDR Publication Award 2020 College of Health, Medicine & Wellbeing - The University of Newcastle |
| 2019 |
Best Poster Presentation In implementation Science and Impact Hunter Cancer Research Alliance (HCRA) |
Teaching
| Code | Course | Role | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOPS 1513 |
Introduction to General Psychology Regent University College of Science and Technology The course introduces the psychological study of human behavior and experience. The history, scope and methods of contemporary psychology are described. Topics include: schools of psychology, goals of psychology, principles of learning and memory, applied areas of psychology. |
Lecturer | 9/1/2017 - 7/8/2017 |
| SOPS 4683 |
Criminal Psychology Regent University College of Science and Technology This course examines the interaction of psychology and the legal system. The course focuses on the use of psychological assessments in court issues of criminal responsibility and predicting dangerousness, insanity, eyewitness testimony, police interrogation, lie detection, offender rehabilitation, jury decision making, and criminal profiling. In addition the course will equip students to be in a position to evaluate the relationship between mental health and criminal behaviour and effective techniques for rehabilitating offenders. |
Teaching Undergraduate Students Criminal Pschology | 1/11/2016 - 7/11/2017 |
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 2 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $6,572 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20201 grants / $4,072
Acceptace of Proactively offered Online and Telephone Support Services Targeting Multiple Health Risk Behaviours Among Vocational Education Students$4,072
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Beharviour (PRCHB)
| Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Beharviour (PRCHB) |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Prince Atorkey |
| Scheme | Research Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2020 |
| Funding Finish | 2020 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
20191 grants / $2,500
Barriers and facilitators to the uptake of online and telephone support services targeting multiple health risk behaviours: A qualitative study$2,500
Funding body: Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviors
| Funding body | Priority Research Centre for Health Behaviors |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Prince Atorkey, A/Prof. Flora Tzelepis, Prof. Christine Paul, Prof, Billie Bonevski, Prof. John Wiggers |
| Scheme | the university of newcastle |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2019 |
| Funding Finish | 2019 |
| GNo | |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | N |
