Research
Advantage
Women in Research fellowship
Recipients of the Women in Research (WIR) fellowship are empowered to reach their full potential and focus intensively on research, strengthen and fast track their academic careers and nurture research leadership capability.
2022 Women in Research Fellowship applications are closed. Outcomes to be announced soon.
2020 Women in Research fellowship recipients
Dr Hedda Askland
Senior Lecturer
School of Humanities and Social Science
is a social anthropologist examining mining and displacement in the Upper Hunter and Mid-Western Regions of New South Wales
- Hedda.Askland@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 7067
Dr Debra Donnelly
Senior Lecturer
School of Education
is exploring an educational approach to virtual reality with applications for teacher preparation by extending SimTeach (micro-teaching avatar classroom) applications
- Debra.Donnelly@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 6231
Dr Heather Douglas
Lecturer
School of Psychological Sciences
is examining a covertmeasure of Imposter Phenomenon and its impact on leadership
- Heather.Douglas@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4913 8773
Associate Professor Helen English
Associate Professor
School of Creative Industries
is exploring the impact of song-writing courses on aged-care residents
- Helen.English@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 8929
Dr Renee Goreham
Lecturer
School of Information and Physical Sciences
is investigating nanomaterial synthesis and characterisation for biomedical applications
- Renee.Goreham@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4913 8252
Dr Andrea Griffin
Senior Lecturer in Conservation Psychology
School of Psychological Sciences
is a behavioural ecologist capitalising on the big data revolution and exploring ecosystem-level questions of global significance
- Andrea.Griffin@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4348 4393
Dr Sally Hunt
Senior Lecturer
School of Psychological Sciences
is examining the use of alcohol by women, reasons for this use and developing interventions to address the closing gender gap in hazardous alcohol use
- Sally.Hunt@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 49854305
Dr Peta Tehan
Senior Lecturer
School of Health Sciences
is investigating ways to end avoidable lower limb amputations from diabetes in Australia
- Peta.Tehan@newcastle.edu.au
- 02 43494541
Associate Professor Tamara Young
Associate Professor
Newcastle Business School
is developing a framework to nurture localised place-based tourism entrepreneurship for Aboriginal communities in Australia
- Tamara.Young@newcastle.edu.au
- (02) 4921 5804
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