I am a research fellow primarily based in the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre and have ongoing research projects with the Cognitive Ageing and Impairment Neurosciences laboratory (CAIN) and the Sleep and Chronobiology laboratory (SCL).
I also have affiliations with the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) and the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L).
My research centres around the safe use of virtual reality (VR) technologies, the transferability of real-world skills from VR/AR training, and the use of sensors for monitoring psychophysiological changes.
I supervise Honours and PhD students.
About me
I am a research fellow primarily based in the Behaviour-Brain-Body Research Centre and have ongoing research projects with the Cognitive Ageing and Impairment Neurosciences laboratory (CAIN) and the Sleep and Chronobiology laboratory (SCL).
I also have affiliations with the Australian Research Centre for Interactive and Virtual Environments (IVE) and the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L).
My research centres around the safe use of virtual reality (VR) technologies, the transferability of real-world skills from VR/AR training, and the use of sensors for monitoring psychophysiological changes.
I supervise Honours and PhD students.
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 28/06/2023 |
Smart glasses to improve diagnosis and treatment of foot wounds, https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/06/27/smart-glasses-to-improve-diagnosis-and-treatment-of-foot-wounds |
| 04/09/2021 |
Life Education Virtual Reality Training, https://www.oranaonline.com.au/virtual-reality-project-with-unisa/ |
| 21/03/2021 |
ABC Future Tense: Why do some people get sick after using Virtual Reality and is that holding back the technology?, https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/futuretense/agromining-trees-that-grow-metal/13266776 |
| 18/03/2021 |
Infrastructure Magazine: Virtual Reality Enabling 'Test Drives' of Road Planning, https://www.dropbox.com/s/thbs0cttqatbcww/Infrastructure\%20Magazine\%20March\%202021.png?dl=0 |
| 22/10/2020 |
Learning life skills via virtual reality: a game-changer for children with intellectual disabilities., https://unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2020/learning-life-skills-via-virtual-reality--a-game-changer-for-children-with-intellectual-disabilities/ |
| 11/11/2019 |
Game on, Ping-Pong: Virtual reality improves sports performance, https://www.unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/2019/game-on-ping-pong-virtual-reality-improves-sports-performance/ |
| 08/11/2019 |
Ace Technology, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uubhKkRWxJk |
| 19/06/2015 |
Creating a Bigger Bubble: What Happens When People Invade Our Personal Space, https://www.cogneurosociety.org/attention_szpak_june15/ |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Flinders University
Bachelor of Arts Flinders University
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Improving telemedicine delivery for people with chronic lower-extremity ulceration using augmented reality, Cwth Dept of Health Aged Care, 15/09/2021 - 30/06/2023
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2023 |
Open access
20
16
4
|
| 2020 |
Open access
519
450
392
|
| 2020 |
Open access
76
62
136
|
| 2019 |
Open access
113
84
41
|
| 2019 |
Open access
80
64
1
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
8
6
85
|
| 2023 |
Open access
20
16
4
|
| 2022 |
Open access
11
8
7
|
| 2021 |
Open access
6
5
5
|
| 2021 |
Open access
20
18
6
|
| 2020 |
Open access
519
450
392
|
| 2020 |
Open access
76
62
136
|
| 2019 |
Open access
62
57
17
|
| 2019 |
Open access
113
84
41
|
| 2019 |
Open access
80
64
1
|
| 2018 |
12
12
3
|
| 2016 |
7
6
|
| 2016 |
9
8
8
|
| 2015 |
7
5
|
| 2014 |
10
22
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Open access
7
4
4
|
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | UNITED STATES |
| Central Adelaide Local Health Network Incorporated | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
| Orana Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| South Australian Health and Medical Institute | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Oxford | UNITED KINGDOM |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Southern California | UNITED STATES |
| University of the Sunshine Coast | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Conference Co-Coordinator40th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Adelaide |
2012 |
Conference Co-Coordinator40th Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference, Adelaide |
2011 |
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
| Thesis title | Student status |
|---|---|
| Using Virtual Reality to deliver health care services to people with neurodevelopmental disorders | Current |
| Virtual Reality sensory rooms: creating a portable person-centred intervention for people with autism spectrum disorder | Current |
| Use of immersive virtual reality to build capacity in people with intellectual disabilities | Completed |
