2015 Australian Capital Territory's Award Winner

Dr Vanessa Beanland

Australian National University Psychology Dr Beanland’s research interests encompass two broad areas, visual cognition and human factors in transport. Psychological research reveals that consciously “seeing” is more complex than simply looking; our eyes determine what we look at, but what we perceive is determined by factors including what we attend to, what we expect to…

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Dr Louise Farrer

National Institute for Mental Health Research, ANU e-mental Health Mental health problems like depression and anxiety are common in the community, and yet very few people seek help. We need to find new ways of linking people to effective treatments, and online therapy programs may hold the answer, teaching strategies for how to cope with…

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Dr Sophie Lewis

Australian National University Climate Science Dr Lewis’ research looks at the causes of recent extreme weather and climate events, such as heat waves and floods, in Australia using computer climate models. Climate extremes can have disastrous environmental and social impacts. Understanding the causes of extremes and their links to global warming can help us assess…

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Dr Brad Tucker

Australian National University Astrophysics, Cosmology Everything we’ve studied on Earth only makes up a very small part (4%) of our Universe. At the same time, the growth of our Universe has changed over time – going from slowing down to speeding up. Dark Energy, which makes up about 70% of the Universe, is causing this…

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