Lecturer, Orthoptics, University of Sheffield I qualified as an Orthoptist in 2003 and have practised at hospitals in the UK including Moorfields Eye Hospital, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Sheffield Childrens Hospital Trust in the UK and in the Kwazulu Natal region of South Africa. In 2008 I completed my PhD which explored the effects of profound congenital deafness on the visual system. Since 2008 I have been a lecturer in Orthoptics and enjoy teaching a broad range of topics for the BMedSci Orthoptics degree and have completed the University of Sheffield certificate in learning and teaching, making me a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In 2013 I took the position of Programme Leader for the MMedSci (Vision and Strabismus) course by distance learning and enjoy teaching and supporting students from all over the UK and around the world in this role. My research interests include adaptations of and plasticity within the whole of the visual system from the cortex to the retina. My PhD explored the effects of profound congenital deafness and experience with British Sign Language on the visual system of children and adults. So far I have investigated visual plasticity in response to profound deafness, autism, ADHD and visual vertigo. I am particularly interested in the development of peripheral vision and the development and management of amblyopia.
Lecturer, University of the Free State 2009-2011 Stellenbosch University: Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 2012 Stellenbosch University: Bachelor of Medical Sciences (Honours) 2013-2015 Stellenbosch University and Brain and Spine Institute (Institut du Cerveau) L'Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière, France: Master of Science in Human Genetics 2015-2018 Stellenbosch University: Doctor of Philosophy in Neuro-physiological Sciences Membership in the following organizations: 2015 – 2022 Physiological Society of Southern Africa (PSSA) 2017 – 2022 South African Women in Science and Engineering (SAWISE) 2017 – 2022 Southern African Neuroscience Society (SANS) 2017 - 2022 African Association of Physiological Sciences (AAPS)
Professor of Psychiatry, UNSW & Black Dog Institute, UNSW Sydney Qualifications: MB.BS. (Hons), FRANZCP, MD. Current Positions: Professor, Psychiatry, University of NSW & Black Dog Institute Director of Neurostimulation and Ketamine Clinics, Ramsay Clinic Northside, Sydney. Colleen Loo is a psychiatrist and clinical academic researcher of the University of New South Wales, based at the Black Dog Institute. She is an active clinician and researcher, and has had a role in developing and improving treatments for severe depression : electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and novel treatments for mood disorders, including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and ketamine. She established the first randomised controlled trials of TMS, tDCS and ketamine in psychiatry in Australia. Her research program now also includes studies of psychedelic-assisted therapy. She has been active in establishing clinical practice guidelines and policy to facilitate the translation of new treatments into clinical practice. Her team of researchers also studies the use of brain stimulation to enhance cognitive functioning (in mood disorders and healthy ageing), and to treat disorders.
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney Dr Caitlin Jones is a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Sydney, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health. Her research evaluates the benefits and harms of treatments for musculoskeletal conditions, with a particular focus on opioid medicines.
Lecturer, Creative Writing, UNSW Sydney I am a Lecturer in Creative Writing at UNSW. I have published two collections of poems (Storytelling, 2007; Public Transport, 2017) as well as many short stories, essays, and reviews in Australian journals and anthologies. My research interests range across contemporary Australian literature and creative writing pedagogy.
Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University Cara Reed is a Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. She has currently published her work on experts, professions, identity construction and discourse in the likes of Organization Theory, the British Journal of Management, and Management Learning. In 2023-4, she will be guest editing a special issue of Organization with Alexandra Bristow from the Open University, Thomas Lopdrup-Hjorth from Copenhagen Business School and Gabriela Spanghero Lotta from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) Brazil, on the topic of ‘Expert Futures? Re-examining the role of experts and expertise in organizations and organizing.’ She is a member of the Learned Society of Wales Early Career Researcher Network, the British Academy of Management, as well as being Social Media Editor at Management Learning.
