PhD Candidate, Identity of Motorcyclists, London South Bank University I am a PhD student researching the influence of motorcycle clubs on riding behaviour and risk perception. My interest in this topic was from my own personal experience as a keen motorcyclist and the identity of belonging to a motorcycle club or motorcycle group. I recently attained my green badge from the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM); a member of IAM and the Kent Advanced Motorcyclists Group.
Senior Lecturer in Sport Science, Deakin University Dr. Bruce is an expertise researcher who explores expert performance, factors contributing to expert performance and the development of expertise, with a focus on sport. With a strong track record on engaging with industry to solve applied sport challenges, Dr Bruce uses a multidisciplinary approach using a range of technologies and analytical techniques to offer insights into the research questions.
Senior Research Fellow & Program Lead of School-Based Health Interventions, University of Sydney Dr Lauren Gardner is a Senior Research Fellow within the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology with first class Honours and a PhD in Psychology. As Program Lead of School-Based Health Interventions, Lauren has expertise in the development, evaluation, and translation of digital preventive interventions to enhance adolescent health and wellbeing. The interventions target a range of key health behaviours, including e-cigarette and tobacco cigarette use, alcohol and other drug use, physical activity, diet, sleep, and recreational screen time.
PhD Candidate and Student Occupational Therapist, Western University Leah is a CIHR Canada Graduate Scholar. Her current research focuses on physical activity in young children with disabilities, playground inclusion, and practical applications of the Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines for the Early Years as a tool for occupational therapy. Leah has previously published work examining children's environments for enabling physical activity.
Assistant Professor in Data Visualization, Linköping University Lonni Besançon is an Assistant Professor in Visualization research at Linköping University. His main research interests lie in 3D interaction with volumetric data, immersive analytics, visualization of statistical data, methodological research, and open science.
Associate Professor, Wicking Dementia Research Education Centre, University of Tasmania Lyn Goldberg, a speech pathologist, was recruited to the Wicking Centre in 2014 to develop a focus on oral health and function related to dementia, consolidating her background in speech pathology and international experience in interprofessional education and practice. Prior to 2014, Goldberg was the John and Ruby Hendren Distinguished Professor in the College of Health Professions at Wichita State University, Kansas, USA, and member of the Executive Board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), guiding the Association’s financial, long-term planning and multicultural initiatives. At the Wicking Centre, Goldberg is a Graduate Research Coordinator, online educator and community-based researcher. With NHMRC-Dementia Collaborative Research Centre program funding ($99,752, 2016-17, CIA), Lyn initiated an innovative interprofessional program in which a speech pathologist, dentist, and nutritionist worked with residential care staff to screen the oral health, nutritional status, and swallowing ability of residents, and document residents’ perceptions of their health-related quality of life. Further philanthropic funding ($34,300) enabled a clinical trial to document the positive effects of an evidence-based oral health program to decrease chest infections and aspiration pneumonia. Findings resulted in a policy change within the national organization. Lyn's work now focuses on Aboriginal-led, community-based research to promote health and wellbeing and reduce dementia risk. She served on the National Committee for the Action Plan to implement the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Roadmap for Dementia Research and Translation. In the past five years she has served on externally funded grants totaling $11.5M (lead CI on 5, AI on 3), complemented by University/College funding of $529,314. She currently leads a national team of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal early, mid-, and senior career researchers and Aboriginal community leaders in the MRFF Consumer-Led Research opportunity, Privileging the spirit, voices, and culture of Aboriginal people in dementia care: education for non-Aboriginal healthcare providers (2023-25). She is an AI on two Aboriginal health related NHMRC Centre of Excellence grants: Good Spirit, Good Life: better health and wellbeing for older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (2021-25) and On TRACK (Teaching, Research And Community Knowledges): promoting brain health with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (2022-2026). In the past 5 years, Lyn has published 24 peer-reviewed journal papers and accrued >600 citations.
