Quantitative Sea Ice Biogeochemist/Ecologist, University of Tasmania Pat Wongpan is a quantitative sea ice biogeochemist/ecologist at the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Otago in New Zealand, was a David Crighton fellow at the University of Cambridge, and a JSPS post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Japan. He is interested in sea ice-ice shelf-ocean interactions and their consequences on the ecosystem.
Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Edith Cowan University Pauline has a focus on reflection, ePortfolios and technology but also teaches in the leadership area, with a focus on advocacy and workforce issues impacting on the early years. She has also engaged with research examining the impact of NAPLAN on children’s wellbeing and was honoured to be included in the consortium reviewing the Australian Approved Learning Frameworks.
Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex Panu Pelkonen specialises in Economics of Education and Skills. His work on education connects to Political Economy topics such as voting and electoral cycles, Labour and Population Economics, as well as the underpinnings of productivity and economic growth. He is a Chevening scholarship alumni and has received a PhD in Economics from University College London in 2009.
Research Fellow, Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, University of Manchester I work with large-scale electronic health databases to investigate topics in epidemiology, using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and ResearchOne. My current research focuses on four areas: mental health of young people, adverse outcomes associated with the use of antipsychotics in people with dementia, the use of prescribing safety indicators to reduce hazardous prescribing, and a new study on post-discharge care after acute kidney injury. Before joining the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety at the University of Manchester, I was based at the Centre for Mental Health and Safety at the University where much of my research was on the epidemiology of self-harm, suicide, and violence. This included working on a 5-year programme investigating the risk factors for suicidal behaviour and violence in young people, using data from the Danish national registers.
Acting director of the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS & Gender, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria Pierre is the acting director of the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS & Gender at the University of Pretoria, a registered clinical psychologist, and executive member of the Sexuality and Gender Division of the Psychological Society of South Africa. Pierre has worked in HIV since the mid 1980’s and at the CSA&G since 2001 as a manager, researcher, writer, facilitator and teacher. Interests include sexualities, gender, diversity, transformation and human rights. Pierre is an external examiner for MA theses, a peer reviewer for a number of journals, sits on the board of the Human Rights Development Initiative, is a Board member of the Professional Association for Transgender Health South Africa (PATHSA) and has served on the Transformation Committee of the Faculty of Humanities.
