The Z-lab: Research Fellows and PhD Candidates

We have a very active group of research fellows and PhD candidates in the Z-lab.

Current and past projects address parenting and its impact on child emotion regulation and youth development; coping with stress in close relationships; attachment and its measurement; attention, ADHD, and mindwandering; rejection in social groups; defending against bullying among children; pracitioner competence in children's disruptive behavior; screening for fetal alcohol syndrome, transgender development and health care, and sexuality. see below for more details.

Current Research Fellows and PhD CAndidates

RESEARCH FELLOWS

Dr. Kathy Ryan

Dr. Ryan completed her PhD on threat bias experimental methodology. She currently works on the ARC-funding Parenting in an Unsteady World project focusing on overinvolved parenting and youth development after the transition out of high school. The project involves a large study or macrosocial risks and parenting, and a longitudinal study of parents and their Year 12 students.

CURRENT PHD CANDIDATES

Britnee Byron, PhD Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Erinn Hawkins, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck

Measuring parent-child attachment: A useful method for clinicians

Tia Campbell, PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Erinn Hawkins, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Professor Dianne Shanley

The digital Rapid Neurodevelopmental Assessment Australia: A validation and diagnostic power study

Hong Lan, PhD Psychology

Supervisors: A/Professor Liz Conlon, Dr. Rebecca Lawrence, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck

ADHD, mind wandering, and emotion regulation

Lisa Porritt – PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, A/Professor Heather Green, Dr. Elia-Jade Edwards

Vulvovaginal pain and discomfort among young women: Examining psychosocial correlates, coping strategies, and women’s experiences

Charlie-Jean Seeto – PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Dr. Veya Seekis

Social comparison processes on social media

Tejasvi Singh - PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Veya Seekis, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck,

Dr. Rebecca Lawrence

Body image

Krittika Vongkiatkajorn - PhD Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Jacob Keech, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, A/Prof Chris Pepping

Relationship Dissolution and Stress-Related Growth During Emerging Adulthood

Rachmania Puspa Wardhani - PhD Clinical Psychology

Supervisors: Dr. Matthew McKenzie, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Professor Lara Farrell

Post-traumatic stress symptoms in parents and children: Investigating the role of parent emotional functioning and parenting following childhood medical events

Shantelle Wilson - PhD Psychology

Supervisors: Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Dr. Amanda Duffy, A/Professor Chris Pepping

First Time Sexual Minority Identification in Later Life: An Investigation of Psychosocial Correlates