Dr. Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck and the Zlab
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 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
Leander Dellers, PhD Clinical Psychology
Supervisors Dr. Amanda Duffy, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
Marginalisation within gay communities: Integrating minority stress and social identity approaches to explain mental health in gay-identifying men
Narelle Duncan, PhD Clinical Psychology
Supervisors Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Dr. Alex Gardner
The role of decentering in interpersonal conflict
Victoria Hambour – PhD Clinical Psychology
Supervisors Dr. Amanda Duffy, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
Facing multiple sources of discrimination: The impact of social identity, peer support and self-stereotyping on the wellbeing of sexual minorities
Hong Lan, PhD Psychology
Supervisors A/Professor Liz Conlin, Dr. Rebecca Lawrence, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
ADHD, mind wandering, and emotion regulation
Sarah Luskin-Saxby – PhD Clinical Psychology
Supervisors Dr. Jess Paynter, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
Training and development in evidence-based practice in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) early intervention centres
Samira Mera – PhD Clinical Psychology
Supervisors Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Dr. Liz Conlon
Mindful relationships: Testing a model of parental intrapersonal and interpersonal mindfulness, mindful parenting, and adolescents’ adjustment and peer relationships
Lisa Porritt – PhD Clinical Psychology
Supervisors Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Dr. Heather Green
Vulvovaginal pain and discomfort among young women: Examining psychosocial correlates, coping strategies, and women’s experiences
Charlie-Jean Seeto – PhD Clinical Psychology
Supervisors Professor Caroline Donovan, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck
Social comparison processes on social media
Molly Speechley – PhD Psychology
Supervisors Professor Bonnie Barber, Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck, Dr. Jaimee Stuart
Gender identity development and health care
Rachmania Puspa Wardhani - PhD 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