Joanne Gladding, Phd Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Investigating the behavioural and brain mechanisms of compulsive disorders and decision-making, with a focus on astrocytes. A member of several organizing committees and mentoring programs.Professional development:Leading Self, Others, & Teams (Sydney Centre of Continuing Education)Women in Leadership (Sydney Centre of Continuing Education)Intro to R, Intro to Python (Intersect Training)3-Day Women in STEMM Grant Writing Workshop (UTS)Awards:Best ECR Oral Presentation (Aus Soc Med Research NSW)Women in Sci Prof Dev Fund (Academic Women in Sci)Workplace Health & Safety Award (UTS Science)International Astrocyte School Placement and Travel Award (Italy)

Delivered in-person and virtual courses to diverse cohorts of students, creating psychologically safe learning spaces and maintaining high satisfaction ratingsUsed subject matter expertise to coordinate the Behavioural Neuroscience Unit for the Graduate Diploma of Psychology, designing & tailoring learning materials to unique mature age student needsCourses: Measuring Mind & Behaviour; Learning & Physiological Psychology; Abnormal Psychology; Behavioural Neuroscience

The UNSW Women in Maths and Science Champions Program is a competitively selected development program to support female research students and early career scientists to become science professionals. Over 12 months we led science outreach activities to high school students and undertook professional training in:Oral presentation skills: Activating Presence (w/ Jo O'Reilly)Science communication in the media (w/ Aus Sci Media Centre)Career coaching: Setting up for success (w/ Sheonaigh Rennie)Leadership skillsand advanced communication

The Research Data Management team at UNSW (Office of Pro-Vice Chancellor) develops training programs to help staff + students appropriately classify, store, and manage their research data. Effective data management underpins top level aims of good stewardship of public resources and the responsible communication of research results.Key roles included:Led focus groups to gather broad stakeholder feedback for a pilot research data management program, analysing & translating feedback into the final product with positive resultsManaged database of user-feedback Iteratively tested the pilot program & performed QA/QCMaintained lines of communication with users

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Consulted on the Atlantic Station and airport transportation demand management programs, using survey data to understand employee commuting behaviours, identifying the unique needs of lower-income workersImplemented scalable automated systems using HubSpot, MailChimp, SurveyMonkey, and Ortto based on findings from employee onboarding & travel surveys for over 3000 companies in the Atlanta Perimeter areaPresented survey insights to executives & proposed tailored, actionable insights and marketing solutions (SMS, email) to assess end user adoption and engagementCollaborated with marketing and travel consultants to extract valuable insights and design customer surveys related to onboarding and engagement with travel programs

The SHAPE program at NeuRA was a multi-site clinical trial, working in collaboration with Norway and the UK. The study aimed to test a new online training and support group for people in the early stages of dementia, with the overall goal of helping them to live as well as possible. I delivered group sessions to small groups of Australian-based participants, under the supervision of Prof Kaarin Anstey.https://shapeenglish.neura.edu.au/

Elected member for the Career Development & Women in STEM Committee branch of the Postgraduate Council at UNSWThe PGC Womens Officer advocates for issues of importance to persons who identify as women. This role included organising and assisting with events for postgraduate women, running campaigns on issues and policy that may affect women and supporting the day to day duties while fostering a gender inclusive environment.

Perth, Australia

BDW is a start-up style health behaviour change consultancy and delivery firm based in AU+US. We designed and delivered large-scale behaviour change projects to improve healthy, sustainable lifestyle behaviours in the WA community. Key roles included: Co-designed and delivered 5 evidence-based public health behaviour change programs to over 30,000 West Australians on behalf of various government departments and health insurers (e.g., Your Move)Liaised with state government, private health, and local community stakeholders to deliver projects on time and with high satisfactionDeveloped an employee-centric strategy for SaaS tool use (Zapier, Zendesk) to streamline participant recruitment and improve employee user experienceDesigned and implemented surveys for participant lifecycle stages, including recruitment (on-boarding), intervention (engagement), and evaluation (exit) interviewsRecruited participants for & delivered tailored 1-1 telehealth coaching to hundreds of WA residents using motivational interviewing & behavioural nudges to promote active lifestylesTrained/Supervised a call team of 10-20 health coaches to effectively communicate and motivate participantsManaged quantitative & qualitative databases

As a Health Coach, I was trained in Motivational Interviewing, a style of conversation effective in eliciting positive changes to individual's lifestyle habits. I have significant experience as a Behaviour Change Coach in the realms of physical activity and sustainable transport behaviours.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Conference organizing committees: Syd Postgrad Psyc Conference Aust Appetitive Motivation Symposium Postgrad.

Bachelor Of Science (Honours), Psychology, First Class

Activities and Societies: Sports Committee Thesis: Intrahippocampal insulin infusion rescues cognitive function in a mouse model.

Bachelor Of Science, Psychology, Hd

Double major in Psychological Science (SCI) and Psychology in Society (ARTS) with minors in Anatomy and Physiology.