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The Appleton Institute boasts around 40 professional researchers, research students and support staff across a broad range of talents, skills and specialist areas.

Enquiries to the Institute are welcome from all prospective partners, including Australian and international universities, government departments, corporate entities and industry groups.

Professor Sally Ferguson (Director)

Sleep and Circadian Biology; Operational Readiness; Workplace Health and Safety; Shift work and Fatigue Risk Management (Director; Human Factors and Operational Readiness co-lead)


Associate Professor Matthew Thomas (Deputy Director)

Human Factors; Workplace Health and Safety; Systems thinking; Shift work and Fatigue Risk Management


Professor Corneel Vandelanotte

Health Behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet; e- & m- Health Interventions; Wearable Technologies (Physical Activity Research Group Lead).

Professor Corneel Vandelanotte CQUniversity Staff Profile


Professor Greg Roach

Sleep and Circadian Biology; Shift work and Fatigue Risk Management; (Sleep and Circadian Biology Lead).


Professor Chris Doran

Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health; Health economics; Systems thinking (Resilience and Wellbeing co-lead).

Professor Chris Doran CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Robert Stanton

Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health; Health Behaviours: Physical Activity (Resilience and Wellbeing co-lead).

Dr Robert Stanton CQUniversity Staff Profile


Associate Professor Anjum Naweed

Human Factors; Health behaviours: Sedentary Behaviour, Diet; Cognitive, Social and Psychology; Workplace Health and Safety; Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health; Systems thinking (Human Factors and Operational Readiness co-lead).


Dr Stephanie Alley

Health Behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep; e- and m-health interventions.

Dr Stephanie Alley CQUniversity Staff Profile


Associate Professor Chris Bearman

Human Factors; Operational Readiness; Disaster Management; Clinical, Cognitive, Social and Positive Psychology; Workplace Health and Safety; Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.


Associate Professor Talitha Best

Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Associate Professor Talitha Best CQUniversity Staff Profile


Associate Professor Sarah Blunden

Health Behaviours: Physical Activity, Sleep; Sleep and Circadian Biology; Clinical, Cognitive, Social and Positive Psychology; Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Associate Professor Sarah Blunden CQUniversity Staff Profile


Associate Professor Karena Burke

Clinical, Cognitive, Social and Positive Psychology; Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health; Health Behaviours: Diet.

Associate Professor Karena Burke CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Louise Byrne

Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Dr Louise Byrne CQUniversity Staff Profile


Associate Professor Linda Colley

Equity at Work; Workplace Health and Safety.

Associate Professor Linda Colley CQUniversity Staff Profile


Professor Drew Dawson

Sleep and Circadian Biology; Shift work and Fatigue Risk Management; Workplace Health and Safety.

Professor Drew Dawson CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Danielle Every

Clinical, Cognitive, Social and Positive Psychology; Operational readiness; Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health; Disaster Management.

Dr Danielle Every CQUniversity Staff Profile


Professor Trudy Dwyer

Human Factors; Social Psychology; Workplace Health and Safety.

Professor Trudy Dwyer CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Adam Gerace

Social Psychology.

Dr Adam Gerace CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Charlotte Gupta

Operational Readiness; Health Behaviours - Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep.


Dr Melanie Hayman

Health Behaviours - Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet; e- & m- Health Interventions.

Dr Melanie Hayman CQUniversity Staff Profile


Professor Jenni Judd

Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Professor Jenni Judd CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Helen Keen-Dyer

Operational Readiness; Disaster Management.

Dr Helen Keen-Dyer CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Sami Khalesi

Health behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet.

Dr Sami Khalesi CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Michele Lastella

Sleep and Circadian Biology; Health behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet; Sleep and Sport Performance; Wearable Technologies.

Dr Michele Lastella CQUniversity Staff Profile


Professor Margaret McAllister

Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Professor Margaret McAllister CQUniversity Staff Profile


Professor Pamela Meredith

Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Professor Pamela Meredith CQUniversity Staff Profile


Associate Professor Olav Muurlink

Sleep and Circadian Biology.

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Dr Jessica Paterson

Clinical, Cognitive, Social and Positive Psychology; Operational readiness, Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health; Health behaviours: Sleep; Workplace Health and Safety.

Dr Jessica Paterson CQUniversity Staff Profile


Mr Kevin Perry

Workplace Health and Safety.

Mr Kevin Perry CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Amanda Rebar

Health Behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet; Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Dr Amanda Rebar CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Amy Reynolds

Operational Readiness; Epidemiology; Workplace Health and Safety; Sleep and Circadian Biology; Health Behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet.

Dr Amy Reynolds CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Gabrielle Rigney

Sleep and Circadian Biology; Operational Readiness; Health Behaviours: Sleep; e- & m- Health Interventions; Workplace Health and Safety; Paediatric Sleep – School based/Youth sleep education.

Dr Gabrielle Rigney CQUniversity Staff Profile


Associate Professor Charli Sargent

Sleep and Circadian Biology; Health Behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet; Workplace Health and Safety; Wearable Technologies; Shiftwork: Health, Safety and Performance; Sleep and Elite Sport.

Associate Professor Charli Sargent CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Stephanie Schoeppe

Health Behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour.

Dr Stephanie Schoeppe CQUniversity Staff Profile


Professor Tania Signal

Social Psychology.

Professor Tania Signal CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Bradley Smith

Comparative Psychology.

Dr Bradley Smith CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Madeline Sprajcer

Sleep and Circadian Biology; Operational readiness; Workplace Health and Safety; Human Factors and Safety Science.


Dr Quyen To

Health Behaviours: Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet; e- & m- Health Interventions; Epidemiology.


Professor Carolyn Unsworth

Human Factors.

Professor Carolyn Unsworth CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Grace Vincent

Operational Readiness; Health Behaviours - Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, Sleep and Diet; Workplace Health and Safety; Sleep and Circadian Biology; e- & m- Health Interventions; Shift work and Fatigue Risk Management.

Dr Grace Vincent CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Sarah Wanner

Human Factors and Systems Thinking.

Dr Sarah Wanner CQUniversity Staff Profile


Associate Professor Anthony Welch

Resilience, Wellbeing and Mental Health.

Associate Professor Anthony Welch CQUniversity Staff Profile


Dr Susan Williams

Health Behaviours: Diet; e- & m- Health Interventions.

Dr Susan Williams CQUniversity Staff Profile

Monique Stewart
Executive Assistant - Appleton Institute
08 8378 4523
monique.stewart@cqu.edu.au