Our People
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.
Associate Professor Olav Muurlink CQUniversity Staff Profile
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.
Monique Stewart
Executive Assistant - Appleton Institute
08 8378 4523
monique.stewart@cqu.edu.au