The Insight Lecture Series
The Insight Lecture Program has been developed by the Department of Psychology, specially to provide psychology students with a greater understanding of the discipline of psychology and career prospects in particular areas of the discipline.
The program, started in 2004, has attracted excellent participation rates and received great feedback. The lecture series included speakers from the following areas:
- Cognitive Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Neuropsychology
- Organisational Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Sports Psychology
Please e-mail Sonia Younan on soniay@unimelb.edu.au with any requests for speakers in a particular area.
Remember that these sessions will only continue if they are well attended and prove worthwhile. So maximise the benefits of these sessions!
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Professor Henry Jackson
Tuesday 13th October 2009 1pm
Elisabeth Murdoch Theatre
This lecture
can be heard in http://harangue.lecture.unimelb.edu.au/Lectopia/Lectopia.lasso?ut=1448&id=78604
About the Speaker
He is a Professor in the School of Behavioural Science (Department of Psychology) at the University of Melbourne. He holds a Bachelors (1970) and a Masters degree (1973) from Auckland University, a PhD from Monash University (1981) and a Masters in Clinical Psychology from the University of Melbourne (1987). Henry is a clinical psychologist who worked as a fulltime public practice clinician for 13 years before entering academia in 1991. From 2005-2007 Henry served as Head of the School of Behavioural Science.
Henry’s research expertise is in clinical psychology with regards to youth mental health and severe mental illness, especially in the fields of early psychosis and personality disorders. He has authored or co-authored over 160 papers in refereed journals, 14 book chapters and co-edited three books. He has been a Chief Investigator on many grants including the large NH&MRC Program and Clinical Centre of Excellence Grants on early psychosis both of which were awarded to ORYGEN in 2004. He has supervised to completion 15 PhDs, 25 other higher degrees, and 28 Honours students. He serves on the boards of a number of journals. Henry was made a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) in 1995, is the 2004 winner of the Distinguished Career Award presented by the Australian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy and is the 2005 winner of the APS Ian Matthew Campbell Prize in clinical psychology. He was Chair of the NH&MRC Project Grants Committee for Psychology and Psychiatry in 2003 and 2004 and previously served as a member of that panel in 2001 and 2002. He is an ex-National President of the Board (now College) of Clinical Psychologists of the APS. He was a member of the National Committee for Psychology of the Australian Academy of Science chaired by Professor Max Coltheart. In December 2006 he was elected President of the Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research for a period of 3 years. He has served as Chair of the Heads of Departments and Schools of Psychology (HODSPA), and in January–December 2007 Henry served as a member of the APS Science, Academia and Research Advisory Group (SARAG).
Feedback from past Insight lecture series is also available.