A/Pr Grace Wang
Name | A/Pr Grace Wang |
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Email Address | grace.wang@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Associate Professor (Psychology) |
Qualifications | BA(Psych) Auckland, MSc Auckland, PhD Auckland |
Department | School of Psychology and Wellbeing |
Affiliations | Centre for Health Research |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2063-031X |
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Biography
Dr. Grace Wang is a dedicated academic, clinical researcher, and addiction specialist, currently holding a full-time, continuing position at the University of Southern Queensland's School of Psychology and Wellbeing. She joined the UniSQ in 2022, following a notable tenure at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Her work explores the complex relationships between addiction, mental health, and wellbeing, integrating insights from neuroscience, psychology, and computer science. Her current research endeavors include investigating the impact of e-cigarettes on cognitive function, the role of stress in addictive disorders, and the application of machine learning in addiction/mental health prediction. Through her interdisciplinary approach, Dr. Wang aims to advance our understanding of addiction and improve mental health outcomes for individuals and communities.
Fields of Research
- 520203. Cognitive neuroscience
- 520205. Psychopharmacology
- 520301. Clinical neuropsychology
- 520304. Health psychology
- 520499. Cognitive and computational psychology not elsewhere classified
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Instrument Design and Development for Measuring Health Literacy: Traditional Chinese Medicine in Managing Chronic Pain | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2021 |
What Factors Contribute to the Well-being of Female Employees with Young Kids? Investigating the Interplay of Flexible Working Arrangements, Supportive Organizations, and Workplace Friendships. | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
Feasibility of a Web-based Positive Psychology Intervention for Adults of Sri Lankan Heritage Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Neuromorphic Computing Techniques for Machine Learning | Associate | Doctoral | 2023 |
Modelling of Spatiotemporal Brain Data for Patterns Recognition and prediction using Spiking Neural Networks | Associate | Doctoral | 2019 |
Neuromorphic computation models for modelling multisource spatiotemporal brain data | Associate | Doctoral | 2017 |
Healthy Living After Stroke | Principal | Masters | 2019 |
Perceived expressed emotion in people with substance use disorder | Principal | Masters | 2019 |
An Investigation of the Effect of Mindfulness Training on Immunological Biomarkers and Memory Recall | Associate | Masters | 2018 |
Exploring the effect of mindfulness training for care staff in residential aged care facilities in Aotearoa/New Zealand | Principal | Masters | 2017 |
Deep spiking neural network architecture for the classification of spatio-temporal data | Associate | Doctoral | 2023 |
Risk and Reward in Methamphetamine Users and Nicotine Smokers | Associate | Doctoral | 2021 |
Sentiment Analysis for Detection of Depressive Users on Social Networks | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2024 |
Project title | Details | Year |
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Proactively eliminating quality issues in Construction 4.0 | Building Research Association of New Zealand. Fei Ying, Grace Wang, Michael O’Sullivan, John Tookey. | 2023 |
Enhance retention in opioid treatment program in regional, rural and remote areas | Toowoomba Hospital Foundation. Maxine O’Brien, Grace Wang, Allan Pascoe, Daniel Spencer | 2023 |
Youth Education Programme: Managing Stress and Building Resilience to Substance Use | Queensland Police: Community Based Crime Action Committee Fund. Grace Wang, Yong Goh, Gavin Beccaria, Lorelle Burton | 2022 |
Date | Name | Awarding organisation | Underpinning research |
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Associate editor | Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse | ||
Associate editor | BMC Psychiatry |