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Dr. Lauren Miller-Lewis

B.Psych (Hons), PhD Psychology (Flinders University)
Lecturer - Positive Psychology
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
Health Workforce Academy, Appleton Institute
0883784546
(08) 8378 4546 Alternative Phone
Adelaide - 44 Greenhill Rd, Wayville, SA, 5034
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About Me

I am a Lecturer in the College of Psychology (School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences) for the Graduate Certificate in Positive Psychology, Graduate Diploma of Positive Psychology, and Master of Applied Positive Psychology courses.

My background is in health and developmental psychology, gaining a PhD in this field in 2004. I then completed a NHMRC Public Health (Australia) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Research and Evaluation Unit within the Discipline of Paediatrics at the University of Adelaide, and Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital. My Fellowship involved coordinating a research program using a strengths-based perspective for predicting and promoting mental health resilience in early childhood. I then expanded my interests into the later years of life and the end-of-life domain, working within the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, and CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge Network. In this role, I applied knowledge of resilience and psychosocial wellbeing factors to research and education in the field of palliative care, death and dying.

My research interests broadly encompass life-span developmental and health psychology and predominantly focus on the health behaviours, mental health and wellbeing of people in their early and later years of life. I'm passionate about mixed-method research that informs applied prevention and intervention efforts, evidence-based practice, a person-centred bio-psycho-social approach to health care, and understanding what matters most to a person. My recent research has focused on the connection between mortality acceptance, death-coping, meaning-in-life and wellbeing. 

I am a member of the Cluster for Resilience and Wellbeing (CReW) within the Appleton Institute, and a member of the Health Workforce Academy at CQUniversity. I'm also an Adjunct Research Fellow with the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying at Flinders University.

General
Background

Dr Lauren Miller-Lewis gained a PhD in health and developmental psychology in 2004 from Flinders University. She then completed a NHMRC Public Health (Australia) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Research and Evaluation Unit within the Discipline of Paediatrics in the School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health at the University of Adelaide and Adelaide's Women's and Children's Hospital, Women's and Children's Health Network. Her Fellowship involved coordinating a research program using a strengths-based perspective for predicting and promoting mental health resilience in early childhood. Lauren then expanded her focus in the later years of life and the end-of-life domain, working within the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, and CareSearch Palliative Care Knowledge Network. In this role, she applied knowledge of resilience and psychosocial wellbeing factors to research and education in the field of palliative care, death and dying. Lauren has teaching and research experience in both the health and education sectors, and in facilitating online learning for health professionals and health care recipients. She joined CQUni as a Lecturer in Positive Psychology in April 2019.

Universities Studied At

Flinders University

Universities Worked At

Flinders University

University of Adelaide

Central Queensland University

Awards

  • Palliative Care Australia 2017 National Award for Innovation in Palliative Care, for the CareSearch ‘Dying2Learn’ Massive Open Online Course
  • National Health and Medical Council (NHMRC) Public Health (Australia) Postdoctoral Research Training Fellowship
  • Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) PhD Scholarship (Flinders University)

Media Citations

Previous teaching

Prior to teaching in the online positive psychology program at CQUniversity, Lauren previously taught psychobehavioural clinical skills to medical students, and psychology and research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate allied-health students. She also designed and facilitated CareSearch's Massive Open Online Course, Dying2Learn, from 2016 to 2020. 

Professional Memberships

  • International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA)
  • Australian Psychological Society (APS)
  • Healthy Development Adelaide (HDA)
  • Australian Research Alliance for Children & Youth (ARACY)

Research Supervision
Accreditation

I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:

  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 5205 Social and personality psychology
  • 5299 Other psychology
  • 4206 Public health

At the level of Principal Supervisor


Current Capacity
I am currently available to supervise more research candidates
Current Supervision
Doctor of Philosophy
<br>How personal and workplace factors influence compassion fatigue and burnout in paediatric nurses: A longitudinal, mixed-methods study.
Principal Supervisor
Doctor of Philosophy
Does spirituality matter in the resilience of our emerging allied health professionals? Insights to inform future resilience curricula.
Associate Supervisor
Research Interests
Medical And Health Sciences

Public Health and Health Services - Aged Health Care
Palliative Care, Death and Dying; Health Promotion

Psychology And Cognitive Sciences

Psychology - Developmental Psychology and Ageing
Meaning in Life; Resilience and Wellbeing across the life-span

Psychology And Cognitive Sciences

Psychology - Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
Positive Psychology, Resilience, Health Behaviour

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