2012 thomson reuters australia citation & innovation awards

SPEAKERS
Professor Colin MacLeod is Winthrop Professor of Psychology, Australian
Research Council Professorial Fellow, and Director of the Elizabeth Rutherford
Memorial Centre for the Advancement of Research on Emotion (CARE), at the
University of Western Australia (UWA). Colin completed training both as a
cognitive psychologist, carrying out his research doctorate in this field at Oxford
University, and as a clinician, undertaking clinical psychology training at the
Institute of Psychiatry, University of London. Across his subsequent career, he
has sought to harness these two distinctive facets of his discipline to shed light
on the cognitive basis of emotional vulnerability and pathology. His work has
been guided by three complementary objectives: 1) to delineate the patterns of
selective information processing that characterise emotional vulnerability and
dysfunction; 2) to determine the causal nature of the association between each
such processing bias and emotional disposition; and 3) to design and evaluate
methods of attenuating emotional vulnerability by directly altering the cognitive
biases that operate to functionally sustain it. He has played a major role in the
development of influential new intervention approaches that contribute to the
treatment of emotional dysfunction, and related clinical conditions, through the
use of computer-based cognitive bias modification procedures.
Colin joined the Australian tertiary sector in 1987, and commenced his position
at The University of Western Australia in 1989. Since then, his research has
been continuously funded by the Australian Research Council, and by a range
of international granting agencies. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of
Social Sciences in Australia in 2002. Colin has held recent editorial positions
with the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Cognitive Therapy and Research, the
Journal of Behaviour Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, and Emotion, and
has carried out a wide variety of responsibilities within the Australian University
context. He has served as Head of Psychology, Associate Dean of Research, Chair
of Academic Board, acting Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Innovation), national
auditor for Australian University Quality Agency, and international auditor for
overseas university quality agencies, including South Africa’s Council of Higher
Education, and Saudi Arabia’s National Commission for Academic Accreditation
and Assessment.
Dr Chris Roberts has been the CEO of Cochlear Limited (ASX:COH) since February
2004. He has over 36 years experience in international medical device businesses,
including renal (dialysis), orthopaedics (electrical bone growth stimulation),
cardiology (pacemakers), respiratory and sleep medicine (CPAP) and otology
(cochlear implants).
He served on the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia
(2003–2006). Chris is a director of ResMed Ltd and Research Australia,
(Chairman of Research Australia from 2004-2010). He is a member of: The New
South Wales Innovation and Productivity Council; the UNSW Faculty of Medicine
Advisory Council; the Macquarie University Foundation Board of Patrons and; the
University of Technology Sydney Vice-Chancellor’s Industrial Advisory Board.
Chris holds a BE in Chemical Engineering (Honours) (UNSW), an MBA (Macquarie),
a PhD (UNSW), and a HonDSc (Macquarie). He is a Fellow of the Academy of
Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE), Fellow of the Australian Institute
of Company Directors (FAICD), and Fellow of The Institution of Engineers Australia
(FIEAust).
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