Associate Professor
Melanie White
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Biography
Dr Melanie White is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology & Counselling. Previous appointments include the University of Southern Queensland and the Centre for Accident Research & Road Safety-Queensland (CARRS-Q). Her teaching areas include psychology units related to behavioural neuroscience, applied cognitive psychology, and psychopharmacology of addictive behaviours. Melanie holds a PhD from QUT in the field of behaviour genetics, where she examined molecular genetic and psychosocial stress interactions on impulsivity in young adults. Melanie’s research program is broadly focused on cognitive function, its development and impairment, and contribution to motivation, behaviour, mental health, and wellbeing. In particular, she is interested in impulsivity, executive function, personality, neurodiversity, and motivation and engagement. Her current studies are investigating these factors with chronic pain, eating behaviours, and substance use behaviours, as well as engagement in e-health programs, in both non-clinical and clinical populations.Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Psychology & Counselling
Keywords
cognitive, executive function, impulsivity, reward sensitivity, reinforcement, behaviour, substance use, alcohol, gene, stress
Research field
Cognitive Science, Other Psychology and Cognitive Science
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Publications
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Appointment to Prestigious Positions
- Reference year
- 2023
- Details
- Vice-President, Executive Committee, Churchill Fellows Association of Queensland
- Type
- Fellowship of a Learned Academy or Membership of AIATSIS
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Selected research projects
- Title
- Understanding and Treating Videogame Addiction in Young People
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2011768
- Start year
- 2022
- Keywords
- addiction treatment; behavioural intervention; randomised controlled trial; Addictive Behaviours; prospective cohort study
- Title
- Translating Evidence-Based Interventions into Population-Level Digital Models of Care for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1179490
- Start year
- 2019
- Keywords
- child; adolescent; mental health; internet service delivery; translational research
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
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Current supervisions
- Understanding sibling influences on food parenting practices in families with children aged 1 to 5
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Rebecca Byrne - Functional Imagery Training to Build Motivation for Self-guided Therapy for Young People
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Jennifer Connolly - An Investigation into the Influence of Sex Hormones on Thermal Strain, Exercise, and Cognitive Performance
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ian Stewart, Professor Neil King - Investigating the impact of sugar consumption on cognition and mental health
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Selena Bartlett - Opioids and driving among palliative care patients: giving a voice to medical practitioners and patients on quality of life and driving safety
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Julie-Anne Carroll
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Gamified web-delivered attentional bias modification training for the management of chronic pain (2023)
- Dietary Interventions for the Real World? Addressing Hedonic Appetite and Impulsive Eating Behaviours in the Digital Age (2022)
- Examination of Personality Risk Profiles and Alcohol Use in Young People (2019)
- Type 1 Diabetes and Disordered Eating Behaviour: Exploring the Role of Executive Function (2018)
- A Temperament Based Perspective on Eating Behaviour and Appetite in the Overweight and Obese (2017)
- The Effects of a Novel Approach to Priming on the Measurement and Modification of Appearance-Related Attentional Biases in Men and Women in the General Population (2017)
- Effects of Light and Caffeine on Human Sleepiness and Alertness: A Simulated Driving Experiment (2016)
- Characterising Resistance to Overconsumption: A Biopsychological Analysis (2015)
- Individual Differences in the Processing of Punishment and Reward Cues: An Application to Road Safety Messages (2014)