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Nicki Dowling

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Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/SEED - Lifespan

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/SEED - Lifespan
  • +61 3 924 45610 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Prof Nicki Dowling is a Professor in the School of Psychology at Deakin University. She has formerly held academic positions at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and RMIT University and has formerly held honorary academic appoints at the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and Australian National University.

Nicki is a registered clinical psychologist and a member of the Australian
Psychological Society and its Clinical College. She has had significant
experience in the treatment of problem gamblers and their family members
through her previous employment as a problem gambling counsellor and research
coordinator at Melbourne Counselling Service (Gamblers Help City) in Melbourne.

She has published over 220 book chapters, journal articles, and
technical reports and has been a Chief Investigator on grants and tenders on many gambling grants. She is responsible for the
research supervision of many postgraduate students, including PhD, Clinical
Doctoral, and Clinical Masters students, and fourth-year students.

Nicki leads a Gambling Research Group in the School of Psychology at Deakin University. Her research focusses on three strategic areas of programmatic clinical research: the identification, prevention, and treatment of gambling-related harm for gamblers and their affected others. These programs focus on the development and evaluation of screening and assessment instruments across a range of settings; the creation of a platform for prevention science initiatives for gambling harm; and the development, evaluation, and translation of evidence-based and theoretically-informed interventions, including a suite of innovative mHealth gambling interventions. The principles underpinning her research are scientifically rigorous methodologies and trial designs; co-design and end-user involvement; advanced
statistical analysis; research appraisal and synthesis; and knowledge impact, dissemination and translation.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Professor
    Deakin University, School of Psychology

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Royal Melb Inst. of Technology
  • Graduate Diploma in Psychology
    Royal Melb Inst. of Technology

FIELDS OF RESEARCH (2020)

  • Public health
  • Health services and systems
  • Social and personality psychology
  • Applied and developmental psychology
  • Clinical and health psychology

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Health

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE

  • School of Psychology

STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE

  • SEED - Lifespan