DrSharon Horwood

Senior Lecturer

Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute

  • Senior Lecturer
    Faculty of Health/School of Psychology/Deakin Lifespan Institute
  • +61 3 556 33294 (Work)
  • Warrnambool Campus, Princes Highway, Warrnambool Victoria 3280

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Impacts of problematic technology use on health and wellbeing across the lifespan

Knowledge Areas
Personality, human-computer interaction, screen time, health and wellbeing, child development

Projects
BlackScreens: Child and adolescent well-being in the smartphone era

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Consequences of screen-use for school-readiness. A register-based follow-up of The Digital Child Study
    Independent Research Fund Denmark1 Feb 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Flensborg-Madsen T,
    • Horwood S,
    • Grøntved A,
    • Bolling M,
    • Bikic A
    Independent Research Fund Denmark - $741,959 (DKK 3,157,200)
  • GRANT
    Social media and adolescent mental health: Causal and real-time insights from a policy-driven natural experiment and digital sensing
    1 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Ideas Grant - 2047241 - $995,606.20
  • GRANT
    Enhancing Credibility Assessment using Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality Environments
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    Office of National Intelligence National Intelligence and Security Discovery Research Grant (NISDRG) - ID250100329 - $798,723.00
  • GRANT
    Digital experiences of children and youth
    15 May 2025 - 16 Mar 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    RFQ Reference: 23240030 - $156,333.41
  • GRANT
    Digital experiences of children and youth
    National Mental Health Commission15 May 2025 - 16 Mar 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • McLean S,
    • Fuller-Tyszkiewicz M,
    • Horwood S,
    • Jarman H,
    • Vijayakumar N
    RFQ Reference: 23240030 - $156,333.41
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evidence gaps advice on loneliness, social isolation and chronic conditions.
    1 Mar 2021 - 31 May 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    National Health and Medical Research Council - $32,128.90
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluating the Impact of Data-driven Alcohol Health Promotion
    1 Oct 2018 - 30 Jun 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth - $19,709.00