Greg Wadley

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Greg Wadley

I am a Lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne.

I study the use of technology for health, psychological wellbeing, and social interaction.

I hold degrees in Human-Computer Interaction (PhD, Melbourne), Cognitive Science (MSc, Melbourne), and Computer Science (BSc, Queensland).

I am a member of ACM SIGCHI and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia.

You can contact me via:

  • email: greg.wadley at unimelb.edu.au
  • twitter: @GregWadley
  • phone: +613 8344 1586
  • office: room 3.03, Doug McDonell building

Research Projects

    current

  • seeking to recruit a PhD candidate to work on technologies that support addiction recovery
  • Virtual Reality Therapy for Youth Mental Health
  • ARC Indigenous Discovery project #thismymob to co-design health and wellbeing technology with Indigenous Australians
  • Moderated Online Social Therapy for youth mental health
  • Driving for Change project for health and wellbeing of taxi drivers
  • IVY - InVestigating an online communitY for emotional health in pregnancy: a Beischer Foundation project based at the Judith Lumley Centre
  • WeHELP project, with Western Health and the Melbourne Medical School, to build pregnancy support technology
  • Hallmark Indigenous Research Initiative project to research connectedness and mobility

    • completed

  • investigator on MSSI project 'Communicating Climate Effectiveness: improving local development and climate change project effectiveness using mobile phones in the Nadi Basin, Fiji' (completed)
  • research fellow on ARC Linkage project Social Networking Sites for Ambivalent Socialisers: The Case of Smoking Cessation (completed)
  • research fellow on IBES project 'Getting Well and Being Present: Using ambient technology to create a presence at home and at school for hospitalised children' (completed)
  • PhD on communication and collaboration in virtual worlds

Grants

I am an investigator on the following competitive grants:

  • Clinch, Goncalves, Kostakos, Koval, Wadley Understanding how personal technologies are used to regulate emotion . University of Melbourne–University of Manchester Research Fund. $10k.
  • Wadley, Alvarez-Jimenez, Bendall, Loveridge, Lederman, Gleeson Virtual reality therapy for youth mental health. Melbourne Networked Society Institute 2017. $28k.
  • Forster, McLachlan, Shafiei, Smith, Richardson, Wadley, Biggs, Stelfox Developing and testing a moderated online peer support intervention to prevent perinatal depression and anxiety and improve perinatal emotional health and wellbeing in at work expectant and new mothers. Beischer Foundation 2017. $102k.
  • Davidson, Wade, Wadley, Reavley, Fletcher, Gunn, Cameron Driving to Health. Shepherd Foundation 2017. $78k.
  • Lawrence, Bird, Wadley, Graham, Bidwell, Eades, Dourish #thismymob: Digital land rights and reconnecting Indigenous communities. ARC Discovery Indigenous 2017-19. $473k.
  • Gibney, McVernon, Tong, Dhurrkay, Dockery, Taylor, Geard, Campbell, Bird, Wadley, Tomko, Singh, Warr Digital solutions for capturing connectedness and mobility data in remote Indigenous communities. Hallmark Indigenous Research Initiative Seed Funding 2017. $50k.
  • Davidson, Wadley, Reavley, Russon, Gunn Driving for Change: A video game to reduce depression in taxi drivers. Melbourne Networked Society Institute, 2015, $60k.
  • Bumpus, Green, Wadley Communicating Climate Effectiveness: improving local development and climate change project effectiveness using mobile phones in the Nadi Basin, Fiji. Melbourne Sustainability Society Institute, 2013, $16k
  • Rice, Alvarez-Jimenez, Gleeson, Davey, Hetrick, Parker, Bendall, Wadley, Lederman, McGorry . Preventing relapse of major depressive disorder in young people (15 – 25yrs): Development and piloting of a moderated online social therapy intervention. HCF Health and Medical Research Foundation. 2012, $200k
  • Álvarez‐Jiménez, Gleeson, Lederman, Wadley, Bendall, McGorry, Yung, Killackey, The HORYZONS project: Online Recovery for Youth Onset Psychosis, Melbourne University Interdisciplinary Seed Funding, 2011, $45k
  • Álvarez‐Jiménez, Gleeson, Lederman, Wadley, Bendall, McGorry, Yung, Killackey, Online Recovery for Youth Onset Psychosis, Telstra Foundation, 2011, $75k
  • Álvarez‐Jiménez, Gleeson, Lederman, Wadley, Bendall, Killackey, Yung, McGorry, HORYZONS: Online Recovery for Youth Onset Psychosis, Telstra Foundation, 2011, $150k
  • Lederman, Gleeson, Álvarez‐Jiménez, Killackey, Wadley, Broadband for First Episode Psychosis Patients, Institute for a Broadband Enabled Society, 2010, $12k
  • Wadley, Gibbs, Benda, Voice communication in massively‐multiplayer online games, Microsoft Research Asia, 2005, $15k

Supervision

current

  • Arthur Stabolidis's PhD on apps for managing chronic pain, with Christina Bryant and Lisa Phillips (thesis submitted)
  • Marianne Webb's PhD on mental health screening apps for general practice, with Lena Sanci
  • Fernando Estrada's PhD on mental health apps, with Reeva Lederman
  • Shaira Baptista's PhD on apps for managing diabetes, with Jane Speight and Brian Oldenburg
  • Han Liu's PhD on analyzing publication data, with Richard Sinnott

    • complete

  • Dave Eccles' Masters project on outsourcing, with Sean Maynard
  • Yunhan Li's Masters project on VR-supported music therapy, with Ken Clarke and Ben Loveridge
  • Jaime Castillo's Masters project on immersive environments for music therapy, with Ken Clarke, Ben Loveridge and Jeanette Tamplin
  • Taniya Roy's Masters project on therapeutic game design, with Reeva Lederman
  • Kevin Hew's Honours project on gamer reactions to voice, with Martin Gibbs
  • CJ Ruggles' Honours project on community-building techniques, with Martin Gibbs
  • Stephanie Ng's Honours project on an IT-supported community of practice, with Martin Gibbs

Engagement

    activities

  • co-organizing The 3rd Symposium on Computing and Mental Health at CHI 2018
  • co-organizing the workshop Manipulating Reality? Designing and Deploying Virtual Reality in Sensitive Settings at DIS 2018
  • co-presenting seminar on Friday 23rd February about phone-based support for perinatal mental health
  • organized workshop on supporting Indigenous communities at OzCHI 2017
  • teaching I.T. skills at Worawa Aboriginal College, Healesville
  • taught app programming at 'Hands On Engineering and I.T.' program for year 10 students.
  • taught programming at Youth Without Borders Spark Engineering Camp
  • mentored Catalyst social entrepreneurship project tackling housing, mental health and public transport
  • taught app programming at University of Melbourne 'I.T. Work Experience' school program

    • media

  • article in The Conversation on "Why comparing technology to drugs isn’t simply a question of addiction"
  • spoke with Computer Weekly UK, The Australian Financial Review, The Age, ABC News, Medical Republic and 3CR Breakfast about virtual reality for mental health
  • spoke with The New Daily about social media addiction.
  • spoke with JJJ Hack and 2SER about videogames and mental health
  • stories in Pursuit about our research on taxi driver health and youth mental health
  • article on practical uses for VR for the Australian Academy of Science's Nova website

    presentations

  • presented at the Austin Hospital's 3D Med Symposium 2017
  • presented This is your Brain on Virtual Reality during Science Week
  • presented at Monash University sensilab forum on 19 April 2017
  • presented on The Virtual And Reality – Perception, Participation, Potential, at Experimenta Social, 12 April 2017
  • presented at Can Digital Technology Really Improve the Health and Wellbeing of the Population? on 10 April 2017
  • presented at Virtual Reality in Neuro-Rehabilitation: What Does The Future Look Like? at the Melbourne Brain Centre, 5 April 2017
  • panel on VR and eating disorders at the Porter Novelli Digital Breakfast on 26 May 2017
  • guest lecture in University of Technology Sydney Communication and Technology subject

Recent publications (2017 - )

  • Webb, Wadley, Sanci (accepted, 2018). Implementing a health and lifestyle screening app in primary health care: experiences of general practitioners and practice support staff. JMIR mHealth and uHealth.
  • Wadley, Calvo, Torous, Czerwinksi (accepted, 2018). 3rd Symposium on Computing and Mental Health: Understanding, Engaging, and Delighting Users. in Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems.
  • Rice S, Gleeson J, Leicester S, Bendall S, D'Alfonso S, Gilbertson T, Killackey E, Parker A, Lederman R, Wadley G, Santesteban-Echarri O, Pryor I, Mawren D, Ratheesh A, Alvarez-Jimenez M. (2018) Implementation of the Enhanced Moderated Online Social Therapy (MOST+) Model Within a National Youth E-Mental Health Service (eheadspace): Protocol for a Single Group Pilot Study for Help-Seeking Young People. JMIR Res Protoc 2018;7(2):e48. DOI: 10.2196/resprot.8813
  • Lawrence, C., Leong, T. W., Gay, V., Woods, A., & Wadley, G. (2017). #thismymob: digital land rights and reconnecting indigenous communities. In Proceedings of the 29th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (pp. 646-647). ACM.
  • Davidson, S., Wadley, G., Reavley, N., Gunn, J., Fletcher, S. (2017). Psychological distress and unmet mental health needs among urban taxi drivers: a cross-sectional survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.
  • Smith, Wadley, Daly, Webb, Hughson, Hajek, Parker, Woodward-Kron, Story (2017). Designing an App for Pregnancy Care for a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Community. Proceedings of OzCHI 2017 (Honourable Mention award).
  • Smith, Ploderer, Wadley, Webber, Borland (2017) Trajectories of Engagement and Disengagement with a Story-Based Smoking Cessation App. Proceedings of CHI 2017 (Honourable Mention award)
  • Webb, Wadley, Sanci (2017). Improving patient-centered care for young people in general practice with a co-designed screening app: A mixed methods study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth
  • Santesteban-Echarria, Rice, Wadley, Lederman, D'Alfonsoa, Russon, Chambers, Miles, Gilbertson, Gleeson, McGorry, Álvarez-Jiménez (2017). A next-generation social media-based relapse prevention intervention for youth depression: Qualitative data on user experience outcomes for social networking, safety, and clinical benefit. Internet Interventions.
  • D'Alfonso, Santesteban-Echarri, Rice, Wadley, Lederman, Gleeson, Alvarez-Jimenez (2017) Intelligent Automated Online Social Therapy for Youth Mental Health. Frontiers in Psychology 8:796. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00796.
  • Gleeson, Lederman, Koval, Wadley, Bendall, Cotton, Herrman, Crisp, Alvarez-Jimenez (2017) Moderated Online Social Therapy: A model for reducing stress in carers of young people diagnosed with mental health disorders. Frontiers in Psychology 8:485. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00485
  • Webb, Wadley, Kauer, Sanci (2017) Check Up GP: A Co-Designed Health and Lifestyle Screening App to Improve Patient-Centered Care for Young People in Primary Care. Iproc 2016;2(1):e18, doi:10.2196/iproc.6125
  • (full list of publications)

Awards

  • Honourable Mention award, CHI 2017
  • Honourable Mention award, OzCHI 2017
  • School of Computing and I.S. award for excellence in Indigenous engagement
  • Best Reviewer Award, OzCHI 2017
  • Excellent Review, CHI 2016
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