Greg Wadley

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Greg Wadley

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. I hold degrees in Human-Computer Interaction (PhD), Cognitive Science (MSc), and Computer Science (BSc). 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
  • orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4230-3440
  • phone: +613 8344 1586
  • office: room 3.03, Doug McDonell building

Research

I work at the intersection of technology design and health. Current projects include:

  • NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence: Interactive Digital Technology to Transform Australia's Chronic Disease Outcomes, led by Professor Brian Oldenburg of Melbourne Population and Global Health
  • MRFF Million Minds project: Bringing family, community, culture and country to indigenous youth mental health care, led by Professor Sandra Eades of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
  • ARC Discovery Project: Conceptualising and Measuring 'Digital Emotion Regulation', led by Professor Vas Kostakos of the School of Computing and Information Systems
  • ARC Discovery Indigenous Project: #thismymob: Establishing Digital Land Rights and Reconnecting Indigenous Communities through Emerging Technologies, led by A/Prof Chris Lawrence of UTS
  • Shepherd Foundation project: Driving to Health: A mental health app for taxi drivers led by Dr Sandra Davidson of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
  • Beischer Foundation project: IVY: InVestigating an online community of support for emotional health in pregnancy, led by Professor Della Forster of Latrobe University
  • Moderated online social therapy for youth mental health, led by Professor Mario Alverez-Jimenez of Orygen: The National Centre of Youth Mental Health
  • designing a Living Archive of Aboriginal Art, led by Maree Clarke, Yorta Yorta artist
  • Creativity and Wellbeing Hallmark Research Initiative project on community radio
  • designing VR-based therapies for youth mental health, led by Dr Greg Wadley of the School of Computing and Information Systems

completed projects

  • WeHELP pregnancy support, with Western Health and the Melbourne Medical School
  • investigator on MSSI project 'Communicating Climate Effectiveness: improving local development and climate change project effectiveness using mobile phones in the Nadi Basin, Fiji'
  • research fellow on ARC Linkage project Social Networking Sites for Ambivalent Socialisers: The Case of Smoking Cessation
  • 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'

(see all funding received)

Teaching

  • ISYS 90077 eHealth Applications and Solutions (coordinator)
  • INFO 90002 Database Systems and Information Modelling (coordinator)

(previous)

Current Events

  • Workshops Chair at OzCHI 2019
  • co-organising a workshop on Indigenous HCI at OzCHI 2019
  • co-editing special issue of JMIR Mental Health on Video Games for Mental Health
  • co-organized the 4th Symposium on Computing and Mental Health at CHI 2019, with accompanying special issue of JMIR Mental Health

New Publications

  • Davidson S, Fletcher S, Wadley G, Reavley N, Gunn J, Wade D (accepted, 2019) Feasibility study of Driving to Health: A mental health mobile-friendly website for taxi drivers. JMIR mHealth and uHealth
  • Lederman, R., Gleeson, J., Wadley, G., D'Alfonso, S., Rice, S., Santesteban-Echarri, O., Alvarez-Jimenez, M. (2019) Support for carers of young people with mental illness: design and trial of an ICT-based therapy. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction. 26(1)
  • Birk, M., Wadley, G., Vanden Abeele, V., Mandryk, R., Torous, J. (2019) Video Games for Mental Health. ACM Interactions XXVI.4 July-August 2019 p32.
  • Baptista, S., Trawley, S., Pouwer, F., Oldenburg, B., Wadley, G., Speight, J. (2019) What do adults with type 2 diabetes want from the 'perfect' app? Results from the second Diabetes MILES—Australia (MILES2) study. Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics 21 (7).
  • (see all publications)
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