Researcher, Educator, & Clinical Psychologist
Team
Research Team Members & Research Students
Samudra Radhakrishnan
Research Assistant
Samudra was a Research Assistant involved in the research project looking at pathways to socio-emotional wellbeing through examining the role of attention, psycho-physiological responding, and temperament in infancy. She has completed her Masters in Clinical Psychology and is a Psychologist. Samudra has experience working with kids of all ages and she is passionate about infant, child and youth mental health. She is looking to improve the wellbeing of children, parents and families for future generations to come.
Emma Newton
Research Assistant
Emma was a research assistant working to progress various research projects. She has completed her Masters in Clinical Psychology and is a Psychologist.
Research Interns
Four Lifespan Labs interns have commenced their internships in the research lab in 2025.
Research Students
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2025: Two Master of Clinical Psychology and 3 Honours students are completing their research and thesis in the lab.
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Patrick Adam (Combined Master of Clinical Psychology / PhD Candidate) is examining social and emotional development in childhood.
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2023 - 2024: Five honours students and 10 Master of Clinical Psychology students have completed their research and thesis, including research with partners (Westmead Hospital's Centre for Adolescent and Young Adult Health).
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2022 students' thesis topics included:
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Master of Clinical Psychology: Assessing the Role of Negative Affect and Maternal Anxiety on Infants’ Attention Bias to Threat
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Honours: Examining Initiating Joint Attention in Infancy Using Eye-Tracking Technology
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Honours: Investigating the Role of Temperamental Surgency on Infant’s Attention Biases
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Honours: Use of Multimodal Cues in the Initiation of Joint Attention Among Culturally Diverse Mother-Toddler Dyads
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Honours: Open Ended Language’s Impact on Language Acquisition in A Low Socio-Economic, Culturally Diverse Sample
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Undergraduate Interns
2025: 2 undergraduate (PACE) students and one undergraduate MEDI placement student have commenced their placements in the lab under the supervision of Dr Doyle.
2023: Three Western Sydney University undergraduate paid interns worked on research projects under the supervision of Dr Doyle. One student completed a Winter scholarship research projects with an industry partner. Two Summer interns are completing research in the lab alongside Dr Liquan Liu.
2022: After a highly competitive process, two paid undergraduate interns joined the team to be able to progress research.
