
Brennan Ong
School of Psychology
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
At present, my research is primarily in the evaluation of policies/services/interventions in the child protection and juvenile justice sectors. However, I have a wide interest in topics including:
- Psychoneuroimmunology (PNI), the mind-body connection, the placebo & nocebo effect, behavioural medicine
- Pharmaceutical promotion/advertising, persuasion & counter-persuasion
- Education & child development
- Consciousness & dreaming
- Open data, reproducibility, & transparency in research
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2015 - ongoing Senior Research Psychologist Ministry of Social and Family Development -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Chinese (Cantonese) - Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak and understand spoken English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2011 University of Adelaide Australia Ph.D. in Psychology 2007 - 2010 University of Adelaide Australia B. Psych (Hons) -
Research Interests
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology Biological Psychology Clinical Psychology Complementary & Alternative Medicine Developmental & Child Psychology Experimental Psychology Forensic Psychology General Psychology & Cognitive Sciences Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy Philosophical Psychology Program Evaluation Psychology Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Social Program Evaluation
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Conference Items
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Theses
Year Citation 2010 Ong, B. Z. (2010). Comparing the Efficacy of Two Breathing-based Interventions in Reducing Stress. (Undergraduate Dissertation, The University of Adelaide).
I have taught the following topics:
- Programme Evaluation
- Research Methods & Statistics
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