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Dr Sarah Davey
Lecturer, Biosciences
School of Biological Sciences
College of Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Sarah Davey is a medical scientist with a background in molecular biology and biotechnology. She completed her PhD in Medical Science from the University of South Australia focusing on the von Hippel-Lindau tumour suppressor protein and a novel role in microtubule regulation. Sarah has been teaching as a tutor and demonstrator since 2012 and remains actively involved in various courses across several programs, most recently coordinating physiology and pathophysiology for nursing and midwifery undergraduates. Sarah is currently on secondment to the Teaching Innovation Unit as a lecturer:Academic developer for curriculum development of Adelaide University.
Additionally Sarah has been a classical ballet teacher for many years holding an Associate Diploma from Cecchetti Ballet Australia. In her spare time she still indulges in the occasional ballet class whilst raising her family in the beautiful Adelaide Hills.
Sarah's current teaching and learning research focus is on the student exprience and exploring how we design our assessments to improve student learning and engagement.
- Research Team: Dr Chris Della Vedova, Dr Andrea Stringer, Dr Sarah Davey, Georga Sallows. “Development, implementation and evaluation of interactive oral assessment as an alternative for examinations in Clinical Health Sciences and production of a best practice “toolkit”
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Research Team: Mrs Jospehine Crockett, Dr Timothy Barnes, Dr Sarah Davey. “Importance of theoretical content delivered in proximity to practical activities as a rotating curricula in Physical Chemistry”
- Research Team: Dr Sarah Davey, Dr Timothy Barnes, Dr Chris Della Vedova, Dr Kuan Tan, David Randall. "Investigating student perspective towards generative artificial intellegence (GenAI) within teh context of assessments"
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2025 | Lecturer in Bioscience | University of South Australia |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Teaching Award | Creation and successful implementation of interactive oral assessments for genetics laboratory classes | University of South Australia | Australia | 7000 |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 - 2017 | University of South Australia | Australia | Doctor of Philosophy |
| 2010 - 2011 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Honours) |
| 2008 - 2010 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Davey, S. K., Birbeck, D., Nallaya, S., Sallows, G., & Della Vedova, C. B. (2025). Utilising one-on-one interactive oral assessments as the major final assessment within a bioscience course. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 50(7), 1154-1171. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| - | Della Vedova, C., Randall, D., Tan, K. L., Barnes, T., & Davey, S. (2026). A case study of solving a complex genetics problem to develop generative AI literacy in health science. Learning Letters, 6, 43. |
Courses I teach
- BIOL 1007 Biology A (2024)
- BIOL 1048 Human Body 2 (2024)
- BIOL 2016 Genetics (2024)
- BIOL 2058 Scientific Basis of Clinical Practice (2024)
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Reimagining Student Evaluation: The Role of AI in Shaping Pedagogy and Assessment Practices Across Secondary and Higher Education | - | Doctorate | Part Time | Miss Manvi Gandhi |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | - | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Manvi Gandhi |
| Date | Role | Board name | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2025 | Member | CHS Academic Unit Board | University of South Australia | Australia |
| 2012 - 2016 | Representative | CHS Work Health and Safety Committee | University of South Australia | Australia |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Member | Higher Education Research Network (HERN) Assessment cluster; AI and digital learning cluster | University of South Australia | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 - ongoing | Member | Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) South Australia Branch | - |
| 2025 - ongoing | - | -Australian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Institutional membership | - |
| 2024 - ongoing | - | UniSA HERN Associate Member | - |
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