Tess Gregory
School of Public Health
College of Health
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Dr Tess Gregory is a Principal Research Fellow at The Kids Research Institute Australia and holds an adjunct Associate Professor position in the School of Public Health at the University of Adelaide. Tess has research interests in the social and emotional wellbeing, school engagement, development and academic achievement of children and adolescents. Her research utilises large, population-level datasets including the SA Wellbeing and Engagement Collection (WEC), the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) and the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN). She has a strong interest in psychometrics and measurement. "I am passionate about translating research findings into policy and practice to support children and adolescents thrive. Over the past 10 years, I have worked closely with policy makers in education departments across Australia on a range of different projects related to child development, student wellbeing and academic achievement."
My research focuses on the development, wellbeing, and academic achievement of children and adolescents. My research is primarily quantitative and utilises large, population-level datasets including the Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) and the South Australian Wellbeing and Engagement Collection (WEC). I also have a strong interest in psychometrics and measurement.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 - ongoing | Senior Research Fellow | Telethon Kids Institute |
| 2011 - 2011 | Research Fellow | University of Adelaide |
| 2008 - 2010 | Research Fellow | Flinders University |
| 2007 - 2008 | Research Associate | University of Adelaide |
| 2003 - 2006 | PhD Candidate, casual tutor and lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2002 - 2002 | Research Assistant | University of Adelaide |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Award | Healthy Ageing Research Cluster (HARC) Travel Grant | University of Adelaide | - | - |
| 2006 | Fellowship | Postgraduate Travel Fellowship | Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide | - | - |
| 2003 | Award | CSIRO Top-up Postgraduate Studentship | - | - | - |
| 2003 | Award | Australian Postgraduate Award | - | - | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD in Psychology |
| 2001 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Honours (First Class) in Psychology |
| 2000 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Maths and Computer Science |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Gregory, T., Harman-Smith, Y., Sincovich, A., Wilson, A., & Brinkman, S. A. (2016). It takes a village to raise a child: The influence and impact of playgroups across Australia. South Australia: Telethon Kids Institute. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Sincovich, A., Gregory, T., Lynch, J., & Brinkman, S. (2021). EARLY CHILD DEVELOPMENT AT 2-5 YEARS PREDICTS COGNITIVE OUTCOMES AT 6-9 YEARS IN LAO PDR: A CASE FOR POPULATION MONITORING USING THE EARLY HUMAN CAPABILITY INDEX IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES. In JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH Vol. 75 (pp. A6-A7). BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. DOI |
| 2011 | Lane, J. M., Wilson, C., Moore, V., Gregory, T., & Young, G. P. (2011). Subject Preference for Blood vs Fecal Sample in Colon Cancer Screening Tests. In GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 140 (pp. S420). W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC. |
| 2010 | Gregory, T., Lane, J. M., Flight, I., Wilson, C., Cole, S. R., Young, G. P., & Turnbull, D. A. (2010). Measuring the Continuum of Resistance to Participation in Colorectal Cancer Screening: Implications for the Design of Invitation and Reminder Letters. In GASTROENTEROLOGY Vol. 138 (pp. S184). W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC. |
| 2006 | Gregory, T. (2006). Inspection time as a biological marker for functional age. In C. Stanley, & T. Roberts (Eds.), Emerging researchers in ageing (pp. 106-109). Sydney, NSW: University of Sydney. |
| 2005 | Lee, M., Gregory, T., & Welsh, M. (2005). Decision-Making on the Full Information Secretary Problem. In Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society / K. Forbus, D. Gentner, T. Reiger (eds.), (pp. 819-824). New Jersey, USA: Lawrence Erlbaum. WoS10 |
| 2002 | Gregory, T., & Burns, N. (2002). Locating IT within a hierarchical model of speed of processing abilities. In Australian Journal of Psychology Vol. 54 (pp. 60). Adelaide, S.Aust.: Australian Psychological Society. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Halliday, S., Turnbull, D., Digenis, C., Taylor, A., & Gregory, T. (2021). Psychosocial outcomes associated with traditional and cyber bullying in early adolescence: A cross-sectional, population-based study. Poster session presented at the meeting of INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. SPRINGER. |
| 2014 | Chong, S. Y., Chittleborough, C. R., Gregory, T., Mittinty, N. M., Lynch, J., & Smithers, L. (2014). Influence of parenting and child temperament on Intelligence Quotient (IQ) at 8 years. Poster session presented at the meeting of Occasional Temperament Conference. Lincoln, Nebraska. |
| 2014 | Chong, S. Y., Chittleborough, C. R., Gregory, T., Mittinty, N. M., Lynch, J., & Smithers, L. (2014). Using marginal structural models to estimate the direct effect of temperament at 2-3 years on receptive vocabulary and academic achievement at 6-7 years. Poster session presented at the meeting of Occasional Temperament Conference. Lincoln, Nebraska. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Gregory, T. A., Harman-Smith, Y., Sincovich, A., Wilson, A., & Brinkman, S. (2016). It takes a village to raise a child: The influence and impact of playgroups across Australia. |
| 2015 | Gregory, T., Keech, B., Sincovich, A., & Brinkman, S. A. (2015). Thriving in Adversity: Identification of off-diagonal South Australian communicates using AEDC and NAPLAN data. Adelaide, SA. |
| 2014 | Gregory, T. A., & Brinkman, S. (2014). South Australian trial of the Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI): Recruitment, participation, sample characteristics and predictors of wellbeing in South Australian school children. |
| 2013 | Gregory, T., & Brinkman, S. (2013). Methodological approach to exploring change in the Australia Early Development Instrument (AEDI): The estimation of a critical difference. Western Australia: Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. |
| 2011 | Brinkman, S. A., & Gregory, T. (2011). The status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait child development across Australia. |
Competitive Research Funding
National Competitive Schemes
| Date | Project/No. | Investigators | Funding Body | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2020 - 2022 |
Taking a population health approach to supporting students social and emotional wellbeing and mental health within the education system | Brinkman, S. & Gregory, T. | NHMRC Partnerships for Better Health Grant (#1170743) | $236,436 over three years |
| 2013 - 2015 | Assessing the development, wellbeing and community connectedness of children in the middle years: The Middle Development Instrument for Australia | Brinkman, S., Silburn, S., Gregory, T., Pearson, G., Schonert-Reichl, K., Guhn, M., Gadermann, A | ARC Linkage Grant (LP130100535) | $223,000 over two years |
| 2013 - 2016 | Child health and development: a South Australian data linkage study | Lynch, J., Chittleborough, C., Smithers, L., Sawyer, M., Brinkman, S., Mittinty, M., Sawyer, A., Bowering, K., Strachan, T., Banham, D., Baghurst, P., & Gregory, T. | NHMRC Partnerships for Better Health Grant (#1056888) | $453,131 over three years. |
| 2010 - 2011 | Population testing of an internet-based Personalised Decision Support system for Colorectal Cancer screening | Wilson, C., Flight, I., Turnbull, D., Young, G., Cole, S., Gregory, T., & Bhandari, D | NHMRC Project Grant (#593505) | $437,750 over two years |
Teaching
Undergraduate teaching
| 2003 | Psychological Research Methodology II tutorials (SELT broad approval rate: 100%) |
| 2006 | Psychological Research Methodology III tutorials (SELT broad approval rate: 100%) |
| 2006 | Psychology I - Methodology and Statistics lectures (SELT not available) |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Investigating language exposure and screen time in the early home environment: A longitudinal analysis of a prospective cohort study | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Miss Mary Elizabeth Brushe |
| 2019 - 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Bullying in Early Adolescence: The Psychosocial, Emotional Wellbeing, and Academic Outcomes of Victimisation | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Sarah Halliday |
| 2017 - 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Validating a Population Measure of Early Childhood Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Early Human Capability Index | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Miss Alanna Sincovich |
| 2013 - 2016 | Co-Supervisor | Children's Temperament and Parenting Practices in the First Five Years of Life and Cognitive, Academic and Adiposity Outcomes in Later Childhood and Adolescence | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Shiau Yun Chong |