1. DR. ANNA. Z. MOONEY
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86 Herbert St, Middle Park, Melbourne, VIC 3206
Mobile: 0425 718 622
Email: azmooney@gmail.com
amooney@unimelb.edu.au
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PERSONAL PROFILE
Highlyorganized psychology PhDgraduate withstronganalytical/critical thinkingabilityand
goodteam skills lookingforaposition toutilize these strengths tomyfull potential
CORE STRENGTHS
The abilitytointerpretideasandinformationandcommunicate themclearlyinan
articulate andconcise manner
Confidentpresentationskills
Cooperative teammember
Solidquantitativeandqualitative dataanalysisskills
Resilientandtenaciousabilitytomeetdeadlines
Clinical evaluationskills
The abilitytoteach,train and instructotherstoset andachieve goals
EDUCATION
PhD in Psychology
Universityof Melbourne,Schoolof PsychologicalSciences (APA Scholarship)
(GraduatedinDecember2015)
Post Graduate Diploma Psychology
Universityof Melbourne,Schoolof PsychologicalSciences (Honours)
Graduate Diploma in Psychology
Universityof Melbourne,Schoolof PsychologicalSciences
Bachelor of Planning and Design (Architecture)
Universityof Melbourne
OTHER :Bilingual fluencyinGreek,Completed‘AppliedSuicideInterventionSkills’(ASIST)
training(2012 & 2016) & previouslypossesseda‘workingwithchildrenlicense’(expiredJuly
2015). Currentlyvolunteerat ‘PerinatalAnxiety and Depression Australia (PANDA)’ asa
Supportworkeronce a week. *Attendedannual TutortrainingworkshopatUniversityof
Melbourne (School of Psychological Sciences) aswell ascompletingthe ‘Melbourne
TeachingCertificate’(2016).
2. RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
TEACHING
Psychology Tutor: University of Melbourne 2009-2016
School ofPsychological Sciences
Key Responsibilities:
Teachingandfacilitatingtutorial classesof upto 27 studentsperclass
Conductingexperimentsandcollectingdataforstudentstoanalyze andincorporate
inlab reports
Marking courseworksubmissionsandfinal exams
Addressingstudentcourseworkqueriesandprovidingonline support
Teachingstudentshowtoappropriatelywrite andpresentworkinanacademic
manner
Teachingstudentshowtoconduct,interpretandpresentstatistical analysesof data
Subjects taught:
Graduate DiplomaSummer School Jan/Feb 2017
MindBrain and Behaviour (1st
year):
PSY1003 MBB1 SM1 2016
PSY 1004 MBB2 SM2 2016
512 -227 Developmental Psychology(2nd
year) 2009 - 2014
512- 225 Biological Psychology (2nd
year)
512-330 Psychophysiology(3rd
year)
Capstone Exam marking for Prof. Nick Allen 2013
Marking 3rd
yearexams
Dept. of Management and Marketing (Faculty of Business and Economics)
MKTG 30009 Neuromarketing 2010 – 2016
Neuropsychologyof consumerdecisionmaking
3rd
yearsubject, responsible forover80students
3. RESEARCH
PhD researcher, University of Melbourne 2010- 2015
“Morningness-EveningnessandAdolescentMental Health:A prospective Longitudinal
Study” Thisstudywas part of a largerlongitudinalprojecttitledthe ORYGEN Adolescent
DevelopmentStudy (ADS),conductedatOrygenYouthHealthResearchCentre (OYHRC) in
Parkville,Melbourne,Australia.The ADSaimedtoidentifyriskandresilience factors
involvedinthe developmentof mental illnessduringadolescence.
Key skillsdeveloped:
Project Management skills – Throughout my PhD I set objectives and met targets within tight
constraints of time and resources.I also had to develop my own skillsand knowledge to keep up to
date with current work.
Communication & Presentation Skills – I have developed excellent written and oral communication
skills asa resultof preparinga detailed PhD thesis,and havingto make regular presentations to my
colleagues of relevant journal articles aswell as of my own progress and findings.
Team working skills – I am a confident team player with excellent organizational skills,developed
through working within a multidisciplinary research group.I am ableto utilizethe expertise of
individual members as well as offer my own skillsand knowledge to achieve a common goal.
Clinical interviewing skills – Partof my research experience involved conductingStructured Clinical
interviews (SCIDS) and evaluatingthe results of these to determine potential DSM-IV diagnoses.I also
completed applied suicideintervention skillstraining‘ASIST’ at Lifeline.
Computational skills – I am a confident user of Microsoft Office suite and SPSS statistical software,
used extensively during my candidaturefor: data coding& entry, transcribing,data analysis,writing
up, presenting and formatting professional documents.
Sessional Researcher: Nuro brand insight 2015 (current)
A neuromarketingbusinessthatemploysneuroscience insightsandtechniquestoenable
brand ownerstogaina betterunderstandingof customerthinking
Key responsibilities:
Liaisingwithandbriefingmarketresearchparticipantsonthe measuresemployed
Measuring,recordingandinterpretingimplicitresponsesto productsandbrands
usingneurosciencemarketresearchtechniquesincluding:implicitassociationtests,
EEG & Eye trackingtasks
Collectingquestionnaire data
ProcessingandanalyzingData
Research Assistant: Monash University (Melbourne) 2008/2009
For: Doctor Litza Kiropoulos(PhD)
Co-Directorof the MonashMulticultural HealthUnit (atthe time)
I workedona study investigatinganxietyanddepressionamongstanoldercohortof Greek-
Australiansreceivingtreatmentforcardiacdysfunction.
Key responsibilities:
TranslatingrecordedinterviewsfromGreektoEnglish
4. Conductingliterature searchesandtranscribingrelevantinformation
Codingdata andsettingupdata filesforfuture analysis.
For: Prof.Neil Spike,Dept. ofGeneral Practice (MonashMedicine) & Prof.GordonPage
(UniversityofBritish Columbia).
While employedtoworkforDr.KiropoulosIwasalsorecruitedtoworkfor a researchproject
termed“The BridgingProject”.The aimof the taskwas to assessthe uniformityand/orthe
diversityof the specificgenericcompetenciestaughtwithinthe Medical profession.
Key responsibilities:
Gatheringandanalyzingappropriate literature anddata
Post Graduate Diploma student researcher 2008/2009
Universityof Melbourne,Schoolof PsychologicalSciences (Honours)
CircadianDistributionofFrontal EEG Alpha:CircadianSystemControl of Motivational
Systems?
Prior to beginning my PhD candidature, I completed a Post-Graduate (Honours)
thesis that addressed the role of the circadian system in relation to the control of
Motivational processes.
Key responsibilities:
CodingandfilteringEEGdata usingNeuroScansoftware
Analyzingfiltereddataandgeneratinggraphical representationsusingSPSS
statistical software andExcel
Conductingliterature searchesandwritingreviews
Criticallyanalyzingandincorporatingexperimental findingswithinthe contextof
currentresearchliterature toproduce an academicresearchpaper
PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Mooney,A.Z.,Trinder,J.,Whittle,S.,Byrne,M.L.,Simmons,J.G.,Schwartz,O.&Allen,N.B.,
(2016), The association betweenchronotype,internalizingsymptomsand depressive
disorderduring adolescence:Aprospective longitudinal study.(Submitted to The Journal of
Abnormal Psychology,Sept,2016)
*At presentIam workingon2 furtherjournal articlesfrommyPhDthesis,Workingtitles:
“A prospectivestudy ofMorningness-Eveningnessandproblematicexternalizingproblems
duringadolescence”
“Adolescentmental health,chronotype andfamily environment:A Longitudinal
explorationofthe moderatingeffect ofearly familyconflict”
UniversityofMelbourne StudentSymposium 2013
Electronicpublication:GenericCompetencies:AProgram and Literature Review,(2008).
www.thebridgingproject.com.au
5. REFEREES
ProfessorNicholas.B. Allen nallen3@oregon.edu
AnnSwindellsProfessorof Clinical Psychology +1(541) 346-4075
Universityof Oregon,Departmentof Psychology
Honorary Fellow,Universityof Melbourne
Dr. Phil Harris hap@unimelb.edu.au
Managing Director‘Nuro Brand Insight’ 8344 1884
Universityof Melbourne 0417 997 517
NeuromarketingLecturer&honoraryfellow
Dept.of ManagementandMarketing
Dr. ChrisGroot grootc@unimelb.edu.au
Universityof Melbourne (03)8344 9892
Lecturer:Clinical Psychology&ResearchMethods
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Dr. Judi Humberstone judih@unimelb.edu.au
Universityof Melbourne (03)8344 6366
AcademicTeachingCoordinator&
Lecturer:Developmental Psychology
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Dr. JulianSimmons jgs@unimelb.edu.au
Universityof Melbourne (03)9035 8318
AcademicResearcher
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
Youth Mental Health