About Us
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Notes for CC and VH (not to be formatted yet)Multidisciplinary (research, education, workplace competencies)Human factor tools used across different industries and sectors
Our multidisciplinary team includes a range of researchers with backgrounds in psychology and organisational behaviour, human factors and ergonomics, medicine and business. Together, these perspectives have been used to generate tools that assist in improving safety, productivity, and wellbeing across a range of domains.
Throughout our collaborative research, a range of tools and methods have been developed. These can be used for research purposes as well as for practical applications, for example, guiding field observations, gathering data, and making assessments. This project has created an online hub that digitises our tools and methods, and makes them accessible to industry for use.
For any enquiries, please fill out this form and the team will respond to you as soon as possible.
About the team
A/Prof Carlo Caponecchia
Carlo Caponecchia is an Associate Professor in the School of Aviation at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney and Co-Associate Dean Equity Diversity and Inclusion in the Faculty of Science, UNSW. He has a background in psychology and works in Human Factors and Safety. He has particular interest and expertise in psychosocial risks and safe systems of work. Carlo is a member of the Standards Australia committee on Occupational Health and Safety Management and was part of the ISO TC283 working group responsible for the development of ISO45003. He is the Past President of the International Association on Workplace Bullying and Harassment.
Dr Vanessa Huron
Vanessa Huron is a Senior Research Associate and Educational Designer in the School of Aviation, The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney. Her research focuses on human factors and safety, and educational design and delivery applied across several domains. These include psychosocial hazards and work re-design, information transfer, communications, and educational technologies. Vanessa has led the development and delivery of large-scale workplace competency training and educational programs for both academia and industry. She is an Associate of the UNSW Disability Innovation Institute and a member of the UNSW Women in Maths and Science Champions 2023 cohort.
Dr Robyn Coman
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Dr Vinod Gopaldasani
Dr Gopaldasani is a physician with over 15 years’ experience in occupational health and diseases. He has previously worked for the healthcare industry and with the mining industry prior to joining the University of Wollongong where he is the current Director of the Centre for Occupational Public and Environmental Research in Safety and Health (COPERSH): https://www.uow.edu.au/the-arts-social-sciences-humanities/research/copersh/
He is currently undertaking research in artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science in OHS, respirable crystalline silica (RCS) measurement and exposure, total worker health, musculoskeletal disease (MSD) in workers, psychosocial factors, and health of older Australians and the older workforce.
He has received various research grants from industry, the NSW Department of Family and Community Services and the Centre for WHS. He has conducted quantitative and qualitative research.