Dr Christina Driver is a Lecturer and Course Coordinator of the Thompson Institute's Graduate Certificate in Mental Health and Neuroscience and new Graduate Diploma in Mental Health and Neuroscience. She is also a research team member for the Thompson Institute's ground-breaking youth mental health and neurobiological research project, the Longitudinal Adolescent Brain Study.
Dr Driver coordinates courses in the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Master courses in Mental Health and Neuroscience programs at UniSC's Thompson Institute.
Her research is currently focused on youth mental health and adolescent brain development, lifestyle behaviours in relation to mental health, and trauma.
For her PhD, Dr Driver researched the application of psycho-social strategies for rehabilitation and chronic disease, particularly with regards to physiotherapy practice. This involved the development of a framework for learning and teaching of psycho-social strategies for physiotherapists and other allied health professionals.
Awards
- Vice Chancellor and President's Awards, for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, 2021
Dr Driver shared this award with her colleague Liz Askew for the Mental Health and Neuroscience postgraduate programs at the Thompson Institute.
'Dr Driver and Ms Askew are recognised for their instrumental role in the development and delivery of the highly innovative and unique online MHN postgraduate program. It is evident that a lot of thought and planning has gone into the development of this new program including the use of a variety of strategies and tools to engage and interact with students in a fully online environment. The high-quality and dedicated learning and teaching work undertaken by both, and in particular, the combination of Dr Driver's outstanding teaching skills and Ms Askew's educational design skills has resulted in impressive student evaluation scores and a successful and growing program'.
Membership
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
- Science Mentor for Frontiers for Young Minds
Dr Christina Driver’s specialist areas of knowledge include youth mental health and neuroscience, lifestyle behaviours in relation to mental health, trauma, psychosocial aspects of injury, disability and chronic health conditions, and the use of psychosocial strategies as part of a biopsychosocial model of care for health and rehabilitation.
Teaching areas
- Lecturer and Course Coordinator: Graduate Certificate in Mental Health and Neuroscience
- Lecturer and Course Coordinator: Graduate Diploma in Mental Health and Neuroscience
- Lecturer and Course Coordinator: Master in Mental Health and Neuroscience
- Supervision: mental health and neuroscience (e.g. youth, lifestyle behaviours, brain development)
Dr Christina Driver’s specialist areas of knowledge include mental health, neuroscience, the psychosocial aspects of injury, disability and chronic health conditions, and the use of psychosocial strategies as part of a biopsychosocial model of care for health and rehabilitation