Dr Ancret Szpak
Position | Lecturer |
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Org Unit | School of Psychology |
ancret.szpak@adelaide.edu.au | |
Location |
Floor/Room
Level Seven
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Hughes
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North Terrace
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Biography/ Background
I am a Lecturer in the School of Psychology and I am currently coordinating online courses in the Graduate Diploma of Psychology Advanced (GDPA). I also have several research projects funded by the government. My primary area of interest is the application of virtual reality to develop or enhance real-world skills. I have expertise in virtual and augmented reality in healthcare, sports training and cognitive abilities.
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Research Funding
Jul 2023 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), Augmented Reality to Improve Telemedicine Delivery and Wound Research.
Sep 2020 Indigenous ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n’s Health Programme (Dept. of Health), Improving telemedicine delivery for Aboriginal people with diabetes-related foot complications using Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR).
Oct 2020 Augusta Zadow Awards (SafeWorkSA), Testing the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Training for Forklift Operation Safety Skills among Young People.
Oct 2020 Channel 7 Children’s Research Foundation, Helping children with intellectual disabilities develop real-world life skills in virtual reality.
Jul 2020 Road Safety Innovation Fund (Dept. of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications), Testing user experience methods for older vulnerable road users.
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Publications
Michalski, S. C., Gallomarino, N. C., Szpak, A., May, K. W., Lee, G., Ellison, C. E., & Loetscher, T. (2023). Virtual Reality, 1(12). doi:10.1007/s10055-023-00759-2
Szpak, A., Richards, A, Michalski, S. C., & Loetscher, T. (2022). In 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), (533-537). IEEE. doi:10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00119
Michalski, S. C., Szpak, A., Ellison, C., Cornish, R. & Loetscher, T. (2022). Journal of Medical Internet Research: Serious Games, 10(2), e34373. doi: 10.2196/34373
Clark, R.A., Szpak, A., Michalski, S. C., & Loetscher, T. (2021). . Sensors, 21(20). doi: 10.3390/s21206817
Michalski, S.C., Ellison, C., Szpak, A., Loetscher, T. (2021). . Frontiers in Psychology, 12: 627301. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.627301
Szpak, A., Michalski, S. C., & Loetscher, T. (2020). . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(e19840), 6817. doi: 10.2196/19840
Saredakis, D.*, Szpak, A.*, Birckhead, B., Keage, H. A. D., Rizzo, A. "Skip", & Loetscher, T. (2020). . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 14. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2020.00096
Michalski, S. C., Szpak, A., & Loetscher, T. (2019). Frontiers in Psychology,10(21590). doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02159
Szpak, A., Michalski, S. C., Saredakis, D., Chen, C. S., & Loetscher, T. (2019). . IEEE Access, 7, 130883–130892. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2940073
Michalski, S. C.*, Szpak, A.*, Saredakis, D., Ross, T. J., Billinghurst, M., & Loetscher, T. (2019). PLoS ONE, 14(9:e0222351), 1–14. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222351
Saccone, E.J., Szpak, A., Churches, O. & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2018). Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 80(1), 54–68. doi:10.3758/s13414-017-1413-7
Szpak, A., Thomas, N. A., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2016). Experimental Brain Research, 234(3), 807–813. doi:10.1007/s00221-015-4504-5
Szpak, A., Loetscher, T, Bastian, J., Thomas, N. A., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2015). Brain and Cognition, 99, 128–134. doi:10.1016/j.bandc.2015.08.005
Szpak, A., Nicholls, M. E. R., Thomas, N. A., Laham, S., & Loetscher, T. (2015). Cognitive Neuroscience, 7(1–4), 45–54. doi:10.1080/17588928.2015.1048677
Szpak, A., Loetscher, T., Churches, O., Thomas, N. A., Spence, C. J., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2015). Neuropsychologia, 70, 462–467. doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.10.008
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