Dr Christina Driver is a Lecturer and Course Coordinator in the Mental Health and Neuroscience programs at UniSC's Thompson Institute. 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.
Her research is currently focused on youth mental health and adolescent brain development (lifestyle behaviours in relation to mental health), and advancing, and evaluating, cross-sectoral mental health education, to enhance mental health literacy across diverse professional domains.
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 adolescent brain development (lifestyle behaviours in relation to mental health), and advancing, and evaluating, cross-sectoral mental health education, to enhance mental health literacy across diverse professional domains.
Research areas
- Youth mental health
- Adolescent brain development
Teaching areas
- Lecturer and Course Coordinator: Postgraduate mental health and neuroscience programs
- Supervision: mental health and neuroscience (eg. youth, lifestyle behaviours, adolescent brain development), cross-sectoral mental health education
Dr Christina Driver’s specialist areas of knowledge include youth mental health and adolescent brain development (lifestyle behaviours in relation to mental health), and advancing, and evaluating, cross-sectoral mental health education, to enhance mental health literacy across diverse professional domains.