About

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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.  

Research

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.  

Teaching and supervisions

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.

Media commentary

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.  

Organisational Affiliations

Senior Lecturer in Mental Health and Neuroscience, Thompson Institute