Dr Bert Oraison

Bert is a lecturer with the First Year College. Coordinating the First Year, Bert had an active role in developing and transforming materials for the Block Model.

Bert is a registered psychologist with experience in different settings, including government departments, prisons, refugee centres, rehabilitation centres and private practice.

As an Academic Teaching Researcher in the First Year College, Bert is involved in teaching all psychology units, as well as engaging in several research projects. This has included preparing three articles for publication, resulting from his PhD thesis:

• 'The Effect of Social Support with Chronic Back Pain Sufferers: Number of Treatment Sessions and reported Level of Disability'
• 'Psychological Indicators and their Impact on Chronic Back Pain Sufferers: Number of Treatment Sessions and reported Level of Disability'
• 'Socio-economical Predictors of Chronic Back Pain Sufferers: Number of Treatment Sessions and reported Level of Disability'.

In addition, Bert is conducted research on 'Smartphone Distraction-Addiction; examining the relationship between psychosocial variables and patterns of use' with a group of external researchers. Bert is also working with Dr Laurie Chapin on a research project into the 'First in Families' students in tertiary education.