The core purpose of The Institute is to improve the academic and personal well-being of boys and girls through research and application.
RICA Leadership
AMANDA J. POOLEY
EXECUTIVE AND CLINICAL DIRECTOR
Chair of the Board
Vice-Chair of the Knox Grammar School Ethics Committee
Registered Psychologist
AREAS OF SPECIALITY
Education leadership & management
Interdisciplinary research
Implementation & audit science
Mental disorders & trauma
Child & adolescent psychology
Amanda is a registered psychologist with extensive experience in the education and research settings. She is the Chair of the RICA Board and the Executive and Clinical Director. Amanda has a Master's Degree in Education Leadership and Management (magna cum laude) and serves as the Vice-Chair of the Knox Grammar School Ethics Committee. Amanda’s research interests include the development and evaluation of evidence-based programs utilising multi-modal delivery systems, education leadership and management, implementation and audit science, and authoring policy. In her role leading the Institute, Amanda is responsible for strategic planning and coordinates numerous multi-disciplinary research teams and works directly with national and international research partners to conduct and publish research with a focus on positive practical impact on the lives of girls and boys in Australia and beyond.
ADVISORY BOARD
The Research Institute Board Structure
Chaired by Amanda Pooley, the Advisory Board consists of invited distinguished international and Australian professors and practicing academics specialising in areas of significance in relation to academic and personal wellbeing for boys and girls.
Current seated Board members include:
- Head of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford
- Head of Research at the University of Cambridge
- Associate Professor of Applied Psychology at NYU
- Director of the Matilda Centre, the University of Sydney
- Director of the CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital
PROFESSOR DR DAVID M CLARK
PROFESSOR AND CHAIR OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY,
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
NIHR Senior Investigator
Fellow of Magdalen College
Associate Head for Impact
Authored “Thrive” (2014)
Supervises PhD candidates
AREAS OF SPECIALITY
Cognitive Psychology
Psychological Assessment
Depression
Clinical Psychology & Neuroscience
ASSOC. PROFESSOR DR JOSHUA ARONSON
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY,
NYU STEINHARDT
Director, Metro Mindful Education Lab
Research Scientist, Metro Center
Supervises PhD candidates
AREAS OF SPECIALTY
Racial & cultural stereotypes
Motivation & performance
Character development, mindset, scalable applied interventions in educational settings
Four-dimensional curriculum
PROFESSOR DR DAVID GOOD
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH,
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Fellow in Kings College Department of Psychology
School of Biological Sciences
Supervises PhD candidates
AREAS OF SPECIALITY
Integrative complexity thinking
Interdisciplinary research
Skill assessment & development
Artificial intelligence
PROFESSOR MAREE TEESSON AC
DIRECTOR, SYDNEY MEDICAL SCHOOL, THE MATILDA CENTRE
Head, Department of Academic Psychiatry
Director, CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital
President, International Society for Bipolar Disorders
Editor-in-Chief, Bipolar Disorders
AREAS OF SPECIALITY
Substance use
Mental disorders
Addiction medicine
Neurosciences
Trauma
PROFESSOR DR GIN S. MALHI
PROFESSOR AND CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST,
FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH, THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
Head, Department of Academic Psychiatry
Director, CADE Clinic,
Royal North Shore Hospital
President, International Society
for Bipolar Disorders
AREAS OF SPECIALITY
Bipolar Disorder
Suicide
Neuroimaging
Neurocognition
Pharmacotherapy
