ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
MALCOLM BOND

Dr Malcolm J. Bond has a record of excellence and innovation in teaching, research and community engagement. Dr Bond has significant experience in teaching quantitative research methods and statistics. He is also actively involved in teaching and researching Health Psychology. He is currently the Assistant Dean of Research and Higher Degrees, and the Honours Coordinator for the Flinders University School of Medicine; in addition, he is on the University Scholarships Committee, and a Faculty of Health Sciences representative. Dr Bond’s research interests have been in ageing, applied health psychology, social-cognitive psychology, motivation and research methodology and quantitative statistics. He is responsible for overseeing his students in research areas of cognitive psychology, health psychology, motivation, psychology of ageing, psychosocial factors, chronic illness, social psychology and stress. He has written over 90 peer reviewed articles and publications.

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Dr Bond’s research expertise lies in other areas of medical and health science, which includes psychology, public health and health services, and statistics. Dr Bond obtained his PhD and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Flinders University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Association of Gerontology and a member of the Australian College of Educators, College of Health Psychologists and the Australian Psychology Society.

Dr Bond looks forward to continuing his career in research and academia providing support and leadership to his students and future doctors.

Professional affiliations:
• Member of The Australian Psychological Society (APS) and APS College of Health Psychologists
• Member of The Australian College of Educators
• Fellow of The Australian Association of Gerontology
• Member of The Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy

Research expertise:
Ageing (predominantly caregiver wellbeing); applied health psychology (stress, abnormal illness behaviour); social-cognitive psychology (including health-related decision-making); motivation (predominantly health behaviour); research methodology; quantitative statistics.

Teaching responsibilities:
Health psychology; clinical behaviour management skills; social and environmental psychology; research methodology and statistics.