
PhD (University of Melbourne)
Teresa Senserrick has over 20 years of experience in road safety research in Australia and internationally. Her PhD in developmental psychology explored adolescent motivation and risk taking, and she continues to focus her research on youth and young adults, particularly new drivers and motorcyclists, and First Peoples road users. Education, training and graduated licensing systems are her specific areas of expertise, with particular interest in addressing issues for at-risk and disadvantaged road users, including in low socioeconomic and rural/remote communities.
Projects
- Advice on development of education tool for Australian Road Safety Foundation
- An analysis of Queensland fatalities and serious injury crash characteristics and management by region using coroners' reports, and linked hospital and relevant database
- Delivering a population-based intervention to reduce young driver crashes (FEEDBACK Trial)
- Engaging the voices of Indigenous youth in advocacy to improve road safety and injury prevention
- Evaluation of the Road Attitudes and Action Program (RAAP)
- Identifying new approaches to addressing the hoon behaviour of drivers in local communities
- Integrating driver licensing support programs into corrective services for women in Queensland - a scoping study
- Tasmania Graduated Driver Licensing System Evaluation