During his time as a Research Assistant at the MAIC/UniSC Road Safety Research Collaboration, Taren has developed a passion for social science and road safety research. He has contributed to several research projects investigating road safety issues such as medicinal cannabis, healthy aging, and dementia. Taren recently completed his psychology honours thesis on the effects of oral medicinal cannabis on hazard perception ability under the supervision of Dr Kayla Stefanidis and Dr Verity Truelove.
Taren aims to make significant contributions to future research projects while further developing his skills as a researcher. He is currently involved in preparing ethics applications, data analysis, research design, data collection, and manuscript preparation for medicinal cannabis studies, the ROADSAFE study for older adults and meta-analytic reviews looking at THC and neurocognition as well as ageing and dementia.
Awards
- MAIC/UniSC Road Safety Research Collaboration Group Honours Scholarship
Research areas
- Road safety
- Medicinal cannabis
- Healthy ageing and dementia